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There are a couple of types of nickled brass. Some, like most of the "premium" factory type look like bright chrome, while some others, look more like a nickle "wash", and the nickle coating is very thin.
I used to use the later type when I was shooting HP/DCM shoots. It made identifying my brass a lot easier on the line when it came time to scrounge our brass. This type seemed to last as long as regular brass cases as far as reloading goes, and I would get about 8-10 loadings or so from them. One thing I did notice with them though, was the nickle seemed to almost wear off the more you reloaded them, and you could see brass though the finish if you looked close.
As far as pistol brass goes, I load them until they fail, which isnt really all that often, but I never really keep track. When they do go its usually the case mouths, on both the brass and nickled cases.
One big plus to the nickle cases is, if your keeping them in a leather belt, they dont get that green verdigris corrosion like the brass cases do.
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