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I have some Speer 9mm brass that is about half brass and half nickel. I did separate them...is this going too far? I just do plinking and target shooting.
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Nickeled brass in .38 Spl. and .357 Magnum will have significantly shorter case life. As a matter of fact, if you handload those two cartridges with mixed, they will self-sort in that you will find, after many cycles of shooting/handloading, the nicked brass is tossed into the brass salvage bin while the plain brass cases are still good. However, I have little experience with nickeled cases in auto cartridges (save for .38 Super), so it may be of less/no concern in 9MM. In your situation of both are Speer manufacture, let us know after many cycles how they held up.