I just purchased an ugly annealer and digging through my stash of brass came across 1000 rounds of Remington nickel plated brass in 222 Remington . These have be fired 4 or 5 times and I have never heard of anyone annealing nickel brass. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Regards Mitch

Aren't they still brass cases with a nickel (cadmium?) plating ?

I have! Haven't done a lot but the ones that I did do held up about as well as straight Brass case. Harder to tell when the necks turn red though.

Hip

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...2048/annealing-nickel-brass#Post17362048

Yep, same attention.

never read the thread Swifty was highlighting....

but yeah, I have always annealed Nickel plated brass... doesn't seem to phase it, but keeps the necks from splitting...

I figured if there would have been a problem, I'd have seen it first hand.... and its not like I have a shortage of nickel range pick up brass...

it has does just fine....

some folks over think too many things....

It anneals fine. I've got some 1976 Lake City nickel match brass that looks a little scruffy but still shoots GREAT. Just use the same count you do for normal brass and it's all good.

Thanks for the info… didn’t want to waste my time and energy if it didn’t work😁

i just annealed about 200-257 Weatherby mag cases worked fine and cases do resize much easier. i used the candle anneal method.

Hip,

just passing on a tip.... I really don't watch the necks, and see to them turning color on any annealing I do..

on 223 or 22.250 cases, I just hold them in the flame and count to six. with a pair of needle nose pliers...

for 243 to 338/06 cases I hold them into the flame with the needle nose pliers, and count to 8...

and then I just let them air cool, instead of the water quinching 'method'...never been a problem...

sometime I even throw the little small decorative bucket I put them into the frig for like 5 minutes and then go load them..

my set up is pretty basic, but works just fine...

but I got to admit, I DON'T hold cases by my fingers and put them over a candle flame, until it burns my fingers...

that is what a pair of needle nose pliers is for.... call me a woose, but that is what works for me.