204Ruger

I picked up some nickel plated .30 '06 brass at the range (Fuzzy told me not to do it).
Very nice looking stuff, so I decided to full length size, trim, and reload. Now I am getting ready to order a new cutter for my wilson trimmer. I wish I had known that this would happen.

I do not reload nickle plated brass that I pick up at the range. The plating will cover up any problems in the brass.

Be wary....VERY wary.

This is the 2nd time I've had problems with range brass. The 1st time it was on some 220 Swift brass that scored the inside of my full length sizer. I think it would be cheaper to just buy new brass.

No more range brass for me!

hozz: Yep, nickle plated brass does wonders for the interior of a perfectly finished F/L sizing die, believe me. Like you, I learned the hard way a long time ago. Even if perfectly clean prior to sizing, it's brutal on dies........

From the pistol side of things, I wouldn't pick up any .38 Super range brass, either. Usually, it's had bad things happen to it, "Major" caliber loads can sure work brass awfully hard.
I used to plink with a Super, and picked up some range brass left by a guy I know. It let go with a very mild load, too. Luckily, the gun had Pachmayr grips on it, so all I got was "stung" a bit (Hurray for shooting glasses!) The steel liner in the Pachmayrs kept it from cutting up my paws, but the magazine was toast. From then on, I only used "good" brass that I KNEW wasn't overloaded at any time, even with my little plinking loads.