Nickle plated ammo? - The Firearms Forum

dbltap · 02-18-2011, 08:44 PM

looking at 308 German surplus ammo that has nickle plated lead bullets. Does the nickle plating cause any problems with the barrels or no different than copper?

Country101 · 02-19-2011, 12:07 PM

I dont know anything about that, dbltap. Seems like it would be pretty hard on your barrel. The nickel should be harder thant the normal copper jacket, but I dont know what affeect this would have. Maybe somebody else has some experience with it....

Boris · 02-19-2011, 12:27 PM

Its not pure nickel. The ammo has a cupronickel jacket. An alloy of copper containing 10-30% nickel. For Projectile jackets it will be a low nickel content.

It is safe to fire as normal......

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Country101 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dardanelle, AR Contributor Posts: 2,028	Re: Nickle plated ammo? I dont know anything about that, dbltap. Seems like it would be pretty hard on your barrel. The nickel should be harder thant the normal copper jacket, but I dont know what affeect this would have. Maybe somebody else has some experience with it.... __________________ Gainfully employed= shooting somebody elses bullets and getting paid for it Country101

02-19-2011, 12:27 PM	#3
Boris Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 607	Re: Nickle plated ammo? Its not pure nickel. The ammo has a cupronickel jacket. An alloy of copper containing 10-30% nickel. For Projectile jackets it will be a low nickel content. It is safe to fire as normal......