Warning: Freedom Munitions is now rolling out brass plated steel case for 9mm and 45. May want to test cases with a magnet before trying to resize.
They looked at biggest complaints of steel... faster wear, less reliability, inability to be reloaded and said they addressed these issues to "make a factory new load at remanufactured prices".
They then detail that it's smoother so less wear, and more reliable feeding/extraction. They never mention anything about their previous point of not being able to reload it. And this stuff looks just like regular brass case.
If you're one of the people who reloads 9mm and 45ACP and likes picking up range brass (can't believe how many I've seen collecting random brass off the ground to reload) you may want to start checking your cases with a magnet before attempting to reload them.
I don't reload these calibers, but figured there's some who do who are also brass scavengers at ranges. So this is just for what it's worth since it looks like brass but is steel.
They looked at biggest complaints of steel... faster wear, less reliability, inability to be reloaded and said they addressed these issues to "make a factory new load at remanufactured prices".
They then detail that it's smoother so less wear, and more reliable feeding/extraction. They never mention anything about their previous point of not being able to reload it. And this stuff looks just like regular brass case.
If you're one of the people who reloads 9mm and 45ACP and likes picking up range brass (can't believe how many I've seen collecting random brass off the ground to reload) you may want to start checking your cases with a magnet before attempting to reload them.
I don't reload these calibers, but figured there's some who do who are also brass scavengers at ranges. So this is just for what it's worth since it looks like brass but is steel.