Cartridge Case Hardness


Here is a listing of the hardness of various rifle cases, on the Rockwell B scale. This was new, never-fired brass.


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Cartridge Case Hardness
Rockwell B Scale
(Federal) American Eagle 87
Dynamit Nobel-RWS (Germany) 82
Eldorado (PMC) 86
Federal 87
Hornady 87
IMI (Israel)88
Lapua (Finland) 86
Norma (Sweden)90
PMC (Eldorado) 85
PMC (Korea) 87
Remington 93
Sako (Finland) 86
Speer Nitrex 88
Winchester 88