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Several possibilities. Usually it is made of brass. However, there are cheap steel case rounds, and expensive nickel case rounds. Most often, though, they are made of brass. Once fired and ejected from the rifle, it is even referred to as "rifle brass" regardless of what it is made of as a reference to expended ammo. "Someone must have been doing a lot of shooting here. There's brass everywhere.".

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