bountyhunter
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Some **** ammo will "crown" the rims when fired and jam up. Measure the gap between the cylinder face and breech face. If it's less than about .060", it can jam this way.
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Tulammo 357 Magnum problem
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Arik
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ANYONE not wanting their Tula/Wolf/Bear or steel case I'll gladly take it. My Gans don't know the difference between ammo and ammo. Seriously. ..I'll take it
223, 7.62x39, 9, 40, 45, 38acp and 357
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223, 7.62x39, 9, 40, 45, 38acp and 357
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Boudiepitbull
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I've seen spent Tula cases on the ground at the outdoor range we frequent. I guess people don't want to dump it in the brass bucket and don't know what else to do with it.
Arik
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Surprised. Most places I've seen usually have a bucket for steel case
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Harkrader
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Thanks everyone for the thoughts and ideas.
Clearly it was a mistake for *me* to try this ammo. Glad to hear others have done OK with it.
I will send it back to S&W just to be safe.
SD
Clearly it was a mistake for *me* to try this ammo. Glad to hear others have done OK with it.
I will send it back to S&W just to be safe.
SD
Boudiepitbull
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I think it's the garbage can...
Funny, last night or the night before I stumbled across a DIY youTube about prepping steel case for primers and reloading. Apparently you're not alone (unless it was your youTube), but it did look like there were some extra steps involved.
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I made a post is the ammo section about Tula in my 27-2 long tube, while it didn't bind up the gun, it was impossible to extract without knocking the empties out with a rod. I tried two cylinders of it with the same results both times. I have 40 rounds in my garage that I can use for a paperweight.
DocB
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Most of us have known for a long time that this ammo is great for use in an AK47/SKS platform weapon, but should be avoided for all other calibers. Cheap ammo is cheap ammo. I wouldn't even chamber a round in any gun I own with the exception of my SKS.
DonD
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When I expressed a relative lack of enthusiasm for Tula I shouldn't have included one of their products that I think is excellent.
Tula is selling brass cased 9mm, 40S&W and 45ACP ammo under the name of "Perfecta" and Walmart at least is carrying it.
It appears to be high quality stuff and in my 9mms functions as well as anything else and in my guns that means zero malfunctions. At under $10/box of 50 I find no reason to even think of reloading for the 9mm. Don
Tula is selling brass cased 9mm, 40S&W and 45ACP ammo under the name of "Perfecta" and Walmart at least is carrying it.
It appears to be high quality stuff and in my 9mms functions as well as anything else and in my guns that means zero malfunctions. At under $10/box of 50 I find no reason to even think of reloading for the 9mm. Don
rbmorse
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If "Perfecta" is a Wal*Mart house brand, the OEM could be different manufacturers at different times.
Arik
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It's Italian. Made by Fiochi. There is no WM "house brand". WM sells whay they can get cheap and sell cheap (er)
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Lee's Landing Billy
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We have shot 10s of 1,000s of rounds of steel cased ammo here, none in revolver calibers. The only problem we have ever had is that all steel cased ammo seems to have problems in all striker fired guns here. Failure to ignite, no go Boomie! This same ammo fired in anything with a hammer always works pretty good. 1911s, BHPs, anything with a hammer to whop that hard deeper seated primer. That's all I got!
darmtn1917
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What's the chance it's a lubrication problem - reminded me of the "Jet" problem where the cyl had to be completely clean
Tulammo 357 magnum problem
I just had the same experience a couple of days ago. Used Tulammo steel cased .357 on newish my EEA Windicator. My normal brass rounds by Remington were working fine. I put in the Tulammo and after a shot or two the cylinder jammed. Very difficult to get them out. So I tried them in the Dan Wesson. Same thing. All my other ammo was still working as usual after wards.
I won't be trying Tulammo again or steel cases. Though I had used Tulammo before with no problems.
Note: afterwards I put a Remington round into the cylinder and a Tulammo in the cylinder and compared the flush points of the cartridge butts(end with primer). The Tulammo actually fit a little better, so I assume it has something to do with the manner in which the butt reacts when fired, i.e., expansion problem. I don't know, i'm not an ammo expert, but I do know I wouldn't want that happening when I am needing a bang.
I just had the same experience a couple of days ago. Used Tulammo steel cased .357 on newish my EEA Windicator. My normal brass rounds by Remington were working fine. I put in the Tulammo and after a shot or two the cylinder jammed. Very difficult to get them out. So I tried them in the Dan Wesson. Same thing. All my other ammo was still working as usual after wards.
I won't be trying Tulammo again or steel cases. Though I had used Tulammo before with no problems.
Note: afterwards I put a Remington round into the cylinder and a Tulammo in the cylinder and compared the flush points of the cartridge butts(end with primer). The Tulammo actually fit a little better, so I assume it has something to do with the manner in which the butt reacts when fired, i.e., expansion problem. I don't know, i'm not an ammo expert, but I do know I wouldn't want that happening when I am needing a bang.
Since our new forum member reached deep into the kit to resurrect this old post from mid-summer, I'm curious if the OP has an update with his .357. Since I too believe it was ammo related (but, it could have just been one of those coincidental flukes), if it were me I probably would have run a few cylinders of .38 or .38 +P lead semi-wadcutters or LRN to check the timing and possible lead shaving. If those went fine and the gun didn't have a loose cylinder from the trauma of getting it open after the Tula fiasco, I'd get some brass-cased .357 and see if everything is back to normal.
How about it, OP? Are you monitoring the ammo threads?
How about it, OP? Are you monitoring the ammo threads?
DocB
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Everybody knows that Tul Ammo is great for use in an AK/SKS. I gave my son some boxes of it yesterday. You just don't buy Tul in any other caliber for use in any other weapon. I thought that was common knowledge. I don't care if it's a penny a round. I don't want it.
+1. If anyone doesn't want their unfired steel case ammo feel free to ship it to me.
I won't own a gun that won't fire it unless it is a collectible or heirloom.
And ***** at the folks who equate foreign ammo with junk. Many of the highest quality ammo brands are made outside the US and many junk ammo makers can be found in the US. Ammo quality is not correlated with YS made or not
Everyone has an opinion. Tula .223 Remington works fine in my AR. Not super accurate, but reliable.
gregintenn
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Clean and lube the cylinder, load with brass case ammunition, and fire. If it works o.k., it was the ammo. If not, it's something else.
