M&P steel ammo?

[Matt7275]

I just bought a new M&P 45 FS and I am wondering how it shoots with steel cases ammo? My Glock 19 handles it flawlessly and my sd40 had 2 fail to fire. Using tulammo. I just want to know so I don't waste my money

 

[Houdini1953]

I bought one box of Tulammo and after 39 rounds through my M&P 45 4 1/2" fullsize I had a shell to seize in my barrel. I put the ammo away and still have 11 rounds which I will dispose of at the local police department.

I will never again buy this ammo to save a little money. Had to disassemble the weapon and take a wooden dowel and drive the casing out of my barrel.

Personally I would never again purchase much less use that stuff in any weapon that I own!

 

[epj]

Best way to cut your ammo costs is to reload. You can save about half. If you cast your own bullets you can cut you costs down to near nothing, mostly the cost of primers. With that said, most Eastern Bloc countries use steel case ammo almost exclusively. It's not necessarily bad stuff.

 

[Houdini1953]

Best way to cut your ammo costs is to reload. You can save about half. If you cast your own bullets you can cut you costs down to near nothing, mostly the cost of primers. With that said, most Eastern Bloc countries use steel case ammo almost exclusively. It's not necessarily bad stuff.

Not until it seizes in your barrel...it is not a good idea. It is of course your choice...why take that chance? My seizure happened after 39 rounds, at the range it is OK but otherwise I would highly advise against using it at all, I respect my pistol more than that!

 

[epj]

I don't shoot it in my guns. I would if I had to, but I'd make sure the chamber was squeaky clean.

 

[vista461]

I don't buy it for my handguns because the indoor range I go to bans it. It's only a buck or two cheaper anyway. I do shoot Steel cased in my AK and the CETME I built.

 

[BowhuntnHoosier]

I have put at least 200 rounds of Tulammo through my Shield 9 with no problems at all.

 

[Fuego]

Never had a problem shooting Roosky steel cased ammo in my 1911A1.

 

[plisken]

I use when I dont have anything else on hand. The only problem Ive had was with my 9c having light primer strikes. The russian stuff has hard primers. My other guns gobble it up. Even my ar-15.

 

[Storm40]

Where I live, steel cased ammo is the same price as Blazer brass and aluminum cased. It is only .50 cents less than Lawman. At those prices I will not put my firearms at risk to find out if the horror stories are true or not when American made ammo has been reliable.

 

[bp231986]

Ive shot Tulammo through my sigma, 150 rounds exactly and zero problems...maybe am just lucky.

 

[Paladin201]

Tulammo 9mm is $11 a box at Wal Mart. Federal is $12. I won't put steel ammo in my gun to save a buck. I have personally seen more than one person at the range using a cleaning rod and a mallet trying to drive a stuck cartridge out of their gun. Not me.

 

[Arik]

Many years and thousands of rounds i have had 4 failures. 2 were from dep set primers (bullets didnt go off. 7.62x39 in a SKS) and 2 were from hard primers, requiring a second strike (9mm in a Glock 19)

Calibers used
9, 45, 22, 308, 7.62x39, 5.56x45, 5.45x39, 30-06

Weapons used
Glock 17/19
M&P45
Browning hi power
CZ85
Kahr CW9
German Luger
Ak47
Ak74
SKS
S&W 5946
FAL
Remington 700
Ruger M77
Ruger 10/22
Colt AR
Daniel Defense AR

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[isaidme1]

Ive shot Monarch and Tulammo in my Fullsize 45 and my compact 9 with no probs.

 

[iouri]

I did shoot few boxes of Tulammo through my full size M&P 40. No issues whatsoaver, my XDM 5.25 on the other hand doesn't like it at all, well not the gun itself but magazines. Rounds catching up to walls so if you turn mag upside down you may end up with half your rounds on the ground (actually happened to me )

 

[Capt Crunch]

I shoot Tula in my 40c with no issues.

 

[rraisley]

I don't shoot any steel casings, because my indoor range doesn't allow them (sorting and all). Besides, when I can buy Blazer brass for $9.49 a box, I have no real need to try to save a bit less (if any).