steel caseing
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m1gunner
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The only things that might get more wear would be the extractor and ejector. The wear would only show up after thousands of rounds, and at the difference in ammo price compared to brass, you could buy a large box full of both these easily replaced parts. It is doubtful you would see increased wear, though.
Some guns shoot steel better than others, try a box and see if you like it.
Some guns shoot steel better than others, try a box and see if you like it.
I have no experience with steel cased but two of my indoor ranges will not allow it to be used. One said they had two guns actually break apart.Something about the coating on them. Again this is something i was told and not my opinion. Maybe someone here has more knowledge about the coating
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I found the following tid-bit of info earlier while surfing for photos. It's from Barnaul's New Zealand website.
BARNAUL - Why Steel?
BARNAUL - Why Steel?
Arik
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Its pretty soft steel. I use steel 95% of the time. Thousands of rounds through all my guns. No problems. If the guns blew up at the range there was an underlying problem somewhere and that gun would have KABOOMed shortly even with brass. The real reason some ranges wont allow it is because they cant resell it like they can with brass
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McBear
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It requires the range to add a step in the sorting process for selling for reloads. So the minimum wager has to be trusted not to put steel in the bucket.
MichiganScott
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Some of the earlier steel cased ammo had a lacquer coating that gummed up the chamber and caused functioning problems. I believe that is no longer an issue.
I've fired an untold number of rounds loaded in steel cases as produced by Wolf and now Tula in 9mm and .45 ACP. It has in every way produced results fully equal to domestic brass cased ammunition of the same calibers and types. I've not noted any damage at all to extractors in either pistols or rifles.
It's NOT the lacquer coating. It doesn't come off of the casing even with a propane torch.
The primer and case-mouth sealant, on the other hand, can and will cause problems. I've fired around 10,000 rounds of Wolf .223 through various rifles over the years, and the lacquer on the case has never caused a problem. The red primer and case mouth sealant had a tendency to mix with the lubricant in the rifle and form "boogers", which would sometimes gum up the bolt carrier. A quick cleaning would get the rifles back in action, so no big deal.
Almost all of the Wolf .223 I've fired over the years was the old green cased stuff, too.
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It's usually ranges that sell the swept up brass that spread all the horror stories about steel case ammo. The reality is they just don't want to sort it out from the valuable brass. The biggest problem I've ever noticed is that steel cases tend to leave more dirt and fouling than most brass cased ammo but this just means a little more cleaning time....haven't broken or worn anything out yet and I've fired a lot of the steel cased stuff
palmetto99
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I used to use steel case 9mm (Monarch) in my Glock 17 some before I started to reload. It was maybe a little dirty, but that was it. I've also used some Wolfe .223 in the AR with no ill effects. Like it was said, I've heard it can be a little harder on the extractors.
