steel-cased ammo

[howie]

I'd like to hear your experiences with steel cased ammo, especially with black rifles. I've never used the stuff, figured it would be hard on ejectors,extractors, ect. Are my assumptions wrong?

[Orlando]

I have used it but it is dirty and not very accurate. A buddy of mine has fired thousands of rds of it and never broke a extractor
You can still get good brass cased ammo for around $300.00 per 1000rd

[cwcdl79]

I've shot a bit of it, not terribly accurate, dirty, but it goes bang. what can I say, I'm cheap...

[jjones]

just clean your chamber if you use the stuff with the laquer coating on it. I use it all the time, and never had a problem that cleaning my rifle wouldn't fix. it isn't that accurate, but will work for killing pigs at 200 yards.

[cannonshooter]

The new stuff with the polymer coating runs fine through my mini-14 as far as accuracy its minute of human stuff. Ive run over 2k of the polymer wolf and wear is normal on the extractor. It is dirty but it does what i need it to.
Mack

[howie]

I've thought about getting some just to use as oh shit ammo, because it's cheap, but I've always been a little leery, worrying about the lacquer melting in a hot chamber and making a bad situation even worse.

[Orlando]

Wolf stopped using lacquer coating years ago, its coated with something else now.

[mixmaster]

I use it mainly because it is cheap. No function problems and accurate enough for or good as I shoot now (without a scope) I don't find it much dirtier than the GI surplus but then I've been saving the GI because it is re loadable.

[llurpirate]

I use it for the go bang times. For self defense I use proven major brand stuff. I like the steel case for the cost and I don't worry about saving the brass. I doesn't hurt if I loose a couple. So far it has worked well in all that I have used it. AR, SKS, Many 9mm, and hell I am even looking for some 45acp if I can find it.

[Tuna]

Right now AIM has brass cased PMC 55 gr FMJ for $279.50 a thousand.

[howie]

Right now AIM has brass cased PMC 55 gr FMJ for $279.50 a thousand.

Yeah, I saw that, but ordered a Mosin and some 7.62x54R instead. Stupid me.

[Crazy Horse]

I shoot it all the time, Wolf, Tula, Brown bear, silver bear. I shoot most of it out of my Arsenal Sgl31 and my Colt ar's. I personally think the quality level of the ammo has improved in the last few years. Wolf used to be garbage in AR's but now its good to go.
Considering the $ amount of brass cased ammo these days i will shoot the steel cased stuff. If it does break an extractor, its an easy fix.
Cheers

[dogboysdad]

I shoot it all the time, Wolf, Tula, Brown bear, silver bear. I shoot most of it out of my Arsenal Sgl31 and my Colt ar's. I personally think the quality level of the ammo has improved in the last few years. Wolf used to be garbage in AR's but now its good to go.
Considering the $ amount of brass cased ammo these days i will shoot the steel cased stuff. If it does break an extractor, its an easy fix.
Cheers

I feel the same way. I have SHTF ammo. Steel cased ammo is just fine for everything else. Extractors are cheap and easy.

[Frederick]

I ran fifty rounds of Wolf through my RRA 223 a while ago with no problems. It was as accurate as me and no dirtier than anything else I've used.

[MajorD]

due to so many makers putting out AR's with variable specs, some guns will run it fine while others will choke on it. Some makers (bushmaster for one I think) will indicate not to use it in their guns. I have a fair supply of factory and relaod as well, so don't bother with it. right now got an e-mail from widener's they are selling 1200 rounds of imi ammo for what amounts to just shy of 30 cents a round. hard to beat that in today's market. I remeber not too long ago buying federal ammo for 120/500 rounds. we'll never see those days again