Steel cased ammo may be of a lower price as compared to other brass cased ammo at first, but lets take things into consideration.
For .223 ammo my prices locally are around $.30/round of steel cased and $.39/round of brass cased.
However, steel cased ammo is one time use and some of the surplus stuff is corrosive which if not cleaned correctly can cause damage to the firearm.
Brass cased ammo can be re used multiple times if you reload and if you don't you can collect your brass and sell it to a reloader. Plus, I have found most commerical brass cased .223 to be of higher quality/cleaner.
On some steel cased ammo used in AR's the outer coating (lacquer or polymer) can start to melt and gun up the chamber in a hot firearm and cause lots of range headaches.
So, IMHO, steel cased ammo is not worth the one time savings over brass cased. You can find XM193 for pretty cheap online and even with shipping it is becoming closer to steel priced.
**I used .223 as a comparison because that is what I am currently most familiar with, but same goes for other rifle and pistol calibers.
For .223 ammo my prices locally are around $.30/round of steel cased and $.39/round of brass cased.
However, steel cased ammo is one time use and some of the surplus stuff is corrosive which if not cleaned correctly can cause damage to the firearm.
Brass cased ammo can be re used multiple times if you reload and if you don't you can collect your brass and sell it to a reloader. Plus, I have found most commerical brass cased .223 to be of higher quality/cleaner.
On some steel cased ammo used in AR's the outer coating (lacquer or polymer) can start to melt and gun up the chamber in a hot firearm and cause lots of range headaches.
So, IMHO, steel cased ammo is not worth the one time savings over brass cased. You can find XM193 for pretty cheap online and even with shipping it is becoming closer to steel priced.
**I used .223 as a comparison because that is what I am currently most familiar with, but same goes for other rifle and pistol calibers.