Brass or steel ammo & Reloads

[jcwit]

http://www.luckygunner.com/labs/brass-vs-steel-cased-ammo/

Here you go folks, an actual test regarding Steel cases ammo and it results.

Enjoy the read.

 

[choppinlow]

That is a good one. Thanks for posting it.

 

[jmorris]

Read it a few weeks ago, would be interesting if they took all of the empty cases and reloaded them for a 2nd round.

 

[Walkalong]

Yes indeed.

 

[poor man]

so some of what i take on that was not just the case but the bullet itself was mixed brass and steel..... but what i dont get is they said after just 200 rounds of the tulammo there was trouble and soon the barrel was shot out???? ive shot 1000s of rounds of that threw my 223 and it still knocks the ass off a ant at 100yds.....

 

[Hondo 60]

Wow, very detailed.
It confirmed my own experience.
Tula sucks in my AR, while I have an extremely low malfunction rate with my own reloads.

But I have to admit, I don't see how this applies to the sub-forum of "Handloading and Reloading"
"Rifle Country" would be a much more appropriate area.

 

[Walkalong]

it still knocks the ass off a ant

Mighty fine accuracy for 55 Gr FMJ, of any kind.

 

[poor man]

Mighty fine accuracy for 55 Gr FMJ, of any kind.

LOL we got BIG ants here in TN

 

[jcwit]

But I have to admit, I don't see how this applies to the sub-forum of "Handloading and Reloading"
"Rifle Country" would be a much more appropriate area.

I put it here because of the discussion last week about steel cases versus brass cases.

 

[GT1]

So, they never cleaned the ARs and were in a nasty environment to boot, along with shooting until the barrels were very hot and they kept on dumping mags after that point.

The bi-metal projectiles wore out the barrel under those conditions(shock).

Nice torture test, but not real world in the slightest, and it has absolutely nothing to do with reloading steel cases.

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

So, they never cleaned the ARs and were in a nasty environment to boot, along with shooting until the barrels were very hot and they kept on dumping mags after that point.

The bi-metal projectiles wore out the barrel under those conditions(shock).

Nice torture test, but not real world in the slightest, and it has absolutely nothing to do with reloading steel cases.

I agree.

Entertaining...and somewhat informative in it's own right.

However, not a realistic depiction of what may be deemed "typical" use, which is what they were aluding to in their statement about their goal being to "help the most number of people".

"We chose the Bushmaster MOE Series AR-15 because it’s a widely available, affordable, and mass-market. We didn’t want something too cheap and of lower quality or something too expensive and of high quality since our goal is to help the most number of people."

10,000 rounds fired at a reasonable rate representative of the typical user, including typical care in cleaning and lubrication, would likely have produced some significantly different results in wear and malfunctions.

Of course, this test would have taken significantly longer to perform.