Shooting Tula .357 Magnum Ammo.

[stchman]

A while back I had purchased some Tula .357 Magnum ammo. The ammo loads and shoots fine.

When I shoot it in my Ruger or Taurus revolvers, the spent cases get almost stuck in the cylinder. I have to use a rubber mallet on the ejector rod to get the cases to eject.

Now, I never plan on buying that ammo again for my revolvers, but I would like to shoot up the ammo.

I have put oil on the cases before loading the ammo and ejection is a bit easier, but still pretty tough.

Without people telling me to "throw it away", "don't buy it ever again", "give it to me", etc., does anyone have any meaningful advice to shoot up the rest of the ammo. Should I steel wool the outside of the cases to smooth out that rough polymer coating?

Thanks.

 

[Cokeman]

Grease?

 

[The Glockodile]

Never ran into this situation myself - but I wonder if some Imperial Sizing Wax would help...

 

[JCooperfan1911]

Countless report of the steel cased ammos causing the issues in revolvers.

Excellent for Kalashnikov, no so good capitalist revolving pistols!

 

[243winxb]

According to the C.I.P. rulings, the .357 Magnum cartridge case can handle up to 300 MPa (44,000 psi) Pmax piezo pressure.
Looks like Tula runs at 43,511 Psi. SAAMI is 35, 000 Psi Transducer Pressure. (May be measured differently?) The chronograph would know?

EDIT- NO SPRAY.

A dry lube may work? Don't use a spray. Spray may kill primers??
DuPont Teflon Non-Stick Dry-Film Lubricant Squeeze Bottle
https://www.amazon.com/DuPont-Non-S...ocphy=9007393&hvtargid=pla-571928964903&psc=1

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

I pulled all my steel case ammo in 38 spec and 357. And reloaded it in brass casings. It is sure aggravating when it gets stuck.

 

[.38 Special]

Flex Hone makes hones specifically for revolver chambers. https://www.amazon.com/Flex-Hone-Pistol-Cylinder-Hone/dp/B0061FO6P8?th=1&psc=1. I use them on nearly all revolvers, which generally allows empties to fall out under their own weight.

 

[beag_nut]

Is the Tula ammo steel-cased?

 

[Bazoo]

Only shoot 1 or 2 in the cylinder and see if you can eject those. Single shot is better than no shot.

Trade it to someone with a gun that likes it might be an option.

Polish the chambers will definitely help.

 

[Dibbs]

I got a case of the Tula .357, apparently steel cased cartridges expand, but unlike brass, don't "stretch" back to original size.
Fortunately, in my case, I have one revolver with slightly larger chambers, in the cylinder, and the Tula doesn't get stuck as much.
I would recommend salting the Tula to the back of the 357 ammo pile, to the reserve section, unless you have a revolver with a looser cylinder, like mine.

 

[ontarget]

How much do you have left? It may work fine in a lever action rifle, being only one chamber as opposed to 6.
Or even in a SA where you would be ejecting 1 at a time.
Your problem is probably a tiny bit of hard ejection per chamber ×6, which turns into impossible ejection. If any of that makes sense?

 

[film495]

I'd think you could rub some silicone lubricant on the cases before firing, but I've never tried it.

 

[jdc1244]

When I shoot it in my Ruger or Taurus revolvers, the spent cases get almost stuck in the cylinder. I have to use a rubber mallet on the ejector rod to get the cases to eject.

I had the same happen to me with my GP 100 last weekend.

I didn’t bother with the extractor and just removed each shell with a cleaning rod.

Slow but effective.

Needless to say, I won’t be buying Tula .357 anymore.

 

[JeeperCreeper]

I had the same issue with ammo I got on a trade deal.

I found applying anything to the case eventually made them stick worse after a few cylinders.

I made a "punch" out of a 1/4" bolt, wrapped the threads in electrical tape, and put a rubber band at the top.

Just used that to punch out the cases, similar to how people use dowels.

Just saved abuse on the ejection rod

 

[Bazoo]

You could try Hornady one shot case lube. I'd think it would work better than oil.

 

[slickracer]

If you also .38's the cylinder likely needs cleaned.

 

[TTv2]

A while back I had purchased some Tula .357 Magnum ammo. The ammo loads and shoots fine.

When I shoot it in my Ruger or Taurus revolvers, the spent cases get almost stuck in the cylinder. I have to use a rubber mallet on the ejector rod to get the cases to eject.

Now, I never plan on buying that ammo again for my revolvers, but I would like to shoot up the ammo.

I have put oil on the cases before loading the ammo and ejection is a bit easier, but still pretty tough.

Without people telling me to "throw it away", "don't buy it ever again", "give it to me", etc., does anyone have any meaningful advice to shoot up the rest of the ammo. Should I steel wool the outside of the cases to smooth out that rough polymer coating?

Thanks.

Use a pencil or wooden rod and push each case out individually. It's a lot easier than all the other things you've tried.

 

[Caplock]

Fun way to shoot one shot at a time with a revolver is to load one hot chamber and five with fired cases.
Russian roulette and close the cylinder "gently" without looking. Work on your trigger pull, shooting for accuracy.
After a box of ammo you'll be amazed how good your shooting.
If you have any flinch when the hammer drops on a dead chamber....it shows.
Also makes a box of ammo last quite a while

 

[thunderbyrd]

Don't pound on your ejector rod with a hammer. Get a cleaning rod and empty one chamber at a time.

 

[sequins]

Do you have rough chambers? Can you mic the brass? If any fix were to be in order, it might be some minor polishing of the chambers, however if you mic the brass and it's wide that's just bad ammo unfortunately.

 

[jeff-10]

Both steel and aluminum ammo routinely gets stuck in revolver chambers. The best way to shoot it is up is to find the revolver that feeds it best in your collection and use it up with that one. If you can't and you are using a mallet to eject spent cases, I would dump it. You'll hate yourself if you damage a firearms over it.

 

[CarJunkieLS1]

I'd try some imperial or Hornady brand sizing lube that relaoders use and a wooden dowel or a strong #2 pencil ejecting one case at a time would be what I'd do.

 

[edwardware]

The simple thing: bring a dowel to push them out one at a time.

No pounding, no lube, no modifications.

 

[TTv2]

Yeah, as long as you push one case at a time there is no need at all to use lube, if anything the lube may interfere if the cases don't fully obturate then all the carbon will stick to the lube and make extraction tougher.

 

[Coyote3855]

We have stopped allowing any steel cased ammo in our NRA basic pistol classes because of the problem the OP describes occurs in our well-worn .38 S&W revolvers.

Flex Hone makes hones specifically for revolver chambers. https://www.amazon.com/Flex-Hone-Pistol-Cylinder-Hone/dp/B0061FO6P8?th=1&psc=1. I use them on nearly all revolvers, which generally allows empties to fall out under their own weight.

I've honed chambers on competition revolvers. Probably wouldn't do it to accommodate steel cased ammo although it's an option for the OP.