steel cased ammo....

[Hanzo581]

you seem like a stand up fella....

I blame the buyers WAY more than I do the sellers for asinine pricing during "scares".

 

[brnmuenchow]

Like I said in my origional post and I do agree it may take several thousands of rounds for an issue if ever any to arise. You may never have any issues, but it is still a personal choice that I won't run it (if I have a choice) through for example my Sig Sauer P226"Navy", my now no longer available NIB from the factory Sig Sauer P226"Blackwater", and or Colt AR.

 

[Patriotme]

I've shot a lot of steel cased ammo in .223 and 9mm. I've never had any issues and will continue to shoot it when I'm really not worried about great accuracy. My 9mm's have literally thousands of rounds of 9mm Silver Bear through them with no harm. My AR's probably have about 700-800 rnds each of different brands of Russian steel cased ammo. Most of what I use with them is Brown Bear and Silver Bear but I've used a bit of Wolf and Tula (really sucks for accuracy). Not every range day is about shooting 1" (or trying to) groups at 100yds so the steel cased ammo has it's purpose when training new shooters or doing close range drills.
This guy has a good vid on the subject.
The Truth About Wolf Ammo
http://www.youtube.com/user/Sturmgewehre#p/u/1/VR3fi1wCmM

 

[buttrap]

The only thing I have had issues with steel cases is revolvers. If you ever want to jam a 1917 .45 just shoot steel case in it.

 

[levsmith]

The reason for the stuck cases is the old lacquer coating that was used on steel cased ammo a while ago. It usually didn't happen in AK's and SKS's and other 7.62x39 guns because the case wall is tapered a lot more than the rounds for AR's. the case walls on .223 and 5.56 are a whole lot straighter than 7.62. So on the old lacquer coated ammo, when the chamber got hot, the lacquer would melt and stick to the chamber. Since all of those problems though, most companies have switched to polymer coating and problems have disappeared. Make sure you DONT get lacquer coated and you shouldn't have any problems. I've shot over 1000 rounds of silver bear through my AR with about 150 rounds of that bump firing, just testing the gun, and there is absolutely no abnormal wear on it

 

[Cryogaijin]

At very low temperatures Steel cased wolf ammo binds up the magazines of my xd45c. I've noticed it mostly below about 10f. Never had an issue with brass cased ammo, even as far down as -45f.

 

[brnmuenchow]

Yeah, I haven't had a chance to shoot steel case through my revolver it has been kind of hard to find at times. There for awhile it was getting difficult to find anything in .357 Magnum steel or brass. I primarily use Wolf "Gold" and only ran steel cases out of much less expensive guns I really don't have anything against steel cases I use them more than brass, however anytime someone wants my opinion on them and they just purchased a really good pistol or rifle $1K and up in .223Rem I simply just tell them I wouldn't that's all. The most problem really I have had was jams in .223, but that was on less expensive rifles were I really didn't care if it did any long term damage. I called Sig Sauer a few years ago on their opinion of using steel cased in the P220/P226 series and they were a little apprehensive to give a definate yes or no so I chose to keep the steel out of my higher $$ guns and run them through Rugers, Taurus, etc.. play guns in a sense.

 

[Jeff F]

1000's of rounds of 5.56 and .223 boxer primed steel case out of a Mini 14 and no problems so far. I have been told that berdin primed steel case 7.62x39 in a Mini 30 can and will break the firing pin.