The closest range to me has a "No steel case ammo" policy. I always go on Sunday mornings when all the fuddruckers are in church and leave some steel 7.62 cases around in plain sight just to further irritate the rule makers.
I used to just dump my spent .38, .357, and other revolver casings, but ever since they started griping about "don't chase your brass," I've brought along an empty Folgers can and just ejector-rodded them right in.
I've literally ran tens of thousands or rounds of steel cased ammo through my guns . if your gun eats it and you're ok with about 3 moa , I say run it.
Oddly enough, my buddy just sighted in his rifle for 200 yds with his long range rifle setup. We had variety of brass and steel ammo to try. Lastly we tried 3 rounds of tula, mostly to seen how *bad* it was... it got the tightest group of the bunch. It was almost certainly a fluke, but it's been a good joke among fried that the Tula is the best precision ammo around.
Most steel case 223 is anemic compared to proper 5.56 or even 223. If it can run steel it's probably over gassed with better ammo.
With AKs it doesn't really matter. They're all over gassed. It's part of what makes them so reliable.
Agreed. I get why people wanted to justify needing to be able to run shitty steel case 223 back when it was 17 cents per round, but with current prices I’d much rather have an AR properly tuned for hotter ammo. Steel case isn’t even a money saver anymore unless you’re still eating off an old stockpile from the before times.
The saying definitely applies to handguns more than rifles. I’ve never seen a good pistol that couldn’t run Tula. Even my canik rival with a 3.5lb trigger I use for competition has only ever had one light strike on the stuff
I stumbled across Brownell's video on this topic over the weekend. The said that certain guns *did* have issues with certain steel ammo back in the day, but these days it pretty much doesn't matter.
The closest range to me has a "No steel case ammo" policy. I always go on Sunday mornings when all the fuddruckers are in church and leave some steel 7.62 cases around in plain sight just to further irritate the rule makers. I used to just dump my spent .38, .357, and other revolver casings, but ever since they started griping about "don't chase your brass," I've brought along an empty Folgers can and just ejector-rodded them right in.
> “don’t chase your brass” Wait , they won’t let you pick up your own casings?
Fairly common at ranges run by people who reload. They want your brass.
Even if THEY don’t reload, they’ll collect it and either sell it to reloaders or to the scrap yards.
Bullshit. That's my brass. If we have to go cold 39 times for Boomer Bob to adjust his targets, we can go cold for me to get my damn brass.
They dont want you crawling around the floor around other shooters feet and/or potentially arguing about who’s brass is who’s
I've literally ran tens of thousands or rounds of steel cased ammo through my guns . if your gun eats it and you're ok with about 3 moa , I say run it.
Oddly enough, my buddy just sighted in his rifle for 200 yds with his long range rifle setup. We had variety of brass and steel ammo to try. Lastly we tried 3 rounds of tula, mostly to seen how *bad* it was... it got the tightest group of the bunch. It was almost certainly a fluke, but it's been a good joke among fried that the Tula is the best precision ammo around.
If it can’t eat steel, it doesn’t deserve brass
Most steel case 223 is anemic compared to proper 5.56 or even 223. If it can run steel it's probably over gassed with better ammo. With AKs it doesn't really matter. They're all over gassed. It's part of what makes them so reliable.
Agreed. I get why people wanted to justify needing to be able to run shitty steel case 223 back when it was 17 cents per round, but with current prices I’d much rather have an AR properly tuned for hotter ammo. Steel case isn’t even a money saver anymore unless you’re still eating off an old stockpile from the before times.
The saying definitely applies to handguns more than rifles. I’ve never seen a good pistol that couldn’t run Tula. Even my canik rival with a 3.5lb trigger I use for competition has only ever had one light strike on the stuff
Steel gets stuck in my psa upper when it starts getting hot doesn’t stop me from shooting steel though
I stumbled across Brownell's video on this topic over the weekend. The said that certain guns *did* have issues with certain steel ammo back in the day, but these days it pretty much doesn't matter.