)I'd have no problem with using steel cased ammo in a 7.62x39 AK-pattern rifle, but I'd be inclined to avoid it in a .223 AR.
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- Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:55 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: Is steel casing ammunition ok to shoot?
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Re: Is steel casing ammunition ok to shoot?
Untold millions of rounds of steel-cased .45 ACP ammo were used by American GIs during WWII with no issues, so the problem isn't with the steel case per se; the problem is that Russian steel-case ammo isn't the highest quality. I've fired a couple of boxes of Wolf (sooty stuff, by the way) with no problem, but a friend found the ejector on his Les Baer TRS broke about halfway through his second case of the ammo. He also found that the lacquer on the case tended to build up in the chamber and after a couple of hundred rounds he'd have to clean it or the rounds wouldn't chamber. (He was swabbing the lacquer out with - wait for it - lacquer thinner. )
I'd have no problem with using steel cased ammo in a 7.62x39 AK-pattern rifle, but I'd be inclined to avoid it in a .223 AR.
)I'd have no problem with using steel cased ammo in a 7.62x39 AK-pattern rifle, but I'd be inclined to avoid it in a .223 AR.