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Houston + Steel Casings
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:31 pm
by sss
I bought some new self defense ammo a few weeks ago that I'd like to try at the range before using it with my daily carry. The problem is that these rounds have steel casings, and that my two favorite ranges (Memorial Shooting Center and Top Gun) do not allow steel casings at their range.
Do you guys know of any range - preferably one near West Houston - that will allow me to shoot 5-10 steel cased rounds?
Re: Houston + Steel Casings
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:05 pm
by USA1
are you sure they are not nickel coated brass ?
anyway , what i do is shoot them anyway while nobody s looking .

Re: Houston + Steel Casings
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:23 pm
by WEC
Do you only want to shoot indoors? The weather's getting nicer and ASC doesn't care what type of casing you use.
Re: Houston + Steel Casings
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:29 pm
by Kevinf2349
Just tell them they are silver bullets and you are preapring for any werewolf attacks during halloween.
Is PSC close to you?
Re: Houston + Steel Casings
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:16 am
by flb_78
What brand of ammo only has steel cased hollowpoints?
Very interesting.
Re: Houston + Steel Casings
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:23 pm
by tateb24
They do this because it makes it easier to sweep the brass and sell it while not having the steel mixed in. I would be wary of steel cased ammo regardless. We call steel case in the industry Extractor eaters.
Re: Houston + Steel Casings
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:59 pm
by joe817
Are they Wuf ammo?
Re: Houston + Steel Casings
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:32 pm
by Ziran
tateb24 wrote:They do this because it makes it easier to sweep the brass and sell it while not having the steel mixed in. I would be wary of steel cased ammo regardless. We call steel case in the industry Extractor eaters.
I suppose that depends on the gun. For glock an extractor costs about $20 so after shooting 5 boxes of wolf I am already ahead money wise if I had to change extractor. I have shot about 2000 wolf/brown bear through my glocks and I do not see any abnormal wear on my extractors.
Re: Houston + Steel Casings
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:05 am
by WildBill
flb_78 wrote:What brand of ammo only has steel cased hollowpoints?
Very interesting.
I think sss is talking about the casing, not the bullet.
Re: Houston + Steel Casings
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:08 am
by WildBill
Ziran wrote:tateb24 wrote:They do this because it makes it easier to sweep the brass and sell it while not having the steel mixed in. I would be wary of steel cased ammo regardless. We call steel case in the industry Extractor eaters.
I suppose that depends on the gun. For glock an extractor costs about $20 so after shooting 5 boxes of wolf I am already ahead money wise if I had to change extractor. I have shot about 2000 wolf/brown bear through my glocks and I do not see any abnormal wear on my extractors.
I have not heard about steel casings damaging extractors. If they do, it wouldn't be wise to use them on your carry gun.