steel cased ammunition. good or bad?

[K.O Kid]

I have heard that steel casing are bad for your gun and can speed up wear and tear is this
true?

 

[Dawico]

They sure sell a lot of it for it being so bad.

If your gun likes it go for it. It is dirty usually but other than that shoot away.

Which caliber and gun are you looking at?

 

[RetArmySgt]

Only thing i wont run it in is my AR it has a habit of ripping the rim off of the case.

 

[TreyG-20]

I'm not a huge fan of steel cased myself but its cheap and has worked in everything I've tried it in. Its the only type I shoot in my AK.

 

[K.O Kid]

I'm looking at a 9mm baretta 92a1 but I'm starting to veer toward a ccw if I decide to get my licence.

 

[K.O Kid]

I'm not a huge fan of steel cased myself but its cheap and has worked in everything I've tried it in. Its the only type I shoot in my AK.

Ya I figured since I don't reload I might aswell. But that's a whole other thread.

 

[Koinonia]

Steel cased ammunition is perfectly fine to shoot through your firearms. The steel used in the casing is softer then that of the barrel steel, thus will not damage it. Lacquer/polymer coatings will not stick the case into the chamber. Steel does not expand as effectively as brass, thus the chamber area is fouled much faster, then if using brass cases, causing the chamber to be tight(er). (This would be the effect people attribute to the lacquer. It's just dirty.)

If your firearms chamber is already to the tighter tolerances, then steel cases may get stuck/rims ripped off, due to the fouling in the chamber tightening the dimensions even more. Test a few boxes in your gun. If it works, your GTG. If not, then you probably have a tight chamber to begin with.

 

[SC-Texas]

It is dirty.

it generally isn't consistent I.e. not accurate, but accurate enough.

it will sometimes rip the rim of cases off in some ARs.

i shoot it a lot.

 

[TXDARKHORSE361]

There's a few threads on this already but I run steel cases through my AR's all the time.

 

[RstyShcklfrd]

It is dirty.

it generally isn't consistent I.e. not accurate, but accurate enough.

it will sometimes rip the rim of cases off in some ARs.

i shoot it a lot.

What he said ^^.

I have no issue shooting it.

 

[deemus]

I shoot it in 9, AK, AR, 45. No problems at all.

 

[makeitcount]

I don't shoot it. Too many ranges dont want it.

 

[TXDARKHORSE361]

I don't shoot it. Too many ranges dont want it.

Seems like the majority of the ranges that have a problem with it also sell the brass that's left behind so they don't wanna have to go through and seperate out steel cases.

 

[K.O Kid]

Steel cased ammunition is perfectly fine to shoot through your firearms. The steel used in the casing is softer then that of the barrel steel, thus will not damage it. Lacquer/polymer coatings will not stick the case into the chamber. Steel does not expand as effectively as brass, thus the chamber area is fouled much faster, then if using brass cases, causing the chamber to be tight(er). (This would be the effect people attribute to the lacquer. It's just dirty.)

If your firearms chamber is already to the tighter tolerances, then steel cases may get stuck/rims ripped off, due to the fouling in the chamber tightening the dimensions even more. Test a few
boxes in your gun. If it works, your GTG. If not, then you probably have a tight chamber to begin with.

Wow thanks for the information ya I was looking at the at academy they haze some monarch 115 grain for 9.99 now I wish I got them

 

[country_boy]

It's great! When I'm on the land walking around I dont have to worry about finding my brass in the tall weeds. It just rusts away.
It's my fun ammo.

 

[Dawico]

Ya I figured since I don't reload I might aswell. But that's a whole other thread.

I buy brass ammo because I will reload again. Even if you don't the used brass is valuable to others or worth saving if you want to reload eventually.

That being said sometimes the prices on steel cased ammo is too good not to buy it.

 

[Dawico]

I don't shoot it. Too many ranges dont want it.

I don't get that. Steel cases are too easy to pick up with a magnet and still sell for scrap.

I know the guy that invents a magnet that picks up brass will get rich very quickly.

 

[M. Sage]

Will not physically damage your guns. Unless you have a POS that was built with horribly cheap components, the steel in those cases is way too soft to cause accelerated wear or damage to a gun.

 

[Shotgun Jeremy]

I always had the impression that steel isn't good for your guns. Now that you guys cleared that up, I think I'm gonna start looking for steel cased 9mm as well when I'm shopping around.

 

[K.O Kid]

I always had the impression that steel isn't good for your guns. Now that you guys cleared that up, I think I'm gonna start looking for steel cased 9mm as well when I'm shopping around.

Its usually a whole lo
t cheaper