.223 ammo

[2in1evtime]

I was having trouble with varnish coated ammo sticking, found dry silicone will help keep it from sticking. has anyone else found a better solution ??

 

[gunman41mag]

You must be talking about those metal case russian ammo

 

[DRob]

My solution

I was having trouble with varnish coated ammo sticking, found dry silicone will help keep it from sticking. has anyone else found a better solution ??

Yep. My solution is simple. I never shoot that crap!

 

[sloughfoot]

Its OK for a bolt gun or a gas piston type rifle. Not the hot running AR. And what is even worse, is that it leaves it gunk in the chamber if you change to a different ammo. It makes regular ammo stick in the chamber too.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Steel cased ammo is ok to fire in an AR. The new ones are polymer coated and supposedly ok. Even the old ones are ok; they don't expand into the chamber like brass, so the chamber gets fouled with carbon; if you clean the chamber well, you'll be fine to go back to brass. If you don't, you'll have FTEs with brass.

 

[U.S. Patriot]

I like MFS steel cased ammo. It is zink plated and feeds/extracts better then the polymer or lacquer coated stuff. I believe Silver Bear is also zink plated.