Steel casings in handguns

[heffe3434]

Has anyone had any luck with steel cased ammo in handguns? I have a Kimber .45 and was considering to start shooting steel if it was reliable.

 

[Dargasonus]

I ran about 50 steel cased Tulammo rounds through my PT145 last november and they seemed to shoot fine for plinking. No hiccups at all.

 

[bobbittle]

My LC9 runs them just fine. As did my Glock.

 

[sprshggy07]

I ran nothing but steel cased ammo in my Rock Island compact.

 

[Skip]

I even did the unpardonable! I RELOADED IT AND SHOT IT!


Works just fine. The nay sayers are usually just scaredy cats!

 

[rockhopper46038]

Tula runs fine in my Colt and SIGs.

 

[GLOCKMAN23C]

Ran lots of Wolf through my Glock....never any problems.

 

[ArmedRPh]

did anyone notice that it ran dirtier than brass? If you ran brass after firing steel without a good cleaning, did anyone experience any jams?

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

If a particular firearm will feed, fire, and extract the steel (or aluminum) cased stuff... Then go for it!

My formerly owned Walther P99 9mm didn't like anything but brass. And neither did my formerly owned Springfield EMP 9mm. Everything else I've tested with Steel or Al has worked just fine.

"Dirtier"... Answer is "maybe". Can be caused few different things: Different powder / priming compounds can burn smokier/sootier and end up dirtier that way. Also, since Steel & Al cases don't flex like brass does, sometimes there's not nearly as good of a "seal" in the chamber when shooting it. This will allow a little more blowback into the chamber = dirtier. And/or a combination of things.

-J-

 

[LFD102]

My Sig p230 hated them but M&P 9 loved them

 

[XtremeVel]

Have only tried the poly coated Wolf in .45 ACP. Every round went bang and not a single malfunction in both A Glock and XD. Also, no damage to either gun what so ever !

Now, I thought it was dirtier than many other typical brass cased target brands and also APPEARED (didn't run over a chrony) to be more inconsistent and loaded much softer.

I have always picked up and saved the empty cases other shooters leave lay (in .45 at least). I don't do it on a regular basis, but they do load and hold up fine for several loadings.

 

[U.S. Patriot]

I have never fired steel cased ammo out of my pistols. Out of my AK I could care less.

 

[Dorky_D]

My M&P 40 will shoot Tula no problems. I have a 9mm conversion barrel and no problems there either!

 

[hockey3236]

was wondering bout that , since i have seen 223 in steel reloaded. have put bout 150 tulo thru my 1911 this week, it eats everything