Sheepdog1968
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If worried about damage to defensive weapon, you could buy a range mule firearm identical to you self defense one. Assumes you can afford another firearm. Personally I stay away from steel cased ammo in my pistols.
Should I be practicing with cheap steel case 9mm.
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jonnyc
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"It was Chinese, imported mid to late 80's. I saw the packaging. Steel cased, copper coated cases, sealed both primer and case mouth. The owner of it bought it with his 9mm Norinco Tokarev (Yes, they made those, too) and we had shot some of it from said pistol just fine. I don't particularly care for your ad hominem attack re my veracity."
Entropy, I have no doubt that you believe you had Chinese CWS 9mmP in the US in the 1980s or '90s, but if you did it remains some of the rarest ammo ever imported. Nobody in the cartridge collecting community, including probably the most advanced and knowledgeable 9mmP collector in the world, has ever heard of it. If you have any remains of the ammo, or boxes, or pics, I would surely love to see them and add to the collected wisdom on 9mmP, but if not, I'll go with the experts and believe that you're just mistaken on the ammo materials or origin. And I'll continue to shoot lots of steel-cased 9mmP.
Entropy, I have no doubt that you believe you had Chinese CWS 9mmP in the US in the 1980s or '90s, but if you did it remains some of the rarest ammo ever imported. Nobody in the cartridge collecting community, including probably the most advanced and knowledgeable 9mmP collector in the world, has ever heard of it. If you have any remains of the ammo, or boxes, or pics, I would surely love to see them and add to the collected wisdom on 9mmP, but if not, I'll go with the experts and believe that you're just mistaken on the ammo materials or origin. And I'll continue to shoot lots of steel-cased 9mmP.
stchman
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Don't go over to XDTalk.com, they think that steel case will be the death of a gun in no time, and reloading is near free ammo. Also if you don't reload, you're not as good a shooter.
I've been shooting steel cased ammo for years and have never had a problem. Biggest thing is to keep your gun clean and lubed. Russian ammo is dirtier than other brands, but it cleans up. If you are a person that only cleans their guns every 1000 rounds, Russian steel case might not be the best choice.
The one thing I do recommend is to maybe stay away from Brown Bear, that lacquer coating is not as smooth and can be more difficult to extract or feed from a magazine.
With this being said, I only use steel case ammo for range plinking. My SD firearms get fed expensive SD ammo.
I've been shooting steel cased ammo for years and have never had a problem. Biggest thing is to keep your gun clean and lubed. Russian ammo is dirtier than other brands, but it cleans up. If you are a person that only cleans their guns every 1000 rounds, Russian steel case might not be the best choice.
The one thing I do recommend is to maybe stay away from Brown Bear, that lacquer coating is not as smooth and can be more difficult to extract or feed from a magazine.
With this being said, I only use steel case ammo for range plinking. My SD firearms get fed expensive SD ammo.
Deanimator
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If you reload, none of this becomes an issue.
I simply couldn't afford to shoot to any degree if I didn't.
And that leaves aside the fact that most of my non-self-defense ammunition isn't even loaded commercially. Good luck trying to find a .30-06 target load using the Sierra 200gr. BTHP.
I've got more than 5,000 .38 Special cases.
When you build up a stockpile of reloading supplies, you're not held hostage to whatever lowest common denominator stuff you have to move heaven and earth to get Walmart to grudgingly sell you.
I simply couldn't afford to shoot to any degree if I didn't.
And that leaves aside the fact that most of my non-self-defense ammunition isn't even loaded commercially. Good luck trying to find a .30-06 target load using the Sierra 200gr. BTHP.
I've got more than 5,000 .38 Special cases.
When you build up a stockpile of reloading supplies, you're not held hostage to whatever lowest common denominator stuff you have to move heaven and earth to get Walmart to grudgingly sell you.
Deanimator
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In the current economy, the odds are that you're not going to be as frequent a shooter.
stchman
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The key is to build up your stockpile. I've been collecting ammo for years that I have thousands of rounds in each caliber.
I shoot as often as I want.
I have put a good bit of steel case through my Glocks. So long as the range allows bi-metal jackets/jackets with steel in them (magnetic projectiles), and you don't want to collect the brass for some other use...go for it, absolutely, save the money
Hanzo581
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Good lord....had no idea people were still spreading misinformation about steel cased ammo. I thought we were past that nonsense?
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