Anyone have experience with steel jackted ammo

[JFS811]

I see some good bulk deals for 9mm ammo out there but they use steel for the jacket instead of brass. Should I stay away from this stuff or is it good for target shooting?

http://www.bulkammo.com/bulk-9mm-amm...00tulammo-1000

Thanks, Jay

[Luke]

For $10 more you could get lawman, made by Speer, so I would never save $10 to buy steel. Not that there's anything wrong with steel but there is tons of brass ammo for $200/1k

[OnionsAndDragons]

I like the Wolf steel stuff a good bit. When I can get it for 15% or more cheaper than brass, I will go with it. Last time I bought some from SGA fir about $84/500 because they were out of the sweet deal on Blazer.

I wouldn't take it to a class unless you know the gun runs it well, as some are more picky than others.



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[ReverendMeat]

I don't recall ever having a malfunction with steel cased ammunition but once (HK P2000, failure to eject, IIRC). It does seem on average to be loaded a little lighter than most brass ammo so I wouldn't buy a case unless you've shot it without issue before.

[BehindBlueI's]

I certainly lack anything approaching a background to say yeah or nay on bimetal bullet jackets. This guy seems pretty science-y, though: https://www.uspsa.org/front-sight-ma...BiMetal-Ammo-8

[voodoo_man]

I shot steel for years in glocks and ar's/scar, never had any issues other than the obvious lacking of accuracy and once in a while itll get stuck in the rifle, thats all.

When I was buying steel the cost difference was more than $50 per thousand. Now the difference is more like $10-$25 which means ill buy more brass.

[ffhounddog]

I buy and shoot lts of steel cased stuff. I really like the brown bear 9mm. Everything eats it and accurate compared to some cheap brass like WWB. I uselly buy 500 rounds of wolf or bear 9mm and 500 rounds of .223 a month. I trust wolf and brown bear ammo over many reloaded ammo brands.

I think brown bear and wold military classic are loaded to CIP spec since it gives me better accuraccy than WWB and Wolf black box.

[Hauptmann]

Steel cased ammo with bimetal bullets will wear out your rifle or pistol about twice as fast as brass cased ammo:
http://www.luckygunner.com/labs/bras...el-cased-ammo/

[JodyH]

I've shot a lot (as in 20k+) of RWS brass case, bi-metal bullet 9mm through my H&K's with no noticeable barrel wear. In rifles the extra velocity might be an issue.

[LittleLebowski]

I'm fine with steel cased ammo and bimetal bullets but the Speer for $10 more is a no brainer.