Steel case 308 ??

[wcd]

I know semi autos can have issues with steel case ammo. We were picking up ammo for tomorrow and noticed 308 steel case for $9.97 we still opted for the Winchester brass, but still wondering if steel case would be ok for target practice in a bolt action?

Thanks

 

[hopper68]

So far I have had no problem with steel cased ammo in either my Ruger American Predator .308 or Ruger American Ranch 556.

 

[Sigblitz]

I know semi autos can have issues with steel case ammo. We were picking up ammo for tomorrow and noticed 308 steel case for $9.97 we still opted for the Winchester brass, but still wondering if steel case would be ok for target practice in a bolt action?

Thanks

Steel expands when the barrel starts getting hot. I haven't had an ar that likes it. The casings get stuck or cause gouges. For a bolt gun, personally I wouldn't want to risk it but I never tried it.

 

[Alexis Machine]

I've put over a thousand through a FAL with no problem.

 

[55fairlane]

Buddy with an AR10 spent butt loads of time removing (from the chamber) cheap steel cased shells that ripped in two.......Hornady makes some steel cased "mstch" stuff.....it did not shot or exstract well from a bolt gun.....my thoughts.....unless you have a rifle that was designed to shoot steel cases (sks,ak...ect) stick with brass cased.....you will be happier in the end

 

[cmamath13]

My PTR91 actually prefers Tula steel cased.

 

[Usmccookie]

I've put over a thousand through a FAL with no problem.

Well duh. It's a fal... you could run it with wet cement covered ammo and it'd run.

 

[johntheplinker]

I'd buy a box and try it. I've shot a little Brown Bear 223 out of my Tikka, functioned fine but accuracy wasn't very good.

 

[jspy5]

Well duh. It's a fal... you could run it with wet cement covered ammo and it'd run.

Would that apply to a CETME as well ?

 

[Usmccookie]

Would that apply to a CETME as well ?

I would imagine so? I could only guess having no experience . I don't know anything about them.

 

[Hop]

I have a case and it ran fine in my Spanish Guardia so I tried it in my M1A. The M1A didn't care for it much and broke the extractor at 80 rounds. Probably would have broken anyway being a Springfield, but not as early in life if I had stuck with brass.

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[hpd855]

Would that apply to a CETME as well ?

Tula and Wolf is all I have ever shot in my Cetme, never had any issues.