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  • Vic Z

    Plinker
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    Jan 3, 2019
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    Tried some different (cheaper) ammo today and learned my lesson.
    Tried some Tullammo in 38sp for the sp101. Hated it. $10 a box and certainly not worth the savings.
    Fired ok but the casings are steel and were really tough to eject. Could push them out just a bit and then had to pull each one out by hand.
    Also tried some Remmington Thunderbolts in 22lr. Fired and operated fine but was filthy.
    My hands were black after 120 rounds.
    I bought 500. What do I do with the rest now. Lol
    I guess this is all part of the learning curve.
    At least I got to go shoot.
     

    Brad69

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    Jul 16, 2016
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    Here is a tip the Federal Aluminum ammo you get at Wal Mart works great and is cheap, they also have Federal brass ammo for a few bucks more. I have used both 9mm and .45 to include a few classes seems to be great.

    BTW .38 spl is $17.00 for 50
     

    Bennettjh

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    Jul 8, 2012
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    That's interesting, my Ruger SR9 HATES steel and aluminum cases. Must be a Ruger characteristic on both revolvers and semi-automatics.
     

    dbg326

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    My Bulgarian Mak loves Wolf steel-case... With that being said, it was designed to shoot steel cased ammo.

    I have a box of Thunderbolt that has yet to be opened. It was dirt cheap, and I figure I'll run it through the bolt gun as opposed to the 22/45 or 10/22.

    Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
     

    Vic Z

    Plinker
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    Jan 3, 2019
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    I was amazed at how dirty my hands were. Literally had big dark black patches on my hands.
    The gun amazingly wasn't too bad when I cleaned it.
     

    Rdmeed

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    Feb 19, 2019
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    Silverlake
    I bought some aguilla 300 blk it’s so dirty it blows powder and soot back in your face and only cycles the bolt when it wants to
     

    Old Bear

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    Aug 19, 2016
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    I've shot 1000's of rds Tulammo in .45acp and 9mm without any issues (other than being pretty dirty). But I have never read anything good about steel cased .38 special. For shooting cheap .38 spl, I have been using PPU. I picked up 500 rds from SGAmmo at a pretty reasonable price.
     

    crewchief888

    Sharpshooter
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    Aug 13, 2016
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    NWI
    ive never really found any really clean 22LR ammo.
    my hands are black after a steel match. 2 guns 2x's the amount of ammo handling.

    i shoot LSWC out of my USPSA open gun, and i dont get near the amount of lead on my hands...


    :cheers:
     

    AmmoManAaron

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    Feb 20, 2015
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    The steel case TulAmmo is the lowest quality 38 Special available...and it is pretty bad. The 357 Mag is pretty bad too. The 9mm, 380 auto, x39, and 223 are a bit better relatively speaking, but I still don't shoot them because I like to be able to reload my empties.

    Listen to Leadeye, learning to reload 38 Special is a good idea and it's easy. You will save money (actually you'll just end up shooting more for the same price), and you will make better ammo than the steel case stuff. Plus, you'll have the satisfaction of seeing the results of your work at the range.
     

    russc2542

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    Oct 24, 2015
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    Leave steel to tapered cases. It works ok in AKs (and often 9mm) because of the overall conical shape of the case (hence the signature highly curved mags).

    Like a flywheel on a tapered shaft, once you break the seal it pops out vs a cylindrical shaft having to press it all the way on and off (or at least work on it a bit if it isn't an interference fit).
     

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