Got a problem...223 case stuck in chamber.

[ru44mag]

Not that 200 rounds is much of an experiment, but my rifle ran it flawlessly. And afterwards, it ran brass just fine (with no cleaning), which is kind of a no-no to run brass after steel w/o cleaning.

This was Brown Bear and then Geco.

I think steel case is mostly a problem in shorter gas rifles. Rifle length seems to help. I'd think twice before running steel in a 14.5" or shorter carbine gas rifle or pistol.

Not trying to hijack the thread, but do you like the Geco ammo? I bought a bunch, then heard it wasn't that good. I haven't had any problems with it.

 

[Hohn]

Geco has been superb for me. It's not the most accurate stuff, but nothing in 55gr is going to be super accurate with a 1:7 barrel. The .223 is more accurate than 5.56, but the ammo is 100% quality in terms of feeding and extraction. With RK moving boxes at $16.99, I don't know of any better brass case ammo around for the money. I've had no weak rounds or other problems.

The stuff is Swiss Made!!

 

[ru44mag]

Geco has been superb for me. It's not the most accurate stuff, but nothing in 55gr is going to be super accurate with a 1:7 barrel. The .223 is more accurate than 5.56, but the ammo is 100% quality in terms of feeding and extraction. With RK moving boxes at $16.99, I don't know of any better brass case ammo around for the money. I've had no weak rounds or other problems.

The stuff is Swiss Made!!

Thanks for the reply. I had been stocking up with it, then heard something negative...had not bought any for a while. I was just showing it to my brother today. We both thought the same thing, made in Switzerland, has to be good...right?

I try to by .223 so it will also work in a bolt action rifle I have.

 

[jfed85]

fantastic post, it’s easy to crap on steel case, but it is one of the widest used ammo types out there and is used by quite a few armies.

I’m with the thought of it being a maintenance issue too.

Hard to consider it being a maintenance issue, this was the first time the rifle had been fired.

 

[Hohn]

I try to by .223 so it will also work in a bolt action rifle I have.

RK guy tried to convince me that the .223 was loaded hotter because the advertised FPS is higher. He didn't notice that the .223 is rated from a 20" barrel and the 5.56 from a 16" barrel. The 5.56 is hotter, but perhaps not a huge amount.

 

[Hohn]

Hard to consider it being a maintenance issue, this was the first time the rifle had been fired.

Not a "maintenance" issue so much as a combination of steel case, accumulated carbon, and a tightened chamber.

 

[cosermann]

OP, is the chamber of that upper Nickel Boron coated also? PSA's description kind of sounds like it.
Is the finish on your BCG smooth, or does it have a little "texture" kind of like parkerizing?