Tulammo or other steel cased ammo

I do not have an XD, but I have used it in some of my other auto pistols to keep the cost down. It is accurate in some guns and not in others. Can say that I can advise anyone else to use it, but it works for me.

i don't reload any pistol ammo except for .45 acp. I even try to avoid that. Mostly cause I lose all the brass in the grass. I can't see well and I just can't find it. I have a range in the back yard. So I try to stick to the low bucks aluminum and steel case stuff if I can.

Oh, and welcome to the forum. Good place here.

 

Is there any problem with the steel cartridge casing scraping the chamber walls? Also, is the bullet in the TulAmmo any different composition than a typical US fab cartridge? That is, is there any steel in the bullet itself? Concern about piercing back plates at some ranges.

 

Thanks! I may have to try a box of it and see if my XDm 9mm Compact will like it. It's liked everything else I've given it.

Followup: Just noticed on FTF XD forum a guy had some jams with steel cased ammo in his XD9SC. Use with caution.

 

I've run a couple hundred rounds of MFS, which is steel case, lead core mild steel jacket with copper wash with very good results. I've shot a bit of norinco mild steel jacket copper wash steel case with ok results, reliable but not very accurate. I haven't shot enough of the tula whatit to have a valid opinion in handguns, but their rifle stuff works just fine, so i can't imagine their handgun ammo is no good.

 

I've used steel cased ammo in just about all my firearms...

Usually not as accurate...and usually more dirty...but it works !!

Just not for competition or self defense...

 

Not in my XDm, but my AK47 eats it like candy.

I've heard both good and bad about Tul in pistols but maybe you can try 1 box and see.

 

I've never had any problem with steel cased ammo of any brand. Most of it has been Wolf, and yes its kinda dirty, and its not match ammo, but I'm able to hit targets out to 100 yards consistantly, which is just about the limit for these old eyes of mine.

I heard a rumor a few years that the lacquer coating on the steel cased rifle cartridges will melt under rapid fire when the chamber got hot and gum up the chamber. But that was it, just a rumor. I've not had narry a problem with my AK, nor SKS's shooting lacquer coated, steel cased ammo.



Just my two cents worth.

 

Wolf now coats their different brands of steel cased ammo with polymer,

in leiu of the lacquer coating and it's perceived problems.

 

I love to reload, and especially love shooting my shiny brass ammo that I've reloaded. However, I'm saving all my good brass ammo for a rainy day... LOL I have been shooting Tulammo .45 Automatic ammo lately. I've run at least a thousand rounds of it through my XD and it is quite accurate. Ive never had a misfire or any feeding problems whatsoever. Hey, it's Russian, and it just keeps right on shooting. At less that $15 a box, it beats the heck out of the prices of brass ammo. I practice with Tulammo, and load up for CC with my hot hollowpoint ammo. I like that!

 

Taking the Saiga AK47 out Saturday morning and burn these up. It eats them like candy.

 

Along time ago when Steel case ammo really hit the market, there was some trouble with it spliting the case when fired. In auto's it sometimes caused the case to stick in the chamber. Today the steel cases are much better with less trouble.

Its just not the greatist ammo but it works

 

My 1911, BHP,XDm, AK/SKS's, AR-15 & Makarov pistols love 'em. AR-15 really loves 62gr Silver Bear and Range clean up is made easier HINT big magnet on end of ax handle.

 

OK, here's a silly, but related, question: Can you reload steel casings?

 

No they split to easly

 

Yes but I wouldn't.
The gets sticky on the dies, they tend to split and some are berdan primed. Not worth the trouble.

 

I have shot my brother's SKS with tula and no problems. Just a ton of crap comes out of the muzzle after the projectile.