Why can't you use steel cased ammo

[LMT42]

Steel cased ammo is wrong on many levels. (except for AK shooters)

Please expand on this statement.

[sgood1013]

I would rather replace a cheap part 5000 rounds sooner then not get to shoot those 5000 rounds do to price of brass vs steel.

I agree 100%, take the money you save on ammo and put it in a sock until something breaks.

[sgood1013]

I usually buy this ammo

I bought 990 rds of that last year, fired good but not super accurate. And it is still $120 more expensive than Wolf ammo (black box). Wolf is great if you are just shooting, I don't shoot it through my varmint rig though.

[markm]

Please expand on this statement.

The AK was designed to shoot the steel cased Russian ammo. The AR was not. To me... shooting steel cased ammo in an AR is a lazy, cheap bastard way to shoot.

I'd rather shoot less and shoot good ammo. Others have the opposite philosophy, and that's cool too.

[kmrtnsn]

I just sent close to 2,000 rounds of Hornady steel-cased practice ammo through a 6940 over three days without a single ammo related failure (I had one double-feed atributed to an old magazine) and the chamber and extractor don't look any worse than they do after shooting brass cased ammo.

[sgood1013]

The AK was designed to shoot the steel cased Russian ammo. The AR was not. To me... shooting steel cased ammo in an AR is a lazy, cheap bastard way to shoot.

I'd rather shoot less and shoot good ammo. Others have the opposite philosophy, and that's cool too.

Are you serious?

[Cagemonkey]

The AK was designed to shoot the steel cased Russian ammo. The AR was not. To me... shooting steel cased ammo in an AR is a lazy, cheap bastard way to shoot.

I'd rather shoot less and shoot good ammo. Others have the opposite philosophy, and that's cool too.

I agree. Spend 1500 to 2000 grand to setup a rifle and then shoot cheap, dirty, underpowered crap. Its like putting some generic brand name motor oil in a high performance sports car.

[glocktogo]

I agree. Spend 1500 to 2000 grand to setup a rifle and then shoot cheap, dirty, underpowered crap. Its like putting some generic brand name motor oil in a high performance sports car.

But by the time you put 15-20K through it with brass cased, you could have paid for a brand new 1500-2000 rifle with the savings shooting steel.

I won't shoot steel through my suppressor due to the dirty powder, but for high volume shooting it does make economical sense.

[Magsz]

This thread is quickly devolving into idiocy.

If you dont like steel cased ammo, fine, dont shoot it. Until you can provide a REASON why it is VASTLY inferior to brass cased ammo for training and plinking...just do us a favor and stay the heck out of these threads. The elitist attitude in regards to being too good for steel cased ammo or owning a firearm that ONLY digests nothing but gold plated cases with rose impregnated bullets is also moronic.

If my life were on the line i would never, EVER rely on steel cased ammo but for 99% of the shooting community steel cased is more than adequate.

I would rather just shoot, period end of story. It just so happens that i shoot between 200 and 750 rounds a month out of my AR's. If its significantly cheaper and it works for me...hey, i get to spend the savings on other things.