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    Quote Originally Posted by Pork Chop View Post
    Thanks.

    I wet tumble, so rust might be a real issue for me, even if I oven dry.

    I'm not worried about wearing things out (real or perceived). I assume all things to be consumable will heavy use, so I don't get wrapped up over it if/when it happens. My rifles see an 80/20 diet of steel ammo and seem to manage.
    I wet tumble, too - that's why the cases in that photo don't have any of the poly coating on them.

    The only thing I do differently than with brass is I don't do a clean-water-rinse after the rumble, and I blow the cases dry with an air compressor. I don't have an explanation as to why this works, but it does -- something about keeping the soapy water residue on the cases keeps them from rusting. If you do a clean water rinse and don't do something else to the cases (like vibrating tumbler with car wax), they'll rust within days (and sometimes even overnight depending on the humidity).

    I also do not re-tumble after sizing to remove the case lube; I just wipe the cases clean lightly with a rag.

    I have steel stuff I've reloaded that has been sitting in the safe for over 18 months and hasn't developed any rust yet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pork Chop View Post
    it would make lost brass events more enjoyable.
    I do it partly for that reason, but also because steel .223 cases are plentiful at my range and brass is not.

    I don't do any bullseye or benchrest shooting, so I don't spend much time navel-gazing at the group size of the reloaded steel, but from the shooting I do (steel man-sized silhouettes out to 400 yards) it is just as accurate as any of the other loads I put together.

    It is also nice to not have any concern for cases lost in the tall grass or gravel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HackerF15E View Post
    I do it partly for that reason, but also because steel .223 cases are plentiful at my range and brass is not.

    I don't do any bullseye or benchrest shooting, so I don't spend much time navel-gazing at the group size of the reloaded steel, but from the shooting I do (steel man-sized silhouettes out to 400 yards) it is just as accurate as any of the other loads I put together.

    It is also nice to not have any concern for cases lost in the tall grass or gravel.
    Same here, I just need moderately accurate and reliable. My biggest issue is leaving the brass. It really bugs me. Lol

    Good to know about the clean water rinse, I may play around with this idea over the winter.
    Thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pork Chop View Post
    My biggest issue is leaving the brass. It really bugs me. Lol
    No kidding. That's my issue too. I do most of shooting at my house. I have a 50 & 200 yard range & now, especially with the leaves on the ground, I spend more time looking for brass than I do shooting. I'm even contemplating buying a metal detector. It's nice when shooting my AKs that I can just leave the cases lay.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryno12 View Post
    No kidding. That's my issue too. I do most of shooting at my house. I have a 50 & 200 yard range & now, especially with the leaves on the ground, I spend more time looking for brass than I do shooting. I'm even contemplating buying a metal detector. It's nice when shooting my AKs that I can just leave the cases lay.

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    This is why we have rakes hanging in the shelters on the firing lines at our gun club. You want to rake the leaves before you shoot. It makes finding spent brass and steel cases easier.

    I am thinking about throwing a leaf blower in the Jeep to clear the area of leaves around my firing position before I fire.
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    Quote Originally Posted by T2C View Post
    This is why we have rakes hanging in the shelters on the firing lines at our gun club. You want to rake the leaves before you shoot. It makes finding spent brass and steel cases easier.

    I am thinking about throwing a leaf blower in the Jeep to clear the area of leaves around my firing position before I fire.
    It's not so bad for my ARs, they seem to fall into a nice little pile. My pistols spray brass all over into an area that really isn't "rakeable". But yeah, if I wasn't so lazy, it'd definitely help.

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    My LMT MRP non-piston version feeds tula like shit through a goose. Multiple classes and thousands of practice rounds. Still shoots tight groups and I use the tears of shooters watching their high priced brass fall into the dirt to grease my BCG. I shoot brass as often as I can reload it, but with powder scarce, $10+ 5.56 and lines like those at Disney world to get rationed ammo, steel is prevalent and cheap. If a rifle that I own won't feed steel reliably it is not going to occupy my safe. I prefer Tula to Wolf and other steel products, for some reason for me it groups tighter and shoots better than the other brands. Never thought about reloading it and I was interested to here about the experience shared in doing this and the results.

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    I quit shooting Wolf years ago. I only shoot Tula. Love the stuff and run it all the time. I've never had a gun tula would not run in.

    I never shoot brass after firing tula. The steel cases do not seal well and leave blow by gas material in the chamber which brass can stick too.

    Yes I use a drill with chamber brush. 15 seconds in the chamber and run a bore snake three times down the bore. I can't remember the last time I had a jamb of any kind. It works great and have been doing it for years.

    Remember kids.... your chamber is Chrome lined. Which do you think is harder, the chrome lining or the brass brush?

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    Now we have a chamber cleaning brush powered by an electric drill motor and reloading of steel case ammo in the same thread...What the hell has happened to M4C...
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    Quote Originally Posted by foxtrotx1 View Post
    Brass is super slick. Polymer coated steel...not so much. Oil the rounds (no your gun won't blow up) and extraction and feeding will be smoother.

    There is nothing wrong with steel case ammo. However, the powders used by TULA create pressure curves that don't necessarily peak at the best time to operate varying AR gas systems.

    Corect me if i am wrong but i dont think this is a good idea" oil the rounds ,excessive chamber pressure? "

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