[Doug Bowser]

I have read where some of you are oiling Tula Ammo before firing it in a ,223/5,56mm. This practice increases the bolt thrust generated in firing the round. The cartridge is supposed to cling to the walls of the chamber and if they don't, excessive thrust is imparted to the bolt face. This can increase headspace in Highpower Rifles. You can cause damage to the locking lugs and locking lug recesses.

I would never shoot any ammunition in a rifle of mine with a steel cased cartridge, especially an AR-15. Don't buy an expensive rifle and shoot the cheapest ammo you can find in it.

Doug Bowser

 

[msredneck]

Don't buy an expensive rifle and shoot the cheapest ammo you can find in it.

Boy Howdy...How many times have we said that...same applies to optics

 

[nonnieselman]

Thats why i put together the cheap ARs and shoot everything thru it

Never heard of anybody actually Oiling the ammo.

 

[Doug Bowser]

There was a post on the forum that describes oiuling ammo, unless I misunderstood.

Doug

 

[captain-03]

There was a post on the forum that describes oiuling ammo, unless I misunderstood.

Doug

I saw it being done at the McCain shoot we had ... I recommended against doing it ..

 

[Doug Bowser]

There was a post on the forum that describes oiuling ammo, unless I misunderstood.

Doug

I saw it being done at the McCain shoot we had ... I recommended against doing it ..

You did the right thing. I had a Savage 99 in .243 Win come to my shop. They oiled the cases and it increased head space so much, the field gauge would rattle in the chamber. It case head separated and since there is no other place for the escaping gas pressure to go, it blew the butt stock off the rifle.

Doug

 

[isit5]

Don't buy an expensive rifle and shoot the cheapest ammo you can find in it.

Great advice

 

[bubbat]

Guess the Eastern Bloc militaries never got the memo, the gazillion rounds of steel cased ammo they have used for years is a bad thing to do. :lol4:

 

[msredneck]

I would imagine that most eastern block countries only cared about producing stuff as cheap and as fast as it could...with whatever materials it could scrape up.

This is what makes Kalishnakov so brilliant....a stamped part, but ugly assault weapon that is super reliable.

I did not say I would not shoot steel cases...just that I would not willingly shoot steel cased ammo in anything that I considered valuable...examples AK-47, Mosin 91/30, SKS....

That's about it....now if I was on the battlefield...I'd shoot whatever I could find

I think I'd look for another gun on the battlefield if I was having to oil my ammo...Think I've read where US soldier's had to urinate on their Garands to keep them running during the Battle of the Buldge...my memory aint what it used to be...that might be folklore

 

[Doug Bowser]

Some firearms are made to use steel cases. AK-47 for example. The AR15 has a very small extractor hook. I have seen Ar15 extractors broken by using steel cased Wolf ammo in them.

Doug