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<blockquote data-quote="aestus" data-source="post: 2006827" data-attributes="member: 2989"><p>A good AR will run steel and brass no problems. A good quality bolt like a BCM and a good barrel and you can pretty much run anything. By the time the steel cased ammo would have worn your extractor down, the amount of savings would make up for it 10 fold including the cost of a new extractor and springs. Heck, you could replace the bolt with the savings. The steel used in quality bolts and extractors are much harder than the soft steel used in ammo cases.</p><p></p><p>9 times out of 10, if an AR chokes on steel ammo, it's a sign of something a bit "off" with your AR build. Using quality ammo usually masks some of these problems that weaker pressured steel core ammo can shed light on. Typically, I notice steel cased stuff shooting lower than brass cased .223.</p><p></p><p>My only real gripe about steel core stuff is it's dirty dirty stuff. Cheap brass cased stuff can be dirty too, but the all steel ammo burns dirty. Great thing about shooting steel is I don't feel the urge to collect all of my spent casings like I do brass. There's an ease of mind shooting steel and not caring.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aestus, post: 2006827, member: 2989"] A good AR will run steel and brass no problems. A good quality bolt like a BCM and a good barrel and you can pretty much run anything. By the time the steel cased ammo would have worn your extractor down, the amount of savings would make up for it 10 fold including the cost of a new extractor and springs. Heck, you could replace the bolt with the savings. The steel used in quality bolts and extractors are much harder than the soft steel used in ammo cases. 9 times out of 10, if an AR chokes on steel ammo, it's a sign of something a bit "off" with your AR build. Using quality ammo usually masks some of these problems that weaker pressured steel core ammo can shed light on. Typically, I notice steel cased stuff shooting lower than brass cased .223. My only real gripe about steel core stuff is it's dirty dirty stuff. Cheap brass cased stuff can be dirty too, but the all steel ammo burns dirty. Great thing about shooting steel is I don't feel the urge to collect all of my spent casings like I do brass. There's an ease of mind shooting steel and not caring. [/QUOTE]
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