Tulammo stuck case failure today. 02/20/2023 Torture Test. Sig Sauer P320 Compact

[trbii]

I was blasting away from the Blade Tech OWB holster today, outdoor range, plate rack, about 15-20 yds. Burning up some sorry ass, cheap Ruskie, steel cased ammo. 250 rds. At about 200 rounds fired, experienced a dead trigger from my EDC SIG SAUER P320 Compact. Couldn’t rack the slide. Stuck shut. Sprayed some Ballistol down the bore, along the slide, ejection port, let it cool off in the shade. Found my old,(30years?), dowel rod, placed in the barrel, jammed into the deck, got the action open, empty steel case ejected out. Cleaned the pistol, lubed, finished getting rid of the Tula cartridges. Donated some to weak hand drills. Message to the brothers, don’t use cheap steel case ammo for self defense loads. Not after firing 200+, without cleaning. Was the worst failure I’ve ever experienced, with a semi auto.

 

[j99tc88]

I was with a friend when his Tula ammo in 308 blew the bottom off his mag ripped the rim off and lodged the rest of the casing in the barrel ,Also with my brother shooting lever 357 Tula expand so much it could not be removed. Don’t trust it don’t shoot it.

 

[PanhandleGlocker]

I got 500 rounds of Tula last year and shot every single one of them through my 43x. No cleaning prior.

Had one failure like you. I think I was in my last 50 rounds though.

Pulled out my Leatherman and got the case out. Fired the rest of them and didn’t have another issue. Will I buy it again? Yeah probably so if I see it cheap enough. Lol

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

I've had good luck with Tula. Been shooting it for nearly 20 years in pretty much all my guns. Yeah...it's dirty. But it seems to always work. I wouldn't say I've had any more issues with it than I have some name brand brass stuff.

 

[PBramble]

I've personally seen 2 different rifles in .308 that exhibited over pressure symptoms. The one, I recognized it quickly enough to stop shooting. The other my friend continued to shoot it and had to beat the bolt open with a wooden mallet. He ended up breaking the bolt handle off. That 147 grain stuff just seemed too hot. The rest got pulled down and the components used elsewhere.

 

[PanhandleGlocker]

Oh another story on Tula…

My Glock 36 LOVED Tula. Never had an issue.. wish I could get a case of it now and I would.

Always had an issue with Federal Small Primer brass case stuff though in that gun… but Tula, not a single issue.

 

[1mathom1]

Only issue I've had with Tula 7.62x39 is FTF in a Mini-30. Installed an extra power hammer spring and no more issue.

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

Only issue I've had with Tula 7.62x39 is FTF in a Mini-30. Installed an extra power hammer spring and no more issue.

Forgot about that. I also had a Mini-30 that had issues with not igniting primers in Russian ammo.

 

[WoodsCraft]

I have shot a lot of Tula with no real issues other than it is horribly inconsistent ammunition . Good enough to hit steel out to three hundred yards though, I like to shoot it out of a couple of guns that are simply very hard on brass .

 

[JEVapa]

Don't ever use steel cased ammo in anything, except an AK.