Warning. Brass coated steel cased ammo from Freedom

[tomthebaker]

The owner of USSA said he has recently found Freedom Munitions pistol "brass" that is brass coated steel.

I'm sure no one wants to accidentally run that through their reloader.

 

[swampratt]

Good to know But I have ran steel which is coated and I have ran aluminum through my Lee Carbide dies No issues at all.

I much prefer to loose my aluminum and steel cases to the tall weeds than my brass ones.

I wonder if on the package they tell you it is steel based. or if they are just trying to pull a fast one.

 

[tomthebaker]

They tell you, from what I heard

 

[beastep]

I have a 243 die with a case stuck in it right now that turned out to be nickle coated steel. Not from them though.

 

[tomthebaker]

https://www.freedommunitions.com/9mm-luger-115-gr-rn-steel-new.html

 

[swampratt]

Steel cases will take a beating I can attest to that.
A friend worked up a load in his 45acp with 230gr lead and longshot powder.
You need a stout gun and his and mine are like tanks ..anyway it was 1280 fps.

I worked up some loads with bullseye powder and 200gr Lee tumble lube and found if I push the thing too fast it tumbles.
Skids instead of twisting with the rifling.
Funny thing, the rounds shot more accurate than some other loads I was playing with.
Tumbling bullet that hits the intended target....That could be useful ..and since it was skidding you could not trace that one to a particular gun.
Fun information.

 

[druryj]

Good to know But I have ran steel which is coated and I have ran aluminum through my Lee Carbide dies No issues at all.

I much prefer to loose my aluminum and steel cases to the tall weeds than my brass ones.

I wonder if on the package they tell you it is steel based. or if they are just trying to pull a fast one.

They tell you pretty clearly; the ammo is called "American Steel" - it's brass coated over a steel case to "provide enhanced feeding and reliability"

 

[tomthebaker]

I'm just hoping no one picks up this "brass" at the range accidentally

 

[skyhawk1]

I'm just hoping no one picks up this "brass" at the range accidentally

If you pick up range brass you should just run a magnet over it. Brass/copper coated steel has been around for a while