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Naw Chris, I think cetanner was referring to the shells, not the bullets. Some ranges only want brass (one by me doesn't allow steel or aluminum, just brass cased ammo). My guess is the same, the must sell off the brass and they don't want to have to sort it (although a magnet would extract the steel stuff easy enough )
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It is Ok if the Ruskie ammo isn't much good as long as it's cheap and there is alot of it.
Is that the latest excuse Range personnel are using to keep Ruskie ammo off the range, 'It might be a fire hazzard'? I get treatebd badly enough by some people, but from a fellow shooter? Why can't they just say your range fees arn't high enough to cover the extra clean-up & disposal costs involved in cleaning-up after steel cases? |
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Many range managers care less about pistol cases than many shooters assume. (Rifle cases are another story, but I digress.) Most busy urban ranges collect more pistol brass than they can possibly sell at retail, and sorting the cases is a dirty, inefficient job that often has a low rate of return. Many ranges sell most of their pistol cases to a scrapper or a reloading company by weight, and these companies are well equipped to filter out the steel cases and other trash. IOW if your local range has bags of cases for sale, you might be surprised to learn that those bags were purchased from somewhere else, or only represent a very small percentage of the brass they collect. Quote:
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At a gun show this weekend, I noticed that TulAmmo has started making .357Mag ammo. Anyone else see or try it yet?
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To update my previous post, I ran a box of TulAmmo 9mm through my CZ-75 Wednesday afternoon and, as expected, had no problems of any kind. I did notice that the recoil and muzzle flash seemed a bit more pronounced than that of the Federal Champion that we also had at the range (my dad was trying out his new-to-him S&W 5906), but not to a huge degree.
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I've had no problems using Tula or Brown Bear Russian ammo.
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interesting...thanks Webley...I'm buying ammo today and gonna try some out
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Bought a 150 rounds of .45 ACP for my next range trip. Feel kind of bad because I cleaned out the local Wal-Mart, but if it wasn't me it would just be someone else.
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I've found the Tula .45ACP to be pretty decent. I also shoot their 308 on occasion out of a PTR91 and a SIG716; it will hold 10 inch groups at 200 yards beyond that the groups really open up pretty quick.
The .223 and 9mm that I've shot was pretty bad and I haven't bought it again.
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