Steel aint recyclable? Say what? If someone said it aint reloadable I could let that slide but steel aint recyclable? Come on..
The coating on the cases aint the issue.. it is the fact that the steel does not expand and seal the chamber as well and you get fouling in the chamber that can cause all sorts of issues in a tighter chamber that brass wont (mostly).
Now steel in the projectiles is an issue, tho it is a mild steel... and it aint the issue many think it is. UUMM gee good ole US made ammo has been steel core or bimetal jacket before without issue. That was due to availability of lead and copper.. they hadda make due with what they could. The issue is the backstop that ranges use some of them are very very expensive and they can not afford to have the steel eat em up which it does MUCH faster than lead n copper tho pure copper projectiles might be real real close.
The range we shoot at has water flowing down the face of the backstop for lead abatement.
The coating on the cases aint the issue.. it is the fact that the steel does not expand and seal the chamber as well and you get fouling in the chamber that can cause all sorts of issues in a tighter chamber that brass wont (mostly).
Now steel in the projectiles is an issue, tho it is a mild steel... and it aint the issue many think it is. UUMM gee good ole US made ammo has been steel core or bimetal jacket before without issue. That was due to availability of lead and copper.. they hadda make due with what they could. The issue is the backstop that ranges use some of them are very very expensive and they can not afford to have the steel eat em up which it does MUCH faster than lead n copper tho pure copper projectiles might be real real close.
The range we shoot at has water flowing down the face of the backstop for lead abatement.
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