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From a lot of reading, I have found that most issues with Tula and Wolf FTF and FTE issues come from using it in .223 chambered rifles. The rifles chambered for 5.56 seem to have no issue with it. Not true
Also, the gas tube size plays a role here Wut?
OP Tula and Wolf ammo are lacquer coated to prevent corrosion ... when you shoot that ammo a fine layer of lacquer is distributed around the rifle and it needs to be cleaned out ... especially from the chamber. You need a good solvent and chamber brush along with some pretty good elbow grease to get that stuff out of there. If it's left in there and you shoot the rifle again it heats up that layer of lacquer and it becomes sticky and can cause extraction issues among other things.
OK....I agree that not all 5.56 chamber rifles have an issue with steel cased ammo. I should have said that most 5.56 chambered rifles have little/no issues with steel cased ammo. Most complaints come from owners of .223 owners.....or at least from what I have seen first hand and read online.
When I mentioned the gas tube, it was in regards to the Tula and Wolf ammo being under charged. My MP15 is "over-gassed" and can cycle just fine with any of this this ammo.I have gone out and shot over 500 rds of Tula in one trip to the range without a single issue. Not trying to step on your barbecue boss, this is just coming from what I have read on ArfCom and have seen first hand. I can alternate brass and steel all day without issue....and so can many other rifles.
To the OP, a FTE may have been caused by the underpowered Tula not cycling all the way. If he is going to continue shooting Tula, he might want to change his buffer size....or gas tube size (buffer is easier). Then agian, he might just want to sick with what works in his rifle.
Tell you what, I can do an A/B comparison this week between my MP15 and my Dads DPMS at the range using Tula and brass to see if I can recreate this issue. I have plenty of Tula on hand and can get a bulk pack of American Eagle at my LGS. If I can recreate the problem first hand I will give let you know what I figure out.......I'll do 100 A.E. through each and then move onto Tula.....and some Wolf M.C. for good measure. It's going to be this coming Thursday or Friday....
I'd really like to help you solve this issue.....and I just happen to be able to replicate the problem. Important question before I go to the range, how clean was the DPMS? I mean, Inspection clean, G.I. clean, clean enough, "never cleaned", or caked with carbon goo? This may or may not play a role, but I want to try and replicate the gun as best I can.
BTW, this is interesting to me as well as this will be the very first time my Dad's DPMS has seen Tula.....