Posted: 10/26/2012 2:46:46 PM EDT
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I avoid it since for at nominal additional cost I can shoot brass cased ammnition with copper, rather than mild steel, jacket bullets.
http://www.uspsa.org/front-sight-magazine-article.php?Should-I-Buy-BiMetal-Ammo-8 |
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Shoot it up.
Around here, Wal-Mart sells Federal 100 round packs for $20.97. They also sell TulAmmo 50 round packs for $9.97. For $1.03 more per 100, I'll shoot brass cases and save any I can find, as I am a reloader. If the Federal isn't there, however, I'll shoot the TulAmmo. Also: The Federal is loaded REALLY weak. It only chronographs about 1050 fps from my Glock 19. I'm surprised it even cycles the action, honestly. The TulAmmo is much more reasonable at 1125 fps. |
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Every Tulammo I've ever seen is brass cased, not steel. That said, why shoot Serbia crap if American ammo is available? Apparently you haven't seen much Tula, it's steel case, with a mild steel jacketed, copper washed, lead core bullet, and made in the Tula factory in Russia. Perhaps you are confusing it with Prvi Partizan which is good, brass cased, copper jacketed, ammunition. |
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Every Tulammo I've ever seen is brass cased, not steel. That said, why shoot Serbia crap if American ammo is available? Apparently you haven't seen much Tula, it's steel case, with a mild steel jacketed, copper washed, lead core bullet, and made in the Tula factory in Russia. Perhaps you are confusing it with Prvi Partizan which is good, brass cased, copper jacketed, ammunition. I've seen Tul in every handgun caliber available that is sold here in GA and have never seen it in steel case. Now all the Privi crap I've seen is steel cased. Was looking at both today in walmart since they were out of Federal and Winchester so wound up buying nothing. Either way, I only shoot American made ammo. |
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The Wall-e World here has Tula for 4.95 a box of 20 and Federal for 11+ a box of 20.......
Been buying a few boxes of Tula when I can..... I don't have any problems shooting the Tula... Would I like to shoot brass?.... Sure.. but if I wan't to shoot I guess its... Tula.... |
What caliber? jeeez man. details!!!  typically tula in .223 is under-powered and is known to cause malfunctions. it is not because of the steel case. it's under-powered, and it does not eject properly in many rifles. buy a few boxes and make sure it runs reliably for you. if it does, stockpile.
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Quoted: You sir, are wrong. Quoted: Quoted: Every Tulammo I've ever seen is brass cased, not steel. That said, why shoot Serbia crap if American ammo is available? Apparently you haven't seen much Tula, it's steel case, with a mild steel jacketed, copper washed, lead core bullet, and made in the Tula factory in Russia. Perhaps you are confusing it with Prvi Partizan which is good, brass cased, copper jacketed, ammunition. I've seen Tul in every handgun caliber available that is sold here in GA and have never seen it in steel case. Now all the Privi crap I've seen is steel cased. Was looking at both today in walmart since they were out of Federal and Winchester so wound up buying nothing. Either way, I only shoot American made ammo. |
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You sir, are wrong.
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Every Tulammo I've ever seen is brass cased, not steel. That said, why shoot Serbia crap if American ammo is available? Apparently you haven't seen much Tula, it's steel case, with a mild steel jacketed, copper washed, lead core bullet, and made in the Tula factory in Russia. Perhaps you are confusing it with Prvi Partizan which is good, brass cased, copper jacketed, ammunition. I've seen Tul in every handgun caliber available that is sold here in GA and have never seen it in steel case. Now all the Privi crap I've seen is steel cased. Was looking at both today in walmart since they were out of Federal and Winchester so wound up buying nothing. Either way, I only shoot American made ammo. Indeed, he is. You should double-check that, spectreal. PPU is brass, tula is Russian steel. End of story. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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What caliber? jeeez man. details!!! typically tula in .223 is under-powered and is known to cause malfunctions. it is not because of the steel case. it's under-powered, and it does not eject properly in many rifles. buy a few boxes and make sure it runs reliably for you. if it does, stockpile. My experience is definately different then your's, only malfunctions I've had with steel case in my AR have been stuck cases, not simply FTE. The steal doesn't expand like brass and causes chamber build up |
But to the query, shoot it if it works. Just don't expect premium performance by any means.
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Every Tulammo I've ever seen is brass cased, not steel. That said, why shoot Serbia crap if American ammo is available? Apparently you haven't seen much Tula, it's steel case, with a mild steel jacketed, copper washed, lead core bullet, and made in the Tula factory in Russia. Perhaps you are confusing it with Prvi Partizan which is good, brass cased, copper jacketed, ammunition. I've seen Tul in every handgun caliber available that is sold here in GA and have never seen it in steel case. Now all the Privi crap I've seen is steel cased. Was looking at both today in walmart since they were out of Federal and Winchester so wound up buying nothing. Either way, I only shoot American made ammo. As other have said you sir are WRONG. Tula is steel and crap. Privi is clean brass cased and fine plinking ammo. |
| I like it, I just bought 250 rounds of 9mm tula at walmart. I usually pay a little extra for WWB or the federal stuff but often its not in stock, so I buy the tula. I have not had a problem with it in any caliber I buy it in ( .223, .40, and 9mm ) and its a great range ammo IMO. |
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You sir, are wrong.
X10 And tula is crap ammo. Lets not beat around it. It is bottom of the barrel. However if's it all you got & can afford, it's better then nothing. Ok, I guess that depends on your definition of crap ammo. Tula is safe, it goes bang 99.99% of the time. Its dirty, its not the most accurate or consistant stuff but when you are practicing drawing from a holster and doing double taps at 7 yards, how accurate does it have to be? Can you shoot as many rounds between cleanings without malfunctions? Probably not but for me thats not an issue. I clean my guns after every range trip with few exceptions. One of my M4 clones went quite a few range trips between cleanings for grins and giggles, over a thousand rounds of tula and wolf ammo with no problems. Just wanted to see how my lube ( Mobil 1 ) would work, that was a good enough test for me. If you have the coin to buy top of the line ammo thats great but when you use terms like " crap ammo " that may deter newbs from trying it and reaching their own conclusions. YMMV. |
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Every Tulammo I've ever seen is brass cased, not steel. That said, why shoot Serbia crap if American ammo is available? Apparently you haven't seen much Tula, it's steel case, with a mild steel jacketed, copper washed, lead core bullet, and made in the Tula factory in Russia. Perhaps you are confusing it with Prvi Partizan which is good, brass cased, copper jacketed, ammunition. I've seen Tul in every handgun caliber available that is sold here in GA and have never seen it in steel case. Now all the Privi crap I've seen is steel cased. Was looking at both today in walmart since they were out of Federal and Winchester so wound up buying nothing. Either way, I only shoot American made ammo. Odd, in every caliber I have seen it has been steel cased in GA. Perhaps because Tula is steel cased ammo? http://tulammousa.com/products/ |
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TulAmmo is my go-to practice ammunition in 9mm. I will buy brass (usually Federal valupack) when it is the same exact price simply because the empty brass has scrap value... But usually TulAmmo is cheapest and in stock. I've had exactly one dud round in countless hundreds of rounds. I look at it as a free, random, practice for failure drill. You never know when TulAmmo will throw you a dud, just like in real life where Murphy runs things. You never know when you will get a dud round, usually at the worst possible time.
Dirty ammunition is a realtive thing. I clean my Glock after every range session because it is my CCW and needs to be be clean at all times. Guns get dirty when you fire them, just a fact of life. Accuracy is relative too. You get what you pay for. Inexpensive ammunition is not going to be match grade, but it will be accurate enough for practice. The only reason I do not use TulAmmo in .223 is that my handloads are even less expensive... 1DD |