Morne wrote:I had a gun once that ONLY liked aluminum cased ammo.
I'd have sent that one back to the mother ship. Heck, I wouldn't likely have figured out that it only liked the aluminum cased stuff since I don't buy/use it.
It was a Hi-Point.
I was young and broke.
I appreciated that the gun at least had just as cheap a taste as I did.
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Sevens wrote:If we are going to list all the downsides... that stuff (literally) pollutes outdoor ranges.
How so? I have not heard this before, am curious. At a few ranges (in California) they had signage prohibiting the use of aluminum cased ammo, I was told because of having to sort it out by hand before they sold it to a commercial reloader.
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None of the outdoor ranges I visit does anyone put any effort in to picking up either the steel or aluminum. Obviously... brass rats pick up the brass. The steel rusts... the aluminum corrodes, but the only time it seems to get picked up is on an indoor range with an "easy to sweep" tile floor.
Outside, it stands the test of time. It's a shooting range so I suppose we can all agree that it is expected, but it's just always there.
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Fiveshot wrote:What if any are the downside to using aluminum cased ammo? I sometimes purchase these to shoot in my Ruger SR9C and Ruger LC9S. I don't reload, and don't seem to tell any difference, except price.
No downside at all.
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Fiveshot wrote:What if any are the downside to using aluminum cased ammo? I sometimes purchase these to shoot in my Ruger SR9C and Ruger LC9S. I don't reload, and don't seem to tell any difference, except price.
No downside at all.
Since.most guns were.designed.for.brass, aluminum might not.work quite the same and create a malfunction. That said, I shoot a lot Glocks and haven't had.any.issues.with brass, aluminum or steel.
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I tried Blazer aluminum once and none of my semi auto's performed well with it. I have not tried the Federal aluminum ammo yet, but hope to in the future.
I shoot the Blazer aluminum, Federal aluminum, and independence aluminum, and all function flawlessly in a variety of pistols I own from S&W & Springfield. I switch back and forth between brass and aluminum depending on whether or not I can recover the cases at the match. (at one indoor match, someone sweeps up your brass while targets are being scored and pasted.. How awesome is that ?!)
I'm probably around 3000 rounds since my last cleaning on the XDm 9mm and experienced one stove pipe malfunction at the last match while shooting Winchester white box..That's my indicator it's time to clean the pistol.
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