so "some guns", just as they have problems with "some brass brands", (my CZ 97B .45ACP..????)
HATES Blazer Brass.....
many have problems with steel, and aluminum...
so buy 1 box, try it, then go for there.
and be the gunsmith you wanna be, and fix'em..????
^ This, +eleventybillionandone ,
@Wannabewoodsman
Unique guns may have unique problems with unique ammo - it's just a matter of tolerance stacking.
This is why we vet the ammo that we shoot: not just for accuracy/precision, but also for function.
Too lazy to do so, or too cheap to invest in the time/expense of small quantities of a variety of ammo?
It's some head-scratching and a quick laugh (or being teased and roasted to shreds by your shooting buddies) on the range. It's the risk of embarrassment at a match. It's the frustration of poor performance and lack of proper learning in training classes or when you're engaged in solo practice. It's the possibility of your defensive/duty weapon going "click" instead of "bang" when you're engaged in the fight of your life.
Want a concrete example of tolerance stacking?
When my buddy completed his Roland Special build, we were both somewhat worried about the supposed ammo-finickiness of that setup (
for those unfamiliar who are reading this post, the Roland Special is a Glock 19 which has some specific enhancements grafted on to it, including a muzzle compensator and slide-mounted micro-red-dot optic, it's these additions, as well as the oftentimes resultant need to use a different recoil spring in the gun to insure proper cycling/function that can cause the gun to be picky about ammo).
To insure that we wouldn't waste a range trip, I brought out with me
sixteen (16) different makes/models of factory ammo - everything from el-cheapo range-fodder as well as premium defensive/duty cartridges - to give the gun both some good exercise as well as to log some data for ourselves.
To our astonishment, the gun performed just about the same with 15 of the 16 different 9x19 cartridges - everything from 115 gr. to 147 gr., standard pressure and +P. At the 22 yard line (we were limited to that distance based on the range, typically, we'd have taken things out to the 25 yard line for this kind of vetting), everything was coming in well within the black on a B8 repair center, and my buddy wasn't even taking his time with the shots.
It even ran TulAmmo just fine.
The
only exception was 147 gr. aluminum-cased Blazer, which, for whatever reason, caused the gun to literally open its group size to double what we saw with any of the other ammo. The gun shot both 115 and 124 gr. variants of that same Blazer aluminum just fine, and it also shot various other 147 gr. ammo (including both Speer GDHP and Federal HST) just fine, too. Literally, everything was fist-sized with the exception of the 147 gr. Blazer aluminum, which became open-hand-sized. We even re-tested this ammo a few more times, just to be sure.
Don't worry about modern non-corrosive primer aluminum or steel case,
@Wannabewoodsman .
You'll be surprised at how many shooters - even before any kind of ammo shortages - will use "Tula" in their $1K+, $2K+, or even
$4K+ pistols and carbines at training classes. And no, these folks don't run back to their range bags to pull out "match" ammo before shooting graded exercises, either.
And don't worry too much about getting the gun dirty from carbon fouling. Yes, it's a bit more work to clean, but unless the gun it's shot from is a heirloom, collectible, or otherwise safe-queen, my "amateur"-tip is that if you're spending more tine cleaning than you are shooting, you're missing out.
With modern non-corrosive primers, the real benefit in routine cleaning is actually the physical inspection that you do on the gun and its critical components as you render those surfaces clean enough to truly see them in-detail. If you're going to just mindlessly clean while sitting in front of the TV, you might as well not do it at all. Modern duty/defensive-grade autopistols and semi-auto carbines will function for thousands - if not tens of thousands - of rounds, completely trouble free, with just appropriate lubrication and no cleaning.
