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AK's and other firearms in 7.62x39 are designed around using steel cased ammo you will not harm one by using any amount of steel case ammo.
Steel case yes, steel jacketed projectiles? no
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AK's and other firearms in 7.62x39 are designed around using steel cased ammo you will not harm one by using any amount of steel case ammo.
Steel case yes, steel jacketed projectiles? no
My ak is the only firearm I'll feed steel - They eat anything
Take a look at the 5.45x39mm cartridge and tell me if you find any brass cased ones. At all.
Mild steel jacket, they still expand.I do NOT buy foreign "soft point" ammo. I bought some (forget whether it was S&B or Herter's) at Cabela's, got home and found out that a magnet was attracted to the projectile itself. Not sure if it is steel core or steel jacket - either way, it is probably no better than FMJ and probably worse.
Yugoslavians had brass.I'll have to dig it out and take a pic, but I have some '50s dated brass case soviet 7.62....wasn't always steel cased
Yup...I has lots of itYugoslavians had brass.
Yugoslavians had brass.
Yup...I has lots of it
A lot of people dont realize the Russians made brass cased too.
Believe it or not, Hornady is now selling reloadable brass cases in that caliber. 5.45x39 Unprimed Rifle Brass 50 Count...
For a brief time. They had them in 7.62x54 at least.Yup...I has lots of it
A lot of people dont realize the Russians made brass cased too.
You can still reload it.I believe it is all berdan primed tho, so not much use to the normal reloader.
Sure, for the brass over steel thing, yah. There's that.
No problem in regards to it being corrosive, just be mindful of washing down is all when your done. For folks who've never run corrosive.
I think shooting anything at all; lead cast, copper jacketed lead or solid copper alloy safety slug..... even cleaning the barrel - may wear the riflingEven with an AK, I won't shoot that kind of ammo in any firearm - I don't like the steel jacket, whether it is copper coated or not. I think it might wear the rifling.