Anyone shooting Tula ammo in their 5.56 XCR?
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Tula is the steel lacquered case, bi-metal jacket stuff? Check this out, and do your own research as well. I realize these tests were in an AR, not the platform you were questioning, but the data may prove useful, regardless. I found it to be an interesting read, if nothing else. Hope this helps.
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the amount of money you save over the life of the rifle could pay for a new rifle by the time its actually worn something out faster.
ya thats what my thinking is. in the lucky gunner thing (read it all) they show that even replacement barrels and such would cost you less then using the brass ammo. and that was done state side. for our rising ammo costs because of the dollar, the cheep stuff looks even better now.
This is my experience with Tula 5.56. I used Tula 5.56 in my M4. I had some problems with hard extraction. Did some research and found out the following. The Tula casings are not lacquer but anodized finished. Some of the other makes of ammo are lacquer finished. The finish is not the problem as there is no problem with dirty lacquered .762 ammo but it is a different shape. The problem came from the shape of the 5.56 cartridge being almost cylindrical. The steel cases did not expand enough and blow back accumulated in the chamber causing jams. I was able to cure the problem by running 1 round of brass every 10 of steel. You could really see the crud on the casing after firing brass. I put a hundred round through at the range this week. 10 brass and 90 steel with no hard extractions. I have also heard steel is hard on extractors but I always keep a spare anyway. It is a cheap replacement part for an M4.
I have put 300ish rounds of the .223 62 gr hp through my Tavor with no issue at all I would buy it again http://www.tulammocanada.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=80&product_id=51
