Anything wrong with Hornady Steel Match?

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Just picked up an Ruger Precision Rifle and have about 200 rounds of Hornady Steel Match in 308 Win. Generally speaking I've been really happy with the Steel Match going through my Remington 700 but the guy behind the counter said not to put that through the RPR.

Can anyone think of a reason as to why not? I haven't been able to find anything online or in the Ruger book that say why not.

TIA,

Happy
 
Probably because most gun counter salesmen are professional experts on everything. Like the guy that tried to tell me FL dies don't resize the body of the case, just the neck and shoulder, and that I needed to buy a Redding 3 die set if I want to reload for a semi. Lol.
 
Should be no problems shooting that ammo through your rifle. The salesman was probably confusing the ammo with some sort of cheap milsurp stuff that you probably shouldn't shoot because it isn't that accurate not because it will harm your rifle...
 
Last time I went to cabelas I walked up on my buddy looking for a cleaning kit for his rifle and I recommended the Tipton cleaning rod, salesmen jumped in and said it was a waste of money and to just buy the cheap cleaning kit and wrap electrical tape around the steel rod. Experts...
 
The biggest problem I seem to have with "Hornady steel match" ammo is that it doesn't shoot that well out of almost all the guns I've tried it in!

Superperformance match on the other hand shoots like a dang!

There should be no issues whatsoever shooting that out of a Ruger......

Cheers!
 
I've had people say that to me to... with my HK MR308A3, "Don't shoot that through it!"... "Why?" ... "It's too nice (meaning the rifle)" ... "Uh, ... o.k."

I think people are just used to seeing that style of casing, and thinking that it is some kind of Russian crap, corrosive or not. Hornady Steel match is not that at all. I have found that it shoots about as well as Federal Gold Medal Match (in rifles that will shoot 150-155gr. as well as 168gr.), and - for awhile at least - it cost half as much. Yes, the casings are green, but it doesn't damage the rifle (any more than any other type of ammo) or anything ridiculous like that. There are just so many gun store experts out there. One of the things I have always found annoying about firearms, more so than other activities, literally EVERY SINGLE GUY adamantly believes he knows best at all times. Just do your own research and come to your own conclusions.

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I don't know about steel casings, but I do know that sometimes people get confused about steel in the bullet. If the bullet has a bimetal jacket, basically its a steel jacket with an ultra thin copper wash coating. The copper comes off very easily, exposing the steel jacket underneath. Steel bullet down a steel barrel = bad for precision rifle.
 
To my knowledge, Hornady steel match ammo have regular non steel core bullets. Only the casings are steel. I have had good experience with it, including good accuracy, in my Savage 10 TR.

Gilbert
 
CostcoSamples said:
I don't know about steel casings, but I do know that sometimes people get confused about steel in the bullet. If the bullet has a bimetal jacket, basically its a steel jacket with an ultra thin copper wash coating. The copper comes off very easily, exposing the steel jacket underneath. Steel bullet down a steel barrel = bad for precision rifle.
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No, it is nothing like that. It is basically a cost saving round. It uses the same Hornady bullets as their other ammo, different cases, different primers.

http://www.hornady.com/store/308-Win-155-GR-BTHP-STEEL-MATCH/

- Hornady Match rifle bullets;
- loaded at the Hornady factory;
- coated steel cartridge cases;
- non-corrosive berdan primers.

The bullets (in the .308 Steel Match) are these ones:

http://www.hornady.com/store/30-Cal-.308-155-gr-BTHP/
 
CostcoSamples said:
I don't know about steel casings, but I do know that sometimes people get confused about steel in the bullet. If the bullet has a bimetal jacket, basically its a steel jacket with an ultra thin copper wash coating. The copper comes off very easily, exposing the steel jacket underneath. Steel bullet down a steel barrel = bad for precision rifle.
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This is not necessarily true. It depends on the hardness of the steel. The swiss use bi-metal jackets with great accuracy out of the 7.5 Swiss. Bi-metal is cheaper than normal gilding metals but don't necessary ruin precision rifles. As for accelerated wear, that may be a possibility but to be honest, I am not sure if bi-metal jackets accelerate wear of a barrel more than normal gilding metals.
 
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