Does steel casing damage the gun?

[snow leopard]

So I have a tikka t3x tac a1 and I want to just plink with it on land. I'm thinking of buying bulk steel casing .308 for the gun. Would the steel casings damage my gun or not?

 

[Potashminer]

https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/2411992-Are-Steel-Casings-Bad-For-The-Action

 

[cosmic]

Lets see, spend a fair amount of money on a good, accurate rifle. Buy cheap, inaccurate ammo and get mediocre performance, while wearing out your barrel. Might be time to take up reloading, as a minimum you can make mexican match ammo with your steel case stuff - pick up some Hornady 150 SP Interlock, they shoot well and are relatively inexpensive.

 

[DiMP]

Lets see, spend a fair amount of money on a good, accurate rifle. Buy cheap, inaccurate ammo and get mediocre performance, while wearing out your barrel.

"I bought myself a Corvette. I get a good deal on barrels of old fuel from the scrap yard from draining the fuel tanks before they crush the cars. Car runs like sh*t, damn Chevrolet"

 

[5.45]

It’s not steel casing, it’s steel jacketed projectiles that wear out barrels like crazy.
Soviet bloc 7.62 milsurp and modern Barnaul both eat the rifling even on chrome lined barrels.

 

[porpoise]

If it performs well enough for your purpose and you don't reload go for it, it's a tikka not a Steinway

 

[dan belisle]

So I have a tikka t3x tac a1 and I want to just plink with it on land. I'm thinking of buying bulk steel casing .308 for the gun. Would the steel casings damage my gun or not?

Steel being harder than brass, it will wear rifle components faster. - dan

 

[Joel]

If you aren't looking for more accuracy than steel case gives you, its fine.

Wearing out your barrel takes thousands and thousands of rounds especially at bolt action shooting rates unless you're doing continous mad minutes.

Lots of M80 ball has bimetal jackets that no one cries about. It and steel case work for me for offhand and other position shooting practice, especially at steel. It ain't target ammo, but look how much has been used/issued throughout the world.

You gain nothing from plinking with expensive ammo.

 

[dan belisle]

If you aren't looking for more accuracy than steel case gives you, its fine.

Wearing out your barrel takes thousands and thousands of rounds especially at bolt action shooting rates unless you're doing continous mad minutes.

Lots of M80 ball has bimetal jackets that no one cries about. It and steel case work for me for offhand and other position shooting practice, especially at steel. It ain't target ammo, but look how much has been used/issued throughout the world.

You gain nothing from plinking with expensive ammo.

Think of your extractor and ejector, now think of them working on steel rather than brass. They will indeed wear faster. - dan

 

[Joel]

No disagreement that it will wear faster, but I think its such a small amount faster as to be insignificant. And fail early if they're crap parts anyway.