LCW ammo quality?

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Hi all,

I'm just getting ready to do my TDSA AP1 course in september but I'd like to stock up on 9mm soon! (especially with the ammo dry....)

So I was wondering about the LCW ammo from canada ammo, I know TDSA does not recommend this ammo but I ran about a case of this stuff without any jams or any problems, but this is with my gun running clean and baby-ed. I was wondering if anyone has burned through 1000 rounds of this ammo continuously or have ran this ammo non-stop through a course? I want to get the best bang for the buck!

PS: does anyone know if you can sweep up the brass after the TDSA course for reloading?

Thanks!
 
From what I've read, LCW is a mixed bag. Cases are steel (not brass), and the projectiles are bi-metal (part steel, part ?). While steel casings don't bother me since I'm not reloading, my indoor range won't let me shoot anything where a magnet will stick to the bullet. Reason being since the jacket on it is harder than brass/copper/lead, it will damage the range backstop.

For personal reasons, I wouldn't want to run it because if the projectile jacket is at least partially hard steel, it will cause more wear in my barrel than a copper or brass-jacketed projectile would. So, I'll pay a little more for decent ammo. Wolf and Canadian BDX factory reloads seem to work just fine for my meager ability.
 
gopher73 said:
From what I've read, LCW is a mixed bag. Cases are steel (not brass), and the projectiles are bi-metal (part steel, part ?). While steel casings don't bother me since I'm not reloading, my indoor range won't let me shoot anything where a magnet will stick to the bullet. Reason being since the jacket on it is harder than brass/copper/lead, it will damage the range backstop.

For personal reasons, I wouldn't want to run it because if the projectile jacket is at least partially hard steel, it will cause more wear in my barrel than a copper or brass-jacketed projectile would. So, I'll pay a little more for decent ammo. Wolf and Canadian BDX factory reloads seem to work just fine for my meager ability.
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Will the extra barrel wear outweigh the cost savings from the ammo...... how many more rounds of ammo can be shot ($$-wise) in cheaper ammo and have to buy a new barrel sooner....
 
CV32 said:
Brass vs. Steel Cased Ammo – An Epic Torture Test
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That's an incredibly thorough and useful piece of research. Thanks for posting it!

In the OP's situation, LCW might be a good bet, unless he's really wanting to collect and reload the steel casings. I read that reloading steel casings isn't impossible, but difficult without splitting the casings and hard on dies if not done with some extra TLC.

I'd like to see some test results with Glocks. Because of their unique rifling, I think the barrels would need to be changed more often since the rifling makes more contact with the bullet.
 
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