Jamie140
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Blasted through 200 rounds in my Thureon Defense carbine yesterday. Worked flawlessly.
yup your right ,, are these reloadable? or berdan non reloadable?the site mentions "FMJ bullet with steel core" for the 7.62x39 but for the 9mmx19 it only says "FMJ bullet with lead core" ... not exactly definitive but it doesn't mention steel at least while the other mentions steel explicitly.
Look at the start of thread, CanAm stated it was non-corrosive, lead core and had bi-metal (plated steel) jacket with steel case.
You can not use this on any ranges that disallow steel-jacketed ammo.
Bi-metal is an alloy that contains "soft iron" and is usally copper coated. It's fine for keeping prices down. It will not harm your barrel or cause accellerated wear. Clean as you would to remove normal copper jacket fouling, as that's what the deposits will consist of primarily.
Normally, bullets of this construction are more prone to sparking on impact and can cause brush fires in dry areas if you shoot outside during hot summer days especially out west.
The core is lead so no worries there. As another poster said earlier, it's all common sense, an indoor range owner shouldn't ban those. It's not harmful to their backstops. The only actual "steel" on the bullet is a thin layer of alloy steel that's not really harder than copper. They are other brand of ammo that uses steel core, those are the one to lookout for as they can/will potentially damage indoor range backstops.
I don't think this would be a problem for indoor ranges. This guy explains it pretty good. Best to ask your indoor range dudes before you plan on buying, if you are worried about it.
are these allowed at crafm in montreal? I think they use the magnet test to test for steel but maybe if they are aware it is just a coating they will allow it. Either way, does anyone know?
Have you ever found out? Let me know as I use same range.
it is steel cases with a bimetal jacket, it sticks to a magnet.anyone with the ammo can tell us if it sticks to a magnet?