Tula Ammo - SERIOUS ISSUE

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Almost had a serious injury today shooting Tula Ammo. I urge everyone strongly to read this before buying Tula Ammo.

I have Tula 308 and .223 only the 308 have had minor mishaps until today when we had complete failure and almost caused serious injury.

Beginning of summer we shot the 308 through my Savage 10 VLP with a competition barrel and the Tula Ammo blew my extraction clean out of my bolt, twice. To the benefit of the doubt, my friend and I assumed that the ammo wasn't a good match to the tight tolerances of the barrel and gun.

We ran this ammo through his Remington 700 Macmillan, blew his extractor clean off and some shrapnel in his face. Nothing too serious, we decided that this ammo was to be used up on a surplus rifle and never to be spoken of again.

Fast forward to today, got an M305 and decided to run some Tula through this. BIG MISTAKE.

First few rounds went fine. Then the inevitable happened. The footing the shell blew off, blowing the bottom of my mag clean off. My friend quickly moved away as a fire ball engulfed the chamber/trigger section of the rifle. I checked for injuries, luckily just a little shock from the incident.

The casing is still stuck in the barrel, I have the footing as proof. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.











 
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Could you post a few more pictures of the receiver?


But seriously. That's not good.
 
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Wow man thank god there were no serious injuries....why is there such problems with the .308....but no issues with the .223 or 762 x 39? I've heard this sort of thing before I'll stay clear of that ammo
 
Three case failures in three different rifles?
I've never used the stuff, but I think it might be an idea to break it down for salvage.
 
So Norinco steel cased is out too?

I guess I will have to either send my M14 to a gunsmith to be inspected or just give up on the "project" and dump it (with disclosure). I am not sure how loose the chamber is or if headspace is good (I bought it used off the EE a few years ago).
 
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So Norinco steel cased is out too?

I guess I will have to either send my M14 to a gunsmith to be inspected or just give up on the "project" and dump it (with disclosure). I am not sure how loose the chamber is or if headspace is good (I bought it used off the EE a few years ago).
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All issues have been with Russian ammo. Fire a few rounds of brass ammo with the gas valve off. Send them to me and I can give you an idea of your headspace.
 
I am surprised anyone still buys this sh/t ammo. This has to be the 10th thread detailing the same issue with Tula ammo. Glad you're OK.
 
Sorry to hear that. I know what it's like, I had an AR right prt of the receiver blow out and send a bcg flying due to a reload error (never trust other people's reloads) so I know the horror of those first few seconds your checking to make sure you still have a face. I'm glad to hear no injuries and it's good to know to only run brass in those M305's, thanks for the input.
 
For the record, I have used Norinco surplus through savage and remington, never have the Norinco surplus gave me this. I just think that this poses a serious danger to anyone buying this, regardless of your rifle.
 
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I think a guy takes chances with all old surplus ammo , I have a vz58 in 7,62x39 and have went through 1/2 a crate without incident but I use it off a bench in my yard at times for a 100&150 yd gongs and would have never known except I have found bullets that barley made it out of the barrel from 20-50 feet in front of my bench on my lawn !! Hoping one doesn't stop in the barrel one day takes the fun out of it . Mine is Romanian surplus
 
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