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Russian steel case 30 carbine ammo? (reply)

Bob Hatfield — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 11:52:19 +0000

Never tried it but have always planned to. Beware though, I ran some Korean surplus through my Inland about 10 years ago and it rusted the bore and gas piston. So it is corrosive. I didnt know that at the time. It came in strippers as surplus back in the early 2000's. Had to scrub and polish with JB bore compound to make it a little better. Didnt seem to hurt accuracy, but dang it had a smooth bore before.

Bob

Good info! thanks. (reply)

stonewalrus — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:05:59 +0000

I have a small supply of Remington jsp and Winchester hp ammo. Georgia Arms sells what looks like a pretty good hollowpoint but I haven't had the chance to test any of my stash yet.

A nice bit of insight into the little M1...... (reply)

Byron — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:31:43 +0000

http://pistol-forum.com/showthread.php?4339-M1-Carbines

Byron

I've used/use Wolf in mine with no ill effects thus far. (reply)

Alfred John — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:52:48 +0000

You may want to check out the website, "Box of Truth" they do a lot of testing on different venues. They did a write up on steel cased Russian ammunition, in a few different calibers. It seems the only caution if you shoot a lot of the coated stuff, you may have to clean the chamber before using brass cases. The coated cases do tend to leave a residue in the chamber which may cause extraction problems in some calibers. As for power and so it is was pretty good ammo. The "Wolf" stuff was originally coated with a something like varnish or similar stuff, the polymern coats are a bit less problem. If I cannot get brass cased carbine ammo I would use the steel cased stuff. ATB

I've used/use Wolf in mine with no ill effects thus far. (reply)

cas — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:08:02 +0000

IIRC much of the WW2 30 Carbine ammo had steel cases so that shouldn't be an issue.

I've had no problems with it, no malfunctions or misfires, though it is a bit less powerful than other commercial loadings.

Russian steel case 30 carbine ammo?

stonewalrus — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 02:52:52 +0000

Anybody ever try the Wolf or Tula carbine ammo? I'd like to dust off my old warhorse but the price of ammo is a bit of an ouch. Mostly I am worried if there is danger of hurting the gun more than reliability.