Any tips on reloading Steel Case Ammo....

[darrenmd]

I know this has been covered before... I just didn't find the thread....

I see a lot of ammo at real cheap prices.... then I note that it is steel cased.... but re-loadable, so it states. I have never reloaded steel cased ammo before... what are the pros and cons of it?

 

[Shovelhead]

I've had steel cases rip at the web.. No way I'd trust reloading it.

 

[gth813x]

you can reload steel but it can jack up your dies. i have heard cons, no pros yet.

 

[EMC45]

The malleable steel they make cases from is softer than a carbide insert for hardened pistol resizing dies. I have loaded a good bit of it in 9MM and .45ACP. Worked like a champ! I got a couple hundred pieces off the ground in Hawkinsville at the WMA range. Not a thing wrong with it. Just get it before it rusts. I have never loaded rifle brass that was steel though.

 

[Twitch2120]

steel is much harder to work with but cheap to produce. not made to any match standards so if plinking is all you want then give it a try. if accuracy is number 1. go brass

 

[Chuckdog]

Can you show me an example of reloadable steel cases? I've not heard of such. Brass ain't near that hard to come by, is it? I know anything can be done, but why?

 

[EMC45]

CD, they are made by Wolf/Tula. Grey in color and steel. Boxer primed and easily reloaded. I loaded some this morning in .45 ACP with a 230 TC cast bullet over 4.8gr. Bullseye lit with a Wolf LP primer.

 

[RamRoddoc]

All or nearly all are berdan primed (two small flash holes rather than one single). You can reload berdan but it is a PITA and steel even more so.

Go brass single flash hole (boxer pimed) brass and no worries with reloading.

 

[lwstarks]

Reloading steel, I have done it but with so much brass out there, why would you want to, unless you do not have any? The steel 223 that I reloaded was wolf brand and the biggest problem I saw was that there is a laquer on the outside of it and when I run the steel empties in the tumbler, it stripped it off and so I worried that the case might stick in the chamber later on, or rust easier. Same thing with 40's and 45's. The only steel 45's that I have come across that seemed better were some I got that were from WWII. As previously stated, be careful to not try to reload a berdan primed empty with boxer dies.

 

[Clarke123]

My recommendation would be to get some good disability insurance ... I've read posts about case ruptures occasioned by reloading steel ... not something that I would gamble on just to save a few dollars!

GOOGLE FCCB they have some good prices on processed BRASS