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.40 S&W TulAmmo 180 Grain TMJ & PX4 Storm

Chaotech
Hello all! I am the new owner of a Berretta PX4 Storm Type F.40 S&W...

I've been looking for the cheapest plinking ammo I can find and I stumbled accross 180 Grain TMJ TulAmmo rounds on {elsewhere} for $11.67 per box which is by far the best price i've found...

My common sense tells me to buy 1 box and test them out to see how they fair in this gun before buying bulk, but my itchy trigger finger wants to buy 10 boxes right off the bat and save paying shipping twice also allow me to burn through some rounds at the range.

So my question to you guys is... Have you used this combination of hand gun and ammunition before? Any problems? Any advice?
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  • rufe-snow
    I have shot a lot of the Tula ammo through various Glocks. It functions well, but is not as hotly loaded as the U.S. made economy ammo such as the brass cartridge Blazer stuff that is sold by both the CCI and Federal.

    The Blazer is actually a better deal if you reload as you can reuse the brass though. The Russian stuff is boxer primed but when I tried running it through a .40 caliber carbide sizeing die the steel cases were unusable for reloading.
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  • beantownshootah
    Steel case ammo may not seal the breech quite as well as brass and can lead to some carbon buildup in your chambers.

    Also, steel is less elastic than brass so the cartridges may tend to be more sticky in the chamber.

    That means your guns extractor will have to work harder to remove the spent cartridge case and consequently you may be more likely to suffer a broken or failed extractor (depending on the gun's design).

    Replacement extractors are generally cheap, though, so replacing one every so often may still be cost effective.

    On buying Tulammo in bulk, the Obama gun panic is over. . .I don't think there is going to be a big shortage of .40SW ammo soon, so there will likely be more to buy later should you decide that one box runs OK in your gun.
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