Polymer ammo and AR15's
I am new to the AR platform and bought my first AR and I was told today to not ever shoot polymer .223 ammo in my DPMS AR. I was told it would cause jams and possibly build up enough pressure to blow up the receiver or barrel. What are your experiences with the Tula polymer ammo? I have not read on DPMS website about not using this ammo, but maybe I missed something. I did a search and found a few topics but they were 4 years old. Your help is welcomed as I said I know nothing of these rifles.
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It really depends on your rifle, I've had some it would jam up every couple of rounds, Ive also had others run with no problems, a DPMS being one of them. You will just have to see if yours will feed it. By the way, the only problems you will encounter is failure to feed or failure to eject, its not going to blow up your rifle!. 0 -
Tula ammo is not polymer, it is polymer coated steel. Ammo such as NATEC is mostly all polymer... I have fired thousands of rounds of each out of my rifles with no issues.
This is what the Natec looks like, so you know if you come across any:
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quote:Originally posted by vicg1
Tula ammo is not polymer, it is polymer coated steel.
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The Tula (or Wolf) ammo is conventional Russian steel case ammo that has a polymer coating to help prevent case rust and to help ease extraction from the gun.
Rather than rehashing this again, try doing a search on "steel case ammo in AR-15"
But to summarize, NO, this will NOT blow up your gun!
At worst, your guns chamber will get dirtier than usual, and you might have some problems in extraction (ie jamming), particularly if you try and run ordinary BRASS ammo AFTER running steel case ammo.
But many individuals run this ammo with no problems at all, and I think if you clean the gun carefully after use, you well may be one of them.
In short, its perfectly safe to use steel case ammo in an AR-15. . .so long as your life doesn't rely on 100% function of the gun. Given that the chance of a malfunction *may* be higher with steel case ammo, I wouldn't use it in a defensive, or combat-type situation, if given a choice.0 -
quote:Originally posted by vicg1
Tula ammo is not polymer, it is polymer coated steel. Ammo such as NATEC is mostly all polymer... I have fired thousands of rounds of each out of my rifles with no issues.
This is what the Natec looks like, so you know if you come across any:
I have some of this ammo left. Runs cool and fast. NEVER use it in any fluted chamber.0 -
Thanks for your responses. I did the search as Beantownshootah suggested and learned from it. I feel more confident now that you guys have explained more to me. Again, thanks. 0
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