Federal Ammo

DonVoigt · 08-29-2018, 05:50 PM

The Germans eliminated the "obduration step" in the chamber(Mauser made pistols) when they went to steel ammo in WWII times.

Aluminum can be as "strong" as brass, depends on which aluminum alloy, and aluminum does not expand and stick as brass does, i.e. it expands a little less when fired and should actually be easier to extract.

Steel is as you say- hard(maybe not harder than steel in the pistol- again it "depends"), but how much are you going to shoot?
I would worry more about the plastic type "gunk" on the outside of some steel cases leaving a sticky residue.

Wolf steel 9mm has worked ok for me in a luger or two that needed really hot ammo to function.

08-29-2018, 05:50 PM	#6
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,443 Thanked 4,356 Times in 2,041 Posts	The Germans eliminated the "obduration step" in the chamber(Mauser made pistols) when they went to steel ammo in WWII times. Aluminum can be as "strong" as brass, depends on which aluminum alloy, and aluminum does not expand and stick as brass does, i.e. it expands a little less when fired and should actually be easier to extract. Steel is as you say- hard(maybe not harder than steel in the pistol- again it "depends"), but how much are you going to shoot? I would worry more about the plastic type "gunk" on the outside of some steel cases leaving a sticky residue. Wolf steel 9mm has worked ok for me in a luger or two that needed really hot ammo to function. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

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