steel-case

[′stēl ¦kās]

(ordnance)

In cartridge nomenclature, indicating that the cartridge case is made of steel.

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And one of the key areas the ammo folks focused on was ensuring the steel-case ammo wouldn't cause any problems due to added stress on the extractor, although I can tell you that steel-cased ammo is within the same extraction force range as brass/copper-cased ammunition.

Forged in the USA: Winchester's new steel-case 9mm delivers the goods at low cost

Sure enough, here was Wolf's long-anticipated steel-case 6.5mm Grendel 100-grain FM.1-BT load.

Economical steel-case 6.5mm Grendel ammunition hitting the market is a game-changer.

So Wolf began work on an economical steel-case load.

The result of that hard work is a steel-case cartridge loaded with a 100-grain FMJ-BT The steel case was specifically designed to Work reliably in an AR-15 rifle, and features the "combat coating" protective finish.

More importantly reliability of the steel-case ammunition was flawless through carbine, mid-length and rifle length gas systems.

Accuracy was quite acceptable for inexpensive steel-case and averaged 2.4 inches for three 10-shot groups.

The 12.5-inch gun ate the steel-case ammo without issue.

Wolf Performance Ammunition's new 100-grain 6.5mm Grendel steel-case load opens up some interesting doors.

Steel-case 6.5mm grendel an economical load is now available from wolf: no one's a bigger cheerle, ader for this cartridge than fortier; but even he had to admit ammo was expensive and hard to find. Now that's changed

Well, steel-case ammunition is less corrosive than it used to be, at least for the stuff they export, and can be had in noncorrosive loads.

But in most instances, steel-case ammo is not up to snuff To address this situation, Hornady looked into the matter of steel cartridge cases.

A real steel: the story behind Hornady's inexpensive new pistol ammo

Hornady loads budget ammo here with Berdan-primed, polymer-coated steel-cases and a top-quality Hornady bullet.