New to AR platform and new to m4carbine forum. I have an Eagle M 14 and wondering if there is any negatives with firing steel casing rounds as opposed to brass?
What the hell is an Eagle M 14???
The casing doesn’t matter. If the bullet is bi-metal, it’ll wear harder on the barrel. But the wear is negligible when compared to the cost of barrel replacement vs. dollar savings on ammo.
Maybe an Eagle Arms? I have a few Eagle arms by Armalite lowers.
As I understand it, Eagle is a division of Armilite and M-14 is their nomenclature for their 5.56.
Eagle Arms. M-15. Sorry
A brass case will obturate (expand against the chamber walls) when fired, sealing the chamber from expanding gases that propel the bullet. A steel case doesn’t do this, so the chamber will foul more quickly.
Call me skeptical, but I doubt that your Eagle M15 has a BCG with a quality extractor spring assembly. Steel case ammo might make for some good malfunction clearance practice.
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https://www.luckygunner.com/labs/brass-vs-steel-cased-ammo/
The most comprehensive test I’ve seen. Extractors wear faster grabbing steel rims, too.
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Thank you for your info.
per Armalite’s website, the Eagle models are their budget friendly models.
Wish I had one of those when I was a kid.
That was interesting and educational. Thanks!
In my Glocks or other pistols, I’d run Wolf if I had to. In my ARs? No, because knowing me, I’d forget to clean the chamber before I switched back to brass ammo.
ETA: Rereading, that sentence made no sense.
Where did you find this info? In the old days Eagle marked lowers were sold as a lower only while complete rifles were marked Armalite.
How is your trigger being effected by steel case ammunition?
Maybe I’m just a simpleton but I shoot steel and brass and aluminum and zinc and never do anything in between. No cleaning before switching, no adding lubricant, no rain dance. Been doing this since the late 90s. None of my firearms seem to know the difference
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I went to Armalite’s website and looked at all their models, then read the accompanying description.
Hell I wish I had one NOW lol
I only shoot ammo in steel or brass cases. Sausage goes in a casing.
Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. But I don’t shoot steel cased ammo so I guess I wouldn’t know…