Wolf vs TulAmmo steel AR

wolf, never an issue

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The Tul wouldn’t feed in my Ruger AR556. I bought a few hundred rounds because it was cheap and ended up giving it away to a friend. It wouldn’t shoot in his gun either. It has a coating on it and it gets sticky when the gun gets warm. My gun shoots brass ammo with no issue.

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Sounds like a rust inhibitor they put on it at the factory to increase shelf life and prevent rust. Like Cosmoline.

If you have to choose between those two I'd vote Wolf. It won't have as thick of a lacquer coating on the cases so you have less of a chance of one getting stuck in the chamber.

In that Lucky Gunner test that Prop linked, a Bushmaster AR ran 10,000 rounds of Federal 5.56 brass with 0 malfunctions and could still hold about a 3 MOA group. AS for steel ammo, the steel cases themselves, the coating on the cases, the lower pressure powder charge, and the bi-metal jacket on the bullet wears out a gun much faster. They concluded that for the price of brass ammo, with that high of a round count you could just buy a new barrel.

I prefer to stick with brass ammo but I also handload so my cost per round is much lower. It's ultimately your call and I imagine you will never shoot enough rounds of steel ammo to need to replace the barrel. Most people don't.

I don't like steel ammo, but if you plan on shooting a ton on a budget, it's not terrible. Go with wolf and be OCD about cleaning.

I shoot more Tulammo than anything at the range. Clean the gun after a range trip, never a hiccup. I'm talking .45 in an M&P .45, not an AR or anything like that.