I generally avoid steel cased amno. I have personally seen a glock and a HK both with fired casings stuck in the chamber. I also reload so shooting steel does not make sense for me.
Yesterday I took a co-worker to the range and he had a box of red army 115g 9mm, steel cased. He said that's all they had. I was not super happy with it but decided to go ahead as he had driven an hour.
4th gen G17
First round goes bang, but weak ejection, no big deal
Second round goes click, light primer strike. Fires the 2nd time, not the end of the world
Third round goes click, slide won't open. Take it to a table and jam the muzzle against it. It opens up 2nd try. Bullet in the casing, but the primer backed half way out. I'm guessing it went off but no powder and expanded the case just enough to make it stick.....
So, no more steel cased for me.... not doing it again.
Yesterday I took a co-worker to the range and he had a box of red army 115g 9mm, steel cased. He said that's all they had. I was not super happy with it but decided to go ahead as he had driven an hour.
4th gen G17
First round goes bang, but weak ejection, no big deal
Second round goes click, light primer strike. Fires the 2nd time, not the end of the world
Third round goes click, slide won't open. Take it to a table and jam the muzzle against it. It opens up 2nd try. Bullet in the casing, but the primer backed half way out. I'm guessing it went off but no powder and expanded the case just enough to make it stick.....
So, no more steel cased for me.... not doing it again.