Originally Posted by
Toulgas
Hi, Art- I have had the same problem with steel cased ammo. I have read, and now believe, these are coated with some kind of lacquer, which ostensibly was a rust preventative for the steel(?) It occurs to me now that I could simply wipe off some rounds with lacquer thinner, and then give it a go, duh. At the range, the rifle cycled ok, but got sticky, and then frozen to the point that I had to whack the bolt open with a piece of wood, after it had cooled a while. Could be this type of ammo is more suited to machine guns- more generous chamber dimensions, etc...