Steel case ammo in an AR (7.62x51)?

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Do you have any experience with and/or have researched running steel case ammo in a .308 MSR? Any problems I should look for? I want to test some in my PSA PA-10 (looking at bulk purchase for range purposes). TIA!
 
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Can’t speak for 308 but I’ve run a metric shit ton in my ar15’s with no problems.


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I’ve had mixed results with steel cased in AR’s. I can’t speak specifically to the .308, but I have a couple that just wont eject it reliably.


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Buy some and test it. There are pretty good articles out there about this topic, briefly after about 10 thousand rounds you will need to replace the barrel. This was for 5.56/.223, but should be similar for .308. If you will never approach this round count then it just is a matter of cost and what you are trying to do right?

https://www.luckygunner.com/labs/brass-vs-steel-cased-ammo/
 
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