Anyone here ever tried Tula 223?

Post by **WLJ** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:12 pm

I've had good luck with Wolf but can't find any. Don't think they're made in the same factory like many think, could be wrong though.

Post by **Till** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:17 pm

I've shot it, just be prepared to clean.... a lot

Post by **jackalo626** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:21 pm

No problems out of a couple thousand rounds.

Post by **nemo** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:25 pm

Shot thousand rounds with 2 FTF. GTG but dirty. Got mine from Centerfire.

http://www.youtube.com/user/ssracer02 · Post by **ssracer** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:26 pm

I shoot wolf all the time. Never shot Tula though, heard lots of hit or miss stories with it.

Post by **Rem700** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:43 pm

Shot a little a bit Tula .223 out of my friends AR and I shoot a bunch of tula 9mm. It always goes bang but like others have said it's dirty

Post by **Livewire** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:51 pm

Yep it's dirty.

I've had a few with hard primers but it has been very few.

Post by **Nolan** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:52 pm

Bought a bunch of PMC Bronze ,on-line, from Cabelas today--hope it is decent ammo--6.99 a box

Post by **Dave1965** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:59 pm

Never really had any problems with Tula or wolf. Pmc is good stuff.

Post by **dbh** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 5:08 pm

Nolan wrote:Bought a bunch of PMC Bronze ,on-line, from Cabelas today--hope it is decent ammo--6.99 a box

PMC bronze is GTG.
I have some on the way from AIM, $6.19 a box.

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Post by **Toddinlou** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 5:13 pm

I shoot mainly Tula and Wolf. I don't see much difference between the two. I do notice both have more hard primers when using a bump stock. I haven't cleaned that AR in a thousand rounds or so shooting really dirty ammo.

Post by **ChopperDoc** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 5:55 pm

Guess I got a bad batch.

I won't buy more of it unless there is no other choice

Post by **JustShootIt** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 5:58 pm

I don't like Tula at all...........don't care much for Wolf either, but it does the job........Shooting Tula is the only time I've experienced any real problems with my AR(s).............

Harb · Post by **Harb** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:00 am

Steel-cased is just about the only "cheap" .223 you can get in bulk these days.

Post by **guncrank1** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:14 am

Biggest thing with Tula is that 5.45 x39 gets mixed with .223 and the 5.45 will jam up tight.

Post by **WLJ** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:19 am

guncrank1 wrote:Biggest thing with Tula is that 5.45 x39 gets mixed with .223 and the 5.45 will jam up tight.

I've heard that, has anyone here had or seen that happen?

Post by **DDgunslinger** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:21 am

I've Never had any issue with Tula or wolf out of any of my ARs

Post by **Dave1965** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:36 am

WLJ wrote:
guncrank1 wrote:Biggest thing with Tula is that 5.45 x39 gets mixed with .223 and the 5.45 will jam up tight.
I've heard that, has anyone here had or seen that happen?

I have had to be careful. Almost picked up some by accident out of the ammo cans and used it.

Post by **WLJ** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:41 am

Dave1965 wrote:
WLJ wrote:
guncrank1 wrote:Biggest thing with Tula is that 5.45 x39 gets mixed with .223 and the 5.45 will jam up tight.
I've heard that, has anyone here had or seen that happen?
I have had to be careful. Almost picked up some by accident out of the ammo cans and used it.

Don't laugh, did that with 380 and 9mm. But at least 380 is 9mm short

Post by **guncrank1** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:45 am

WLJ wrote:
guncrank1 wrote:Biggest thing with Tula is that 5.45 x39 gets mixed with .223 and the 5.45 will jam up tight.
I've heard that, has anyone here had or seen that happen?

Yes about three last couple of years

Post by **WLJ** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:49 am

guncrank1 wrote:
WLJ wrote:
guncrank1 wrote:Biggest thing with Tula is that 5.45 x39 gets mixed with .223 and the 5.45 will jam up tight.
I've heard that, has anyone here had or seen that happen?
Yes about three last couple of years

Seen them come out of the same can/package?

I'm just trying to narrow down if this is user caused or OEM caused

Post by **Marcus** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:09 am

I bought a sealed box (1000rds) of .223 Tula and had a 7.62x39 round inside one of the boxes. No clue how that got past "quality control".

Post by **Vividia** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 1:40 pm

I usually shoot PMC or American Eagle, depending on which I can find cheaper. I have had very good luck from both. No problems, no FTE or FTF.

PMC can be found on sale more often, so I stock up whenever I can and shoot it more.

I now have hundreds and hundreds of empty cases in a box, trying to decide if I want to try reloading it LOL.

Post by **Toddinlou** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:22 pm

Marcus wrote:I bought a sealed box (1000rds) of .223 Tula and had a 7.62x39 round inside one of the boxes. No clue how that got past "quality control".

someone else had something similar happen except it was close enough to jam the gun

Post by **wash** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:34 pm

I've shot alot of Tula. No issues here.

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