Palmetto Armory to start making steel cased Ammo.

[Vaquero]

Palmetto arms are working on making steel cased American made ammo.

7.62x39 first, then 5.45x39.

RP

[dave77]

A guy behind the counter at one of my LGS's was telling me that steel cased ammo was hard on semi-autos. True or not? They had some aluminum cased 9mm for a decent price, around $22 for 50.

[Travlin]

There is nothing new under the sun. During WW2 the U.S. made 45 A.C.P. ammo with steel cases. When I had my 1917 Colt someone gave me an ammo box full of empty steel 45 cases. Since it was used in a revolver and I had a carbide sizer die, I reloaded them once and then disposed of the empties. I have a few of the factory loaded rounds stuck to my magnetic tool rack in my reloading room.

[Kissmybrass]

Those are one and done cases, right?

[Vaquero]

Yes sir.
They are mainly for the sks and ak47 style firearms.

RP

[Oldbrass]

The SKS and AK were designed for Russian steel case. The Russian 7.62X39 isn't .308 it's actually .311 so your Ruger mini 30 might not like it