Stainless steel .30-06 and .270? - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!

Barbarossa · 04-16-2008, 02:00 PM

Hey yall,

I'm going on a guided hunt on the 25'th. I just got an e-mail that said I have to use stainless steel ammo.

*Edit* Lead Free (whew!)

I can see lead free (California

), but stainless steel? Where would I even get S.S. rounds?

Can anyone clue me in? I'm thinking this must be a typo.

~Barbarossa

chrisxd45t · 04-16-2008, 02:07 PM

Yeah(?).
I thought you should be able to use copper or steel.
Don't know.

zac07 · 04-16-2008, 02:11 PM

I think I would email him back and ask where to get it, Im sure he would know a few places since that is what they require. I have never heard of stainless steel ammo but I am going to guess it is going to be expensive.

Barbarossa · 04-16-2008, 02:12 PM

I called them and they said non-lead ammo. Doesn't have to be Stainless. (whew!)

Now I have to go look for non-lead ammo... Anyone have experience. We are going after Roosevelt elk and mule deer.

~Barbarossa

*Edit* Screw the condors. what am I going to do with 3 boxes of lead 180 grain .30-06

rogerxd45 · 04-16-2008, 02:30 PM

stainless would be pointless.

now requiring non toxic metals would make sense for those worried about lead. but you could use: copper, tungsten, aluminum, steel, brass and im sure i left some metals that can/are used in bullets out. I dont see any advantage of useing stainless steel over regular steel except the obvious rust issues, but the stainless steel shouldnt be exposed anyways since a steel bullet will wear out a barrel very fast. Most steel bullets are either a sabot or copper jacketed. i did buy some steel jacketed 7x57 mauser ammo that had a lead core that was most likely made during a time when copper was scarce (like a war) they dont have any head stamp on them or other way to identify when it was made. But i havent seen any modern ammo that has steel in contact with the rifling. I would not shoot ANY ammo that has steel or any other hard metal in contact with the barrel out of any gun that i care about.
i might shoot it out of an old cheap military surplus rifle if i got the ammo really cheap, like in the case of my 7x57. Most of the ammo i have found locally was about $0.75 a piece or $15 per box of 20. When i found that steel jacketed lead core ammo it was $20 for a ammo can of 200 and at that time i didnt have any other high powered rifle so shooting that gun was my only option, and since it was just for plinking i didnt need hunting quality ammo. But for a hunting rifle that i need to be accurate i wouldnt even think about using steel ammo

Barbarossa · 04-16-2008, 02:54 PM

DFG - Hunting - Get the Lead Out (Protecting the Condor)

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/hunti...LeadAmmoCA.pdf

Remington 710 .30-06, and a borrowed .270.

I think thee winchester e-tip looks best so far. thoughts?

UncleBuck · 04-16-2008, 03:07 PM

Barnes mfgs all copper bullets.

Barnes Bullets Barnes Bullets - the future in bullet technology!

chrisxd45t · 04-16-2008, 03:30 PM

Cor-Bon is another who makes an all copper bullet.

Barbarossa · 04-16-2008, 03:39 PM

Do they make an all copper round? I don't have the expertise to load my own.

chrisxd45t · 04-16-2008, 03:45 PM

Yes.
CORBON << DPX >>

04-16-2008, 02:00 PM	#1
Barbarossa XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: CA, I miss Butte County! Posts: 401	Stainless steel .30-06 and .270? Hey yall, I'm going on a guided hunt on the 25'th. I just got an e-mail that said I have to use stainless steel ammo. Edit Lead Free (whew!) I can see lead free (California ), but stainless steel? Where would I even get S.S. rounds? Can anyone clue me in? I'm thinking this must be a typo. ~Barbarossa Last edited by Barbarossa; 04-16-2008 at 03:06 PM.

04-16-2008, 02:07 PM	#2
chrisxd45t XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Monterey/San Jose California Posts: 1,226	Yeah(?). I thought you should be able to use copper or steel. Don't know. __________________ LEGALIZE FREEDOM

04-16-2008, 02:54 PM	#6
Barbarossa XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: CA, I miss Butte County! Posts: 401	Grumble DFG - Hunting - Get the Lead Out (Protecting the Condor) http://www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/hunti...LeadAmmoCA.pdf Remington 710 .30-06, and a borrowed .270. I think thee winchester e-tip looks best so far. thoughts?

04-16-2008, 03:07 PM	#7
UncleBuck XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 1,436	Barnes mfgs all copper bullets. Barnes Bullets Barnes Bullets - the future in bullet technology! __________________ "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves" ~ Abraham Lincoln NObama 08' You *should* read this...http://www.constitution.org/mil/rkba1982.htm

04-16-2008, 03:30 PM	#8
chrisxd45t XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Monterey/San Jose California Posts: 1,226	Cor-Bon is another who makes an all copper bullet. __________________ LEGALIZE FREEDOM

04-16-2008, 02:11 PM	#3
zac07 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: West Texas Posts: 1,117	I think I would email him back and ask where to get it, Im sure he would know a few places since that is what they require. I have never heard of stainless steel ammo but I am going to guess it is going to be expensive.

04-16-2008, 02:12 PM	#4
Barbarossa XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: CA, I miss Butte County! Posts: 401	I called them and they said non-lead ammo. Doesn't have to be Stainless. (whew!) Now I have to go look for non-lead ammo... Anyone have experience. We are going after Roosevelt elk and mule deer. ~Barbarossa Edit Screw the condors. what am I going to do with 3 boxes of lead 180 grain .30-06

04-16-2008, 02:30 PM	#5
rogerxd45 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: boise ID (its boy-see, not boy-z) Posts: 3,592	stainless would be pointless. now requiring non toxic metals would make sense for those worried about lead. but you could use: copper, tungsten, aluminum, steel, brass and im sure i left some metals that can/are used in bullets out. I dont see any advantage of useing stainless steel over regular steel except the obvious rust issues, but the stainless steel shouldnt be exposed anyways since a steel bullet will wear out a barrel very fast. Most steel bullets are either a sabot or copper jacketed. i did buy some steel jacketed 7x57 mauser ammo that had a lead core that was most likely made during a time when copper was scarce (like a war) they dont have any head stamp on them or other way to identify when it was made. But i havent seen any modern ammo that has steel in contact with the rifling. I would not shoot ANY ammo that has steel or any other hard metal in contact with the barrel out of any gun that i care about. i might shoot it out of an old cheap military surplus rifle if i got the ammo really cheap, like in the case of my 7x57. Most of the ammo i have found locally was about $0.75 a piece or $15 per box of 20. When i found that steel jacketed lead core ammo it was $20 for a ammo can of 200 and at that time i didnt have any other high powered rifle so shooting that gun was my only option, and since it was just for plinking i didnt need hunting quality ammo. But for a hunting rifle that i need to be accurate i wouldnt even think about using steel ammo

04-16-2008, 03:39 PM	#9
Barbarossa XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: CA, I miss Butte County! Posts: 401	Do they make an all copper round? I don't have the expertise to load my own.

04-16-2008, 03:45 PM	#10
chrisxd45t XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Monterey/San Jose California Posts: 1,226	Yes. CORBON << DPX >> __________________ LEGALIZE FREEDOM

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