"clean" ammo?

[ChuckDizzle]

I've never shot any ammo that caused the handgun to be hard to clean after 100 rounds. I'd say go with whatever is the cheapest, and clean your gun after the range. The guy at Walmart was telling me that TulAmmo will cause my gun to jam after 200 rounds, I shot 500 rounds that day with no problems.

I've shot a lot of crappy steel cased rounds in my time and Tulammo in my experience has been of very good quality for the price and being steel cased. I would put it on a quality level similar to UMC based upon my accuracy with each, just that one is desirable if you recycle.

[Sigma Pi]

Winchester white box and Federals are dirty. Cleanest i've shot was Miwalls reloads

I noticed the federal is dirtier than PCM.

[new_gunner]

Thank you so much for all of your inputs, everyone.
I really appreciate them.

[franklyfresh]

Shot 950 rounds of Magtech 115gr 9mm in the past month. As clean as, if not cleaner, than Fedeal.

[nitrous_bob]

Ive shot tulammo steel cased ammo once, that stuff is def dirtier than other factory ammo. Not sure wut caused it but i had a couple of stove pipes with it.

typically limp wristing a handgun is the cause of a stovepipe or any other misfeed in a quality handgun. (not to bash...but kel tecs, taurus and some of the other "economy" guns have issues for other reasons)

contrary to popular internet myth, tulammo (wolf) which is steel cased....not steel cored....will not wear out your extractor either. its amusing to hear such a claim and isnt any "dirtier" than any "clean" ammo ive ever seen in my life

i exlusively buy tula for my handguns, and some occasional brass cased for the very few times i shoot at an indoor range

magtech is EXTREMELY good ammo, the only ammo thats ever stung my eyes is winchester white box, i stopped buying that garbage 20 years ago

your gun should be cleaned EVERY time you shoot it, so honestly...the whole "dirty" ammo thing is a moot point. salts and oils from your hands will cause corrosion and you should always keep the tool well maintained

i challenge you to find so called "clean" ammo, shoot 10 rounds from it than handle it with a white glove as you strip it and put it back together

then shoot 50 rounds of "dirty" ammo thru it and tell what difference you found.

i can assure the only difference is.....the "dirty ammo saved you about 5 bucks on 50 rounds

up until recently federal was the cheapest thing you could get in brass case

then they raised their prices to match remington, and then tula came out with brass maxx (made in italy...which makes me think its fiocchi)

FYI brass maxx is NOT bi metal jacket, so its good to go in indoor ranges

ordering online gets negated by shipping cost, so i say....keep shopping walmart for tula brass maxx

[Chameleon Loco]

I have always noticed that steel case ammo has always been dirtier than brass case ammo except for winchester white box which is pretty dirty ammo. That being said WWB performs just like any other cheap plinking 9mm does.

[Renegade1]

I was looking for 185 grain .45 acp and all I found was Winchester "Clean" (yes it said clean on the box). I shot about 200 rounds of it through my 1911 and on the same day I also shot about 200 rounds of regular Winchester 230 grain through a different 1911. When I field striped both guns, the one I shot the Clean ammo through required almost no cleaning. It really made a difference but the clean ammo was considerably more expensive. I actually enjoy cleaning so I wouldn't buy it again unless i had to.

[UnknownShooter]

Hi everyone,

I was in a gun store today buying 40S&W ammo for my handgun.
There were some Magtech and Blazer Brass ammo.
Since I have never heard Magtech before, I asked the person who worked there that: if he was me, which brand he will buy.

He said that both brands were pretty "dirty", meaning that after shooting about 100 rounds, the inside of my handgun will be really black and be hard to clean.
He also said that he preferred Fiocchi because it is "clean", meaning that after shooting, the inside of my gun will not be too black and be easier to clean.

I was really surprised to hear this because I thought that ALL ammos will leave the inside of a handgun really dirty anyway.

My question are:
1. Which brands of ammo are considered "cleaner" than the others?
2. Are Magtech ammo any good?

Thank you.

Rule #1:

Info obtained at a gun store has a 96% chance of being inaccurate, whether it's an employee or a customer.

Rule #2 :

The more "qualifications" cited by the person giving the info, the less likely it is to be accurate. I.E. "former military, pistol instructor, LEO and grand-poo-bah at the VFW" = do/believe the opposite of what you're told.