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I use brass only. If you reload you want to use brass only.aluminum is ok but I wouldnt run the steel. Please click the green box stating it as the best answer. We are rated on our answers and are just volunteers, not Buds employees. You can choose more then one Thank you!

Aluminum is a great alternative to brass if you don't reload. Aluminum casings for handgun ammo can melt if rapid firing.

I reload so for me its Brass before I started reloading I used lot of Aluminum with no issues. I have never used steel but many people do and from whit I understand the biggest problem with it is that the gun gets a lot dirtier and can malfunction and wear faster if not cleaned more often a way to save is to shoot brass the sell the brass to a reloader

Aluminum casings are fine for firing as has been proven by Blaser and others for years. Steel cased ammo was designed for loose tolerance guns like AK's and SKS's which eats them for breakfast. Tighter tolerance guns like modern weapons most manufacturers steer you away. Steel is not as pliable as brass and mostly when fired don't truly fully seal the chamber and you get lots of blow by which dirties up your rig way faster than brass cased ammo and requires cleaning much sooner to maintain some level of reliability. Never mix steel and brass cased ammo during the same firing session unless you clean between the two.

Most of the aluminum cased ammo is fine. Stick with the ammo made by the recognized names in the industry like Winchester, CCI and Federal and it runs 100%. We have many thousands of steel cased ammo we dispose of that customers have left at the range because it didn't work well.