Tula Ammo Test 380 auto

100 rounds of Tula vs my Ruger LCP. Before this I have put 450 rounds through my LCP without a single malfunction. I carry hornady critical defense and have fired a lot of it with no problems. I have also ran federal and I shot 200 rounds of wolf through it 1 day when it was new. I had no issues whatsoever.

These where 2 random boxes of tula and I was not impressed. There where almost as many bad rounds as good. After the pistol was cleared there was a lot of trash on top of the magazine that looked like rusty flakes..... I guess it was bad powder. I don't know it was nasty....

I'm not saying tula ammo is crap because I have ran a lot of it through my AK's in the past without any problems. All of the 7.62X39 that I bought was Tula with the plain white box. I have never tried the same round in the black label box. When you buy in bulk you get the white ones and I don't know if its any different. If it is let me know.




After this I probably won't buy anymore tula pistol ammo but will continue buying the 7.62X39 in bulk. That way its fresh out of the box. The AK's chew it up and spit it out then ask for more. They love it.

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[rockin870]

Its not the ammo, its the gun. The LCP uses a light weight titanium firing pin, and your shooting berdan primed ammo. Berdan primers are very hard. Titanium is brittle compared to steel. You may end up with a busted firing pin. I've never heard of it yet, but most people don't know a thing, and just have Ruger repair it.

[Glockwork9]

@rockin870 I can't speak for the LCP but I can say that I tried out this ammo in 380 after hearing people complain about it over and over. I know it dose not work well in beretta 84's, diamondback's and S&W bodyguards. That covers many 380 so what ones dose it work well with? I'm not talking bad about tula ammo because I run it in my AK's and have for years but this 380 is crap in my opinion. I can also say it was the dirtiest ammo I have ever ran.

[esh325]

.380 acp tula will function in other firearms. There has to be compromises in reliability with small pistols.

[Glockwork9]

@esh325 I have been running there 7.62x39 for a long time and love it so I'm not knocking tula but everyone says the 380 is garbage. The only problem I ran into was bad primers and 1 weak load. prchico520 had half a box of tula 380 with bad primers. That has nothing to do with a small pistols. If it runs good for you then great but I'm not messing with it again in 380. I'm not saying your a liar I just didn't have a good experience with it. I don't shoot 380 much anyway. Take care man!

[esh325]

@Glockwork9 The particular firearm might not have enough strength in the hammer to reliability ignite the primer on tula ammo. I don't know if that's the case though. Being a smaller pistol can be a factor for cycling. Less slide mass going back. Stronger or weaker springs to compensate for that some times. I think the .380 ACP was really intended for larger blowback operated firearms.

[Glockwork9]

@esh325 I haven't been firing it for a long time and have only owned one 380 too. Its not my first choice but like the convince of the lcp so I deal with it.

[Glockwork9]

@EliteAmericans Glock gives room for expansion. I have 40's and 9mm's glocks I'll pick one of each and see how they do. I usually order 1k rounds lawman. I like that stuff a lot. Its nice and hot.

[EliteAmericans]

@Glockwork9 i've shot a few rounds of tula out of a glock 22 and the cases kept expanding or something and getting stuck in the gun and not ejecting. That has not happened with my hi point 45 yet at all, not a single jam.

[Glockwork9]

@EliteAmericans I have ran a lot of 7.62x39 without a problem. Everyone said it sucks in 380 so I tried a few boxes and wasn't impressed with it. I'm going to try some other calibers and see what happens. I hear good things about it other than the 380. I'll find out soon. Take it easy man!

[EliteAmericans]

i've shot boxes adn boxes of .45 and .223 tula ammo with no problems. But some of the other calibers i've shot with tula are always really shitty ammo.