mangled brass in IO AK

[jg1967]

I have noticed that for some reason my Inter Ordnance AK seems to mangle brass cases more than the steel ones. Any ideas why that may be?

 

[Bighouse Doc]

Vigorous extraction!

The gun was designed to shoot steel case (war production)ammo reliably. The extraction is designed with battlefield reliability in mind.

A common other feature in AK's is that they often ding the brass into the action cover and leave a dent in the case.

Alternately, the ammo could be loaded too hot.

-Doc

 

[BlackieChan]

I think that brass expands more than steel does too. That's just something to be aware of, not necessarily even a factor in a case getting dented.

 

[handgonnetoter]

I used to own two AK's, an M70AB2 and a WASR10, and both of them thrashed brass ammo. Like said earlier, I don't think the gun was designed to shoot pretty, just shoot.

 

[hiwall]

brass is much softer than steel

 

[handgonnetoter]

brass is much softer than steel

Brass ammo is also heavier than the steel cased ammo too.