I'm goiong to piggyback on what DRAEGER said. Except this has to do with SilverBear and Wolf.
Despite "conventional wisdom" Wolf and SilverBear ammo (both Russian made) are quality products.
www.wolfammo.com has some of the info. They're going to make me do this the hard way.
Wolf has several types of coating that are on the casings. There are the regular steel cased ones. Polymer coated cases and one that has a brass coating or something similar, but it is still a steel cased ammo that is berdan primed. Not a good idea to try and reload steel cases anyway. Won't go into all that here, but just tos ay the reloading steel is or can be a major hassle for many reasons.
Some semi-autos do have a problem with any steel cased ammo. Steel doesn't have the give that normal brass does. This can lead to feed and function failures. That is why trying several boxes to start with is a good idea. Then if the gun functions well with it buy in bulk.
Wolf coated the outside of the cases with polymer that allows easier firing and extraction without the hangups. Same goes for the metal coated steel cases.
SilverBear took a slightly different path. SB ammo has a thin outer coating of nickel for easy function and operation. Brown Bear ammo(Silver Bear's Cousin) has a cheap bi-metal casing, but the result is the same as for the nickel coated cases.Brown Bear is normally a bit cheaper than it's cousin
Ah yes.
www.gzanders.com should get you to the SB and BB website.
I use Silver Bear in my PT111 Mil/pro and Ruger P95DCs. Have had excellent results all around. Use the ammo for practice and some competitions.
Steel casings can be hard on the interior of a gun. With the coating on the cases this takes the sting out of that. No signs of wear after 4000 rounds of use through the Rugers alone,each.
So others here can vouch for Wolf or SB and BB ammo.
If that doesn't float your boat then there is the Winchester White box ammo that is cheap to shoot and is American made.
Wolf needs to update their website. It has 2006 all over it and no mention of the Polyperformance ammo or the other similar rounds.
Ah yes,places to get ammo.
ARIZONA
J and G Sales, Ltd.
440 Miller Valley Rd. - Prescott, AZ 86301 (Phone: 928-445-9650)
www.jgsales.com
OHIO
AIM Advanced Int'l Marketing
3801 Lefferson Rd. - Middletown, OH 45044 (Phone: 513-424-9960)
www.aimsurplus.com
The Ammunition Store
6533 Promler Ave. - North Canton, OH 44720 (Phone: 800-432-0255)
www.ammunitionstore.com
TEXAS
Cheaper Than Dirt
2522 NE Loop 820 - Fort Worth, TX 76106 (Phone: 800-421-8047)
www.cheaperthandirt.com
That should give you a few places to check out.Did order from everyone listed except the Ammunition store. No problems to report and check all the mentioned sites to see who had the values at the time.