I'm giving Matt a silent round of applause. Wow.
Forgot to reply to this, all the Bear stuff is made at the Barnaul plant. The differences between them is how the the steel cases are plated, Brown is lacquered, Silver is Zinc, and Golden is brass plating. They will all be about the same quality of bullets, which is generally good with Barnaul and is lead cored with bi-metal jackets. The coatings would the difference and go with what what you prefer or just by what load is available in what line.Great information guys, thanks. Matt, amazing amount of detail.. much appreciated. I'll look into the Brown Bear. I've found Silver and Golden Bear in stock, but not Brown Bear.
Yeah,true for ARs but not for AKs. Granted, I haven't tried lacquer .223/5.56 in an AK but lacquer 5.45x39 runs fine in AKs. Do you know how it runs in AR 5.45x39 uppers (haven't ever paid that much attention to them)? All of the surplus Russian/Bulgarian cheap stuff is lacquered.Never experienced a difference between the poly and laquered AK rounds in 7.62X39 but I have seen laquered AR .223 stick in the chamber after running several mags rapid fire. The laquer seems to build uo in the chamber over time. Good shooting.