Wolf ammo

kregg · 03-13-2008, 09:16 PM

Just wondering if anyone uses Wolf ammunition? How do you like it. yes or no?

just_a_car · 03-13-2008, 09:45 PM

Pumpkinheaver · 03-13-2008, 11:58 PM

Despite the horror storys you sometimes see on internet forums I have never had any issues with wolf ammo in any gun I have ever used it in.

GlockMeister · 03-14-2008, 12:12 AM

Just don't use it in an American firearms, use it in only those Eastern Bloc countries firearms and you won't have any problems. American firearms tend to have problems with it and the Eastern Bloc country firearms just eat that chit up. lol

Have an AK,SKS, or similar, buy it and have a blast.

I will add, the green cased ammunition, if you'll take a close look at it, appears to have a clear lacquer coating or something similar on it. When it gets heated up from the bang, and repeated bangs, it tends to come off and stick the the chambers walls. American firearms are tighter tolerances and the sticking to the chambers tends to cause jams and ejection problems. Also, the steel cased ammunition, I just plain wouldn't put it in an AR or any other expensive firearm.

Personally, in those tighter tolerance and more expensive firearms, I prefer BRASS CASED AMMUNITION! The firearms like it also. As with anything though, ALL A MATTER OF OPINION. But all I've said is out of experience with it and from reading others problems they've expressed in this and other forums when it comes to Wolf ammunition in American made firearms. Again, those AKs and SKSs and similar eat it up...

just_a_car · 03-14-2008, 12:58 AM

Hey GlockMeister, check out my post here in one of the links I posted above: http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/amm...tml#post398327 (How is the Wolf .223?)

turner · 03-14-2008, 08:59 AM

Kregg, I've used it in a couple of different calibers and in several rifles and have not had a problem with it. Personally I mostly use it as initial sighting in ammo, rather than my "hunting" rounds. I have, however. seen a rifle (ammo) test in a major magazine recently, which used Wolf Gold's 180gr loading and it shot a TON! I'd probably use it for hunting as well, if it's prices stay well below the major brands continuing increases.

Rem 742 30-06 · 03-14-2008, 09:32 AM

it will work fine but you need to clean out the chamber after it if you plan to use brass cased or otherwise they will stick in the chamber

turner · 03-14-2008, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rem 742 30-06

it will work fine but you need to clean out the chamber after it if you plan to use brass cased or otherwise they will stick in the chamber

Just curious here, but is that true even with the solid brass casings too? Thanks.

Rem 742 30-06 · 03-14-2008, 11:24 AM

No if you are talking about the wolf gold then it does not apply to that because the brass expands where as the steel cases do not

just_a_car · 03-14-2008, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rem 742 30-06

No if you are talking about the wolf gold then it does not apply to that because the brass expands where as the steel cases do not

With some exception... the 7.62x54R Wolf Gold is copper-washed steel cased.

Also, for reference, it's not the lacquer that gums up the chamber, it's the carbon from the unburnt powder settling in there... this is due to the above mentioned expansion differences between the metals.

rfc357 · 03-18-2008, 02:11 PM

The steel cases don't expand? Then what seals the chamber? Do you get a blast of gas in the face with each shot?

PONTIACDM · 03-18-2008, 03:13 PM

I have shot thousands of rounds of wolf 7.62x39 in my Chinese sks. I can only remember one dead round out of the bunch. 7.62x54 Have never had a problem out of my Mosin with it. The .223 in my colt ar15 was another story. It jammed a lot with wolf but as soon I change to American ammo no problems at all. Just my 2 cents

03-13-2008, 09:16 PM	#1
kregg Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 53	Wolf ammo Just wondering if anyone uses Wolf ammunition? How do you like it. yes or no?

03-13-2008, 09:45 PM	#2
just_a_car Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Edmonds, WA Posts: 3,522	Next time, please check the forum you're posting in for answers before starting a new thread: http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/amm...mini-14-a.html (Wolf Ammo in Mini-14) http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/amm...-22-250-a.html (Wolf .22-250) http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/amm...f-vs-wolf.html (Wolf vs. Wolf) http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/amm...olf-223-a.html (How is the Wolf .223?) http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/amm...pms-rifle.html (.308 Wolf Ammo for DPMS rifle) http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/amm...st-me-hog.html (Wolf ammo cost me a hog!) http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/amm...f-7-62x39.html (Old and new Wolf 7.62x39) http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/amm...lowpoints.html (Wolf 5.56 55grain hollowpoints) http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/amm...wolf-ammo.html (Differance in wolf ammo.) http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/amm...wolf-ammo.html (Wolf Ammo) ...and that was just going back a year. If I went back to "the beginning" there would probably be some more. Not to mention you get 20 pages of results if you type "wolf ammo" into the Search feature. __________________

03-13-2008, 11:58 PM	#3
Pumpkinheaver Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,342	Despite the horror storys you sometimes see on internet forums I have never had any issues with wolf ammo in any gun I have ever used it in. __________________ Just because your paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you!

03-14-2008, 12:12 AM	#4
GlockMeister Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 5,522	Just don't use it in an American firearms, use it in only those Eastern Bloc countries firearms and you won't have any problems. American firearms tend to have problems with it and the Eastern Bloc country firearms just eat that chit up. lol Have an AK,SKS, or similar, buy it and have a blast. I will add, the green cased ammunition, if you'll take a close look at it, appears to have a clear lacquer coating or something similar on it. When it gets heated up from the bang, and repeated bangs, it tends to come off and stick the the chambers walls. American firearms are tighter tolerances and the sticking to the chambers tends to cause jams and ejection problems. Also, the steel cased ammunition, I just plain wouldn't put it in an AR or any other expensive firearm. Personally, in those tighter tolerance and more expensive firearms, I prefer BRASS CASED AMMUNITION! The firearms like it also. As with anything though, ALL A MATTER OF OPINION. But all I've said is out of experience with it and from reading others problems they've expressed in this and other forums when it comes to Wolf ammunition in American made firearms. Again, those AKs and SKSs and similar eat it up... __________________ I'd rather be tried by 12 than carried by 6! Last edited by GlockMeister; 03-14-2008 at 12:17 AM.

03-14-2008, 12:58 AM	#5
just_a_car Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Edmonds, WA Posts: 3,522	Hey GlockMeister, check out my post here in one of the links I posted above: http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/amm...tml#post398327 (How is the Wolf .223?) __________________

03-14-2008, 08:59 AM	#6
turner Banned Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Tn Posts: 623	Kregg, I've used it in a couple of different calibers and in several rifles and have not had a problem with it. Personally I mostly use it as initial sighting in ammo, rather than my "hunting" rounds. I have, however. seen a rifle (ammo) test in a major magazine recently, which used Wolf Gold's 180gr loading and it shot a TON! I'd probably use it for hunting as well, if it's prices stay well below the major brands continuing increases.

03-14-2008, 09:32 AM	#7
Rem 742 30-06 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern Wisconsin Posts: 390	it will work fine but you need to clean out the chamber after it if you plan to use brass cased or otherwise they will stick in the chamber

03-14-2008, 11:24 AM	#9
Rem 742 30-06 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern Wisconsin Posts: 390	No if you are talking about the wolf gold then it does not apply to that because the brass expands where as the steel cases do not

03-18-2008, 02:11 PM	#11
rfc357 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 741	The steel cases don't expand? Then what seals the chamber? Do you get a blast of gas in the face with each shot?

03-18-2008, 03:13 PM	#12
PONTIACDM Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: OHIO Posts: 624	WOLF AMMO I have shot thousands of rounds of wolf 7.62x39 in my Chinese sks. I can only remember one dead round out of the bunch. 7.62x54 Have never had a problem out of my Mosin with it. The .223 in my colt ar15 was another story. It jammed a lot with wolf but as soon I change to American ammo no problems at all. Just my 2 cents