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Here is a collection of current Wolf Ammo Problems.


If the SHTF and Wolf is your ammo of choice, be prepared to not survive ! Unless your supply is 2005 or earlier.

This off of Frugal's .

Keep in mind that these problems seem concentrated in 2006 production and later years.



panxerox 1st October 2008 04:03 PM

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Weird wolf 7.62x39 issue

Broke open a 1k order of the polymer coated ones and found 8 with no primers. Is that weird or the norm for these?

shayes13 1st October 2008 04:28 PM

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Were they loaded with powder at all? If so was any left in them?

stansplace 1st October 2008 04:36 PM

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Definately weird. I haven't fired thousands and thousands of rounds of these, but I have fired a thousand or so and never had any issues.

youngbuck 1st October 2008 04:56 PM

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I've fired about 3 - 3.5k rounds of Wolf 7.62x39 and I've never seen one without a primer. I've, however, seen a few that didn't fire the first time the primer was struck.

Nautilus 1st October 2008 04:57 PM

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That is odd... I've fired literally over 10,000 rounds of wolf 7.62x39. The only failures I've ever had was a buncj rounds from one specific case were duds. But missing primers completely I've never seen.

Tahawus 1st October 2008 05:01 PM

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Must be some of the workers were hitting the vodka the day they loaded those rounds.

akrazy 1st October 2008 05:18 PM

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about 3 years ago i started finding problems with every box of wolf i opened out of a thousand case i bought and a 500 case i bought. decided to buy gt instead and never had a problem since.sometimes wolf primers are to hard, sometimes to soft, sometimes the go poof and get your rifle all nasty carboned up, sometimes they dont go bang at all, sometimes they are so hot they will drive your fireing pin into your bolt {yugo sks},ect ect ect.before 2006 it was great cheap ammo, as i see even now it still sucks. akrazy

sethwyo 1st October 2008 05:43 PM

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This Isnt exactily 'common' As you can go through case after case and not find any real problems, The Most common is failur to fire 1st time with wolf ammo.

No primers, no powder, no bullets, Are what many have found when opening a box of wolf production ammo. Several gun shops i frequent in the south west have stopped carrying it, Several times a person returned with a rifle with a bullet stuck in the chamber because there was no power in the case, Pulling the bullets from the same box reveled several others that had no powder.

Some tell me that what happens is that as the bullets are going through the automated loading machine the powder runs out, and a handfull of bullets in a row dont get any powder, or the bullets run out or get stuck same with the primers, the machine just drops them into the box.

The people who make wolf also make several other 'names' such as 'hotshot' and 'military clasic'
To prevent the powder problem weigh every cartrige, If one is 20grns light you know it aint got no powder.

kernal_panic 1st October 2008 07:54 PM

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i used to have great luck with wolf but lately i've had issues with quality control. i had a bad 45 round a few weeks ago. it failed to go off.

PACKIN' PLASTIC 2nd October 2008 04:44 AM

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I don't ever recall a bad wolf round but I have only burned a few thousand and mostly in commie calibers.

I would say not common but stuff does happen even with expensive ammo.

I will use pretty much any recently loaded Russian 7.62X39 but if wolf worries you try Golden Tiger or barnaul.

Nothing like the smell of smoke from russian gunpowder


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[billy]

wolf MATCH and MATCH TARGET.22 ammo is great

[gandog56]

I have yet to find a bad Wolf or not have one go bang when I pulled the trigger.

[Mooseman684]

I have and Have shot lots of Wolf ammo...People have to remember that ammo is Not hand made, It is Mass produced and boxed on Large Machines from start to finish...The good thing is that Wolf ammo is Guaranteed and so Any defective ammo can be replaced by the Distributors.

[TXplt]

Never had a problem with their 7.62x39 or .45 ACP. The .45 rounds are cleaner than Magtech Blue Box.

[KW Gary M]

I have never shot one round of Wolf in any caliber but don't think I would. I am afraid the steal cases could damage my gun. I have also heard too many bad stories. Those stories may be false but they also may be true and it is not a chance I want to take in a gun that protects my life.

[billy]

ive only fired about 15,000 rnds. of7.62x39 and .45acp without a hitch

[cosmo05]

Fired thousands of x39, all types, most years, no problems. Good SHTF ammo.

[Mooseman684]

Quote:       Originally Posted by KW Gary M

I have never shot one round of Wolf in any caliber but don't think I would. I am afraid the steal cases could damage my gun. I have also heard too many bad stories. Those stories may be false but they also may be true and it is not a chance I want to take in a gun that protects my life.

Gary, Those stories are false for the most part.
Steel cased ammo is way softer than the chamber of your rifle, Not much harder than brass is. The actual wear that occurs is at the Chamber throat and it is due to the powder burning and not the cases or what they are made out of . This happens with ALL ammo. I am more concerned with certain Aluminum cased ammo, since Aluminum forms Aluminum Oxide which is very abrasive to steel. Sandpaper is made from Aluminum Oxide...
Steel cased ammo may be harder on certain Extractors that are small and not a lot of Metal on them...
Russians have been shooting Steel cased ammo for over 50 years in Mosins, Ak's , SKS's, etc.

Rich

[Orlando]

I agrre with Moose, hard on extractorsa but thats it. I have shot thousandsof rds of Wolf .223 and no problems. Its a little dirty and not the most accurate but good for plinking ammo

[GlockMeister]

Only thing I can say is when it comes to Wolf and 7.62X39 ammo, I'll use da hell out of it in any Eastern Bloc firearm that's for dam sure. As far as using Wolf in an American made firearm, NO WAY, but this is just a personal preference.