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Wolf Ammo

idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
edited September 2001 in General Discussion
I have heard rumor that the lacquer-coated wolf ammo tends to clog the chambers of AR-15 style rifles. Apparently sustained fire causes the lacquer to melt off of the casings and fill the chamber creating a "goo" substance when the rifle cools. Ultimately (so I've heard), this causes feeding and extractions problems. Has anyone had this experience? Would the new copper-coated steel casings manufactured by Wolf cause similar problems?I just ordered a case of Wolf ammo and am wondering if I should cancel the order.
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    what is the consensus on wolf ammo
    I have shot 200 rds of wolf 45 ammo in my 1911a1 and can see no dammage from the steel case which is what the guy at the range said was the major problem.
    I like the way it shoots and it looks like it would store well but would like to hear what others think before I buy 8 or 9 hundred rounds more

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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have bought hundreds of ammo made by Wolf in 7.62x39. It fired and fed just fine so I thought I would try some in .223 for my AR-15. After about 3 magazines full it started to jam and would not eject for anything. It did this in both my duty AR and my heavy barrel varmit AR. After running a brush through it, things returned to normal.

    I figure that this coating that is put on the steel cases builds up and eventually coats the chamber till malfunctions occur because of the tighter chamber tolerances. So much for the good prices on this ammo. I shoot it for targets and plinking anyway so I guess when I finish the case of ammo, I will go with brass cased ammo from now on.
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Since I am relativly new here, I'm sure this has probably been hashed
    over before, But my question is about wolf ammo. I have been told
    by a number of people and also read on some companies info. page
    not to use steel cased ammo. Also the lacquer on the case melts
    when the chamber gets hot and sticks to the inside of the chamber.
    when it cools it's a bear to get out and causes malfuntions due to
    the smaller chamber tolerances. Anybody have any problems with wolf?
    I won't shoot it in my firearms. Does anybody use it?

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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    SUCKS, for use in the AR15, however my SKS just eats it up. go figure.

    PJ

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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A coworker is picking up a Mini 30 this weekend and asked about using Wolf ammo in it.

    Anyone here use wolf in their Mini 30?
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Do any of you use the Wolf ammo in 223/5.56? Lake City is hard to get right now, but Wolf seems available most everywhere.

    Good? Dirty? Cycling problems?
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Can anybody give me anyfeed back on WOLF ammo?especially 9mm Luger 115 gr. Copper FMJ steel case non-corrosive Berdan primed.
    R.J.H.
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Is it any safer to run Wolf through an AR since the change to a polymer coating instead of the lacquer coating? On AR15.com, most of the posters seem to have a favorable opinion of the polymer coated ammo being run through an AR. I thought I'd get input from you guys.

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  • Evil ATFEvil ATF Member Posts: 1,195 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I don't know about AR-15's (Darn varmint hunting rifles, anyways!), but I've never encountered a single problem using Wolf on my AK's, and that's all they have ever been fed.
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    AK's won't experience this problem because they are built to looser tolerances. That is why they are so dang reliable. The AR-15 is built to tighter tolerances and there is less room for this type of debris. That is what makes the AR-15 more accurate.
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  • TLynnTLynn Member Posts: 353 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The people I know who shoot AR's don't seem to have had a problem with the Wolf ammo.
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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    I've stuck some AR-15 cases, and I had been shooting Wolf steel, but I never put the two together. I did cleaned and polished the chamber and it has functioned fine since. You could be on to something. I have around 420 rounds of the Wolf left. I think I'll run it hot and see what happens. I don't really like the stuff anyway. I have around 2000 rounds of it for my AK, and I think I'll shoot it up in practice.
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