Any problems with Wolf ammo or steel cartridges and AR's? Heard it's not the best to use em. Preferred is brass. Any ideas? Thanks
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Any problems with Wolf ammo or steel cartridges and AR's? Heard it's not the best to use em. Preferred is brass. Any ideas? Thanks
The steel case is pretty harsh, I ouldnt shoot it in any of my guns even if it was free.
The usual problem with Wolf or other steel cased ammo in ARs is that it's dirtier, and underpowered. The polymer and laquer does come off and gets the bolt pretty dirty. If you leave a loaded round in a hot chamber it has a high probability of getting stuck. For blastin' ammo Wolf runs well in my rifles after a 5.56mm NATO neck and throat reaming.
I only use Wolf in an SKS or AK. Never in an AR.
The only thing I think you need to be concerned about with Wolf is that you keep your gun clean to make sure it cycles properly. I don't like to clean my gun very often, but most commercial .223 and all 5.56 is hot enough to cycle my rifles even when the chamber and everything else are pretty dirty. Wolf is too wimpy to do that as consistently.
The only non-magazine-induced malfunction I ever had with my Bushmaster was a failure to extract/faux double feed using Wolf with a dirty gun. I was shooting a 3-gun match and trying to save some money (I fired 200 rounds the previous week with zero problems), and it happened in a stage where I was actually doing really well until then. I switch to AE223 for the rest of the match and the gun ran fine.
I have a buddy who actually feeds Wolf to his Clark Gator! It will shoot under an inch at 100 yards with the stuff (which shocked the crap out of both of us when we saw it the first time). He's never had a malfunction with it, but he cleans his rifle frequently.
I have a tendency of using it simply cause its what was brought to the range! I have heard some say they wouldnt use it cause of issues with fauling the barrel then again I was told from my gunsmith that by the time that happened I would need another barrel anyway!
Grunt Out!
Thanks for the reply guys. It was all useful info. Keep em coming.
I'm with Rhino. My only failures with Wolf were on TD3 after running out of XM193, and neglecting cleaning after TD2. That equates to problems with the old lacquer stuff on a hot day after ~700 rounds without cleaning. Finished off with some scavenged XM193 and had zero further errors. My standard ammo since the XM193 dried up a few years ago is AE223.
The wolf 62gr polymer I shoot now is under powered, dirty, and stinks but it's much better than the M193/M855/SS109/262 that I don't have...
To be honest, I can't see paying what we pay for a good rifle and shooting crap through it....I also use it only in AK's and SKS's with the stronger extractors.