Wolf Ammunition

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  1. Feb 24, 2003 #1
    CountryGunsmith

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    bondai
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    A couple of weeks ago a friend of mine told me he was having problems with his Glock 23, it wouldn't extract properly. It was only happening with Wolf Ammo.

    I shoot lots of Wolf but only in .223 and 7.62 and have had very few problems. I do have 500 rnds of Wolf in .45ACP so I took some to the range and sure enough, my Springfield won't extract the spent rounds with any reliability. Two rounds is the most I could get before things came to a halt. I don't use Wolf as a defense round but it is aggravating.

    Has anyone else encountered this problem and if so have you been able to solve it.



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    I have no problems, I don't shoot Wolf ammo.


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    Bondai, don`t feel alone. I have a friend that has a Ruger .45auto....shucks Wolf Brand (chili) like there`s no tomorrow, my Springfield won`t get past one or two either. I believe it has to do more with the style of extractor than the ammo, though; Because I have seen other auto`s shuck it too....just not 1911 style pistols.

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    Wolf Ammo is dirty and nasty, cheaper isn't always better. No failures to extract on my end though ... two boxes used, that's enough.
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    Wolf is nothing more than the same o'l Russian military
    crap steel case ammo re-packaged commercially, as
    Matt said, it shoots dirty and it dirty's up the gun,
    nasty!

    Stick with Winchester USA and Rem UMC and so forth!
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    Dirty,Dirty Dirty... Try this: www.Ntachezss.com Buy some CCI Blazer - inexpensive, non-reloadable, but clean, accurate and reliable.

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    From what I have seen on many other forums Wolf ammo is only good in eastern bloc weapons.
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    A friend bought a case of 223, failure to feed, fire and extract, other than that it was ducky. :-(

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    My friend shoots Wolf .223 out of his Mini-14 and I've shot plenty of Wolf out of my AK & SKS. So far when it comes to ammo (outside of the fact that Wolf is non reloadable) I haven't seen a huge difference in cleaning the guns or in extraction problems.

    But I have heard of a lot of 45acp problems with Wolf from everyone - don't own a 45 so I can't comment one way or the other on that.
    TLynn

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    WOLF AMMO WILL ONLY EXTRACT OUT OF WIDE BREECH GUNS

    not out of ar/15's ,it is steel cased has no flex like brass

    sorry m4a3 I will not buy a gun that has had cci shot through it ,aluminum cased ,and they cut cost buy a cheap tin-lead mixture that will do nothing but gum up your barrel and gas ports ,with the exception of there .22 rimfire

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    postal,

    I've shot 2-3000 rounds of wolf through my AR, no problems.
    My Springfield V10 Sub compact doesn't like it though.
     
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    i have a llama ix-c 45 and i can empty a whole clip full of wolf rounds just as fast as i can pull the trigger,i have shot about 400 rounds of it through mine and havent had a single hang up.
     
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  5. Jan 22, 2005 #3
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    I use Wolf a lot and in most of my Guns...........I had problems with the Old wolf Ammo........But with the New Wolf Poly Ammo I don't have any problems
     
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    No problems with the WOLF poly coated ammo here .
     
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  7. Jan 23, 2005 #5
    allmons

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    I shoot Wolf ammunition almost on a daily basis in my Glock 21 (.45 ACP). I have fired at least 5,000 rounds through this gun with out any problems.
    But, in fairness, this gun has fired many thousands of various rounds with never a jam or misfire!

    If my old Colt .45 government model had only done HALF as well....
     
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    A gunsmith I know told me that there is a kind of varnish coating on the wolf ammo and after awhile builds up in the barrel causing feeding problems. Too bad because I still have about 500 rounds left that I was running through my sporter and mini 14 :mad: . I did have some feeding probems with both after about 100 rounds. He told me that he uses acetone to get that crap out then a good all around cleaning and light lube. Duece
     
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