Reloading Wolf Ammo?

[PCGS65]

Hey guys. I have never reloaded wolf ammo. I know it's cheap(in price)but I was wondering if it safe to reload? I'm thinking about reloading their .30-06 springfield ammo. Before I buy a bunch I just want to make sure it's safe to reload. Have any of you had expierience reloading wolf ammo?
If it's not safe what would you recomend?
Thanks.....

 

[model 649]

If the ammo is BRASS cased, and BOXER primed, you're likely good to go. Leave the steel and/or Berdan primed stuff in the scrap bin.
Josh

 

[armoredman]

Only the Wolf Gold, brass cased, Boxer primed cases can be reloaded, the steel cases are fit for recylcing only.

 

[PCGS65]

by model649, If the ammo is BRASS cased, and BOXER primed, you're likely good to go. Leave the steel and/or Berdan primed stuff in the scrap bin.

by Armoredman, Only the Wolf Gold, brass cased, Boxer primed cases can be reloaded, the steel cases are fit for recylcing only.

Yes it is guys. Thanks for the info.
Take care

 

[wally]

I reload the Wolf .45ACP steel cases, once. I then shoot them in situations where I'd be losing most of my brass anyway. No problems so far and I've shot three or four cases of these reloads. What's curious, is I've many Para Ordnance mags that really don't like to feed Wolf FMJ, what mystifies me is when I reload 230gr hard cast lead RN into these steel cases they feed as perfectly as any ammo does in the Para mags.

I met a guy at our club who was about the only other person I've ever seen picking up the Wolf empties. He said he reloads them same as brass -- until the case mouths split.

I discard any with any signs of rust and try hard to only pick up my own freshly fired ones. Note the Wolf .45ACP steel cases are Boxer primed. Winchester or Magtech or Federal are a great fit. PMC is too tight.

--wally.

 

[nvshooter]

Wolf reloads

I reload the straight-wall stuff only-- in carbide dies only. I have a .45 and it works fine. The shouldered stuff is good for one reload, then the neck splits. But you have to ask yourself: What damage is resizing a steel case doing to the inside of my dies? Leave the .223 and AK stuff on the ground.

 

[barnetmill]

wally
I had a strange experience with one lot of steel cased wolf .45. I had a 1911 with a barrel that apparently had a very short leade (I think that is the word) in front of the chamber. To get wolf ammo to work I had to push the bullet back a little into the case with a seating die. I am thinking that the profile of the wolf cartridge may be a little different and might explain the lack of feeding in your Para Ordnance. I not yet tried these in mine.

Is the wolf steel jacket and steel case any harder on guns? I have been reluctant to use them in my kimber target gun.

Years ago I did reload some berdan primed steel cased 7.62 x 54. The only problem was the primers. I was only able to get primers (~.25 inch) intended for use in shotguns and the moisen nagant firing pin put little holes through the primers. To eject the spent primers I filled sized cases with water and pushed in a neck sizing expander.

 

[Creeping Incrementalism]

Is the wolf steel jacket and steel case any harder on guns? I have been reluctant to use them in my kimber target gun.

I heard Ruger's policy is they don't recommend it for the Mini that reason; however, everyone who uses it, myself included, has had no problems.

 

[dodgestdshift]

Wolfe 45 ACP cases were being reloaded by me until two cases with small flash holes, captured and removed the decapping pin and tied up the case and die in the press. I had to remove them with a screw driver and it ruined the pin. I don't use them anymore.

 

[wally]

wally
I had a strange experience with one lot of steel cased wolf .45. I had a 1911 with a barrel that apparently had a very short leade (I think that is the word) in front of the chamber. To get wolf ammo to work I had to push the bullet back a little into the case with a seating die. I am thinking that the profile of the wolf cartridge may be a little different and might explain the lack of feeding in your Para Ordnance. I not yet tried these in mine.

Many lots of Wolf .45 ball seem to have bullets that are "fatter" further out towards the nose which has eventually caused me to file a little off the inside of the slide lock lever to prevent premature slide lock on most of my 1911s.

My problems with the Para are the rounds binding in the mag at the double to single stack transition leading to a "nose up" jam were the base of the cartridge doesn't get up into position. My instincts are if the problem was the bullet being too fat or front heavy or too long, the failures would be "nosedives" into the feed ramp like I see with some 9mm pistols and 147 gr JHP. Any rounds that get up into the chamber fit and function fine. If I only load 6 or 7 rounds in the mag I don't seem to have the issue -- but this defeats the purpose of buying a double stack gun.

Someday, when the weather get cooler so I can find more time to reload, I may run a couple hundred rounds of virgin Wolf ball thru my Lee Factory crip die and see if reliability improves in the Para mags. I've no issues with Wolf in single stack .45s or my XD45.

--wally.

EDIT: Brass cased Berdan primed empties will ruin youy day if it gets mixed in with your brass -- big problems with 9mm and .380 as there is a fair amout of Berdan primed brass cased ammo kicking around, even biger problem with milsurp rifle ammo. The small primer .45ACP "Winchester NT" is also a curse to reloaders using a progressive press.