Ammo Dilema

[El Bucho]

So I got some free ammo. But it's the Wolf Steel Case ammo. To shoot or not to shoot? Throwing it down a Colt 1911?

 

[MICHAEL T]

Send it to me I'll shoot it in my Colts. I don't think it will hurt you pistol.

 

[WOODROW]

I shot Wolfe in my Springfield 1911 untill I started having problems with cases sticking in the chamber. Turns out Wolfe ammo has a polymer on their steel cases and when the cases heat up, from a hot chamber maybe, the polymer turns to a glue like substance and MAY stick in your chamber causing the casings to stick and eventually could tear in half. Only happened 1 time for me and that was enough. No more Wolfe in anything. I haven't tried the new Wolfe brass. SLOW IS SMOOTH, SMOOTH IS FAST.

 

[Hauptmann]

Personally, I wouldn't put Wolf through any gun that I held in high value. Steel cases are harder on parts and the polymer and laquer coatings are an incredible pain to clean out. Sometimes you even have to get the chamber reamed out.

 

[Steve C]

I've shot a fair amount of steel case 9mm without any major problems but have had a couple underpowered rounds and while they functioned the pistol they where definitely low velocity. I have shot a few US military WWII surplus .45 steel case rounds through my Colt Commander many years ago without problems.

I don’t shoot Wolf in my .45’s not because I’m worried about the steel cases but I hand load .45 acp and factory ammo is used for SD and carry but hardly ever gets used at the range. Go ahead and shoot the Wolf but use them for practice and not carry or SD.

 

[mavracer]

shoot it

 

[rcmodel]

Broken 1911 extractors were a known problem with WWII GI zink plated steel-case .45 ammo.

Jeff Cooper has written about oiling his steel-case .45 ammo in combat to keep extraction forces in check and prevent gun damage. (Oiling your combat ammo = The lesser of two evils, I guess.)

Anyway, Commie ammo is for Commie guns!


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