how hot are wolf primers?

[evan price]

I will say that Wolf are a smidge tighter than Win are. It is possible that people getting misfires are not fully seating them into the pocket (because they fit tighter) and the anvil is not bottomed out. I experimented this weekend with .357 Magnums and having the primers not seated, and had misfire issues. When seated fully, no problems.

 

[Lloyd Smale]

another update. Like i said my buddy was having alot of problems with the lg pist. std. Missfires and squibs. I finally go around to loading some acp ammo with them today and out of the first brick i opened i found two primers that were missing the anvils. Now if 2 out of a thousand were missing anvils im sure theres some kind of quality control problem with installing these anvils and its no doubt where the inconsistancy is comming from. Lot no. was 1/06. Sure aint worth it to me to save a few pennys and end up with a bulged barrel or ruined gun.

 

[rundm]

I just went to the range last week and shotwolf small rifle mag primers in my ar15's. every one of them went bang and shot what I thought were pretty good groups. I was using varget and benchmark in once fired lc cases with 62 gr ss109 bullets that were pulled and resized. the groups were all around 1 1/2 to 2 in's for 5 shots apiece. Not bench rest standards but with the bullets I was using, I consider it very good. The cost is much better than the others and the quality is at least the same. I will save my 205 and 210 match for match or br rounds if I need them but with the costs of federal and others, I will be shooting plenty of the wolf. Also, PMC was loading wolf in there 5.56 loads for awhile. I do not know if they still are. RG

 

[evan price]

Lloyd, if it don't go off, how will that bulge a barrel or blow up a gun?

 

[KI.W.]

....more bang for the buck, is it not the mostn important reason. Mayby somebody shall to see sometimes.

 

[rdhood]

I just got in a couple thousand Wolf small pistol/large rifle primers. I'll report on them when I load up...

 

[Shaggy1911]

Wolf Primers

I have shot numerous thousands of rounds of Wolf ammo in .45 and 7.62x39 without a primer problem, so I bought 10k primers. Half were LP, they seem a bit harder than others, similiar to ball. No problems noted and they were 2/3 the cost of domestic ($18 per k). I have not chronoed to see if there is a differance because they are just practice loads. The other half were LR, and I have not tried them yet, but I am getting ready to. I will post if there are any problems. They only thing is that I wish I had ordered more while I could get them.

 

[RidgwayCO]

I recently purchased some Wolf large pistol primers from Powder Valley, and wanted to test them versus my normal CCI 300 primers.

I chose a .44 Special round that has been good for me, consisting of a 185gr LSWC bullet loaded over 6.9gr of Unique (.82cc Lee Pro Auto-Disk cavity) in Winchester brass to a COL of 1.465" with a moderate crimp from a Lee FCD over the front driving band (this bullet doesn't have a crimping groove). The test gun was a S&W 624 with a 4" barrel. 25 rounds were loaded with each primer, alternating them though the Lee Classic Cast Turret to make things as even as possible.

The CCI 300 numbers for 25 rounds were:
Avg - 890 fps, ES - 98, SD - 21

The Wolf LP numbers for 25 rounds were:
Avg - 903 fps, ES - 67, SD - 19

Not eye-popping numbers, but normal for me when using Unique. Every round went bang, with no primer failures.

I'll probably try this test again with Titegroup and an Oregon Trail 200gr LRNFP bullet and see how they fare. So far, I'm impressed with the Wolf large pistol primers. They seat with just a touch more effort than the CCI 300 primers (RCBS hand priming tool), but it's barely noticeable.

 

[broham]

A while back I emailed Wolf about their 223 primers. I was looking for a cheaper alternative to CCI 41 or 34(forget which is for 223) They said these 223 primers were excellent for an AR, the cup thickness is .65mm. If you have any questions on their products just send them an email, I'm sure they will be helpful.

 

[jjohnson]

Works for me.

I'm into my second carton (of 5,000) small pistol primers.

They feed in my Dillon 550B just fine.
They ignite as regularly as the Rem, Winchester, CCI primers I've used. I understand that one carton against the other cartons isn't entirely scientific, but the anecdotal evidence is good. I've had no problems seating them, no problems of other kind.

No, I'm not a benchrest shooter. Close range with a handgun, I haven't seen anything to make me believe they're not performing well enough to reliably do their job.

And... yeah, they're a bunch cheaper than the other guys.

 

[aliveisalive]

Going to order 5k each of SP and SR to give them a try. Supposedly the sp work great and the SR are fine as well. Considering the only ones cabelas had in stock were rem small pistol at 31/k ill give it a go.

Living on long island sucks, theres no good place i know for reload supplies. If any of you guys know where to get some let me know. For now powder valley is going to get a nice chuck of change for 8lbs unique, 8lbs h335 and 5k each of primers =]

 

[amlevin]

I just ordered some from Powder Valley. $90 for 5,000 is almost $10/thousand less than the local Dealer's are selling CCI's, Fed's, and Winchester's for. For the .223 they are definitely less $$$ than the Domestic Military grade primers.

The majority of those who have used and posted on other forums claim they are good primers. Not Benchrest Primers but every bit as good as CCI/Fed/Win primers.

 

[possum]

i just bought 5k not too long ago, i can't wait to try them, they were at a good price.