Once and for all thread: Wolf in an AR

[Fingolfin]

The only reservation i have is the lacquer coating, for above mentioned reasons of the stuff baking off in hot chambers. I really don't have a problem with any of the polymer coated stuff.

 

[Bartholomew Roberts]

I really don't have a problem with any of the polymer coated stuff.

It was the polymer stuff that I saw failing this last weekend. The class I did where it worked OK was actually the old lacquer-cased Wolf with the thick red neck sealant. Again, the main difference between the classes was the rate of fire and amount of heat.

Perhaps there was an aggravating factor like a chemical reaction between the type of chemicals used and the Wolf; but the fouling that this rifle was generating in just a few mags of heavy use was way beyond what I would expect.

 

[Sharps-shooter]

When i got a new AR last fall, I was shooting some wolf millitary classic ammo through it, because it only costs four dollars and change. Accuracy was just fine at 50 yards (plinking off the back porch of the farmhouse), and on thanksgiving we were passing it around and fired about 200 rounds in an hour or two; no problems, but nothing really demanding either. Then I read on the internet, how wolf ammo was actually a communist plot to make all the ar's malfunction so Russia could invade us easier.

I asked my armorer about this, and he said Russia wasn't communist anymore. He also said that wolf ammo wasn't covered in the same type of sticky stuff it used to be covered in. His assesment was that it wasn't match-grade or as powerful as the $7 stuff (federal lake city xm193), and that the coating might cause trouble in very demanding conditions like a zombie attack; but that the main problem he had actually seen was that the harder steel case would wear out the extractor sooner than brass would, and that this equally applied to hornady or other steel cased ammo.

So I decided to stock up on the lake city stuff, since zombie preparedness was ostensibly my reason for buying the rifle anyway.

 

[Bottom Gun]

I have shot somewhere between 10,000 and 12,000 rounds of Wolf through my AR's, a Colt and a Bushmaster.
I use it for plinking because of the price. I use my Lake City and Winchester ammo for more serious shooting.

Wolf ammo is not quite as fast or as accurate as Mil Spec ammo but it works fine. My extractors are fine and my chambers are free of any laquer or polymer coating. The only residue I get are some small bits of red laquer on my bolt face, which has never caused any problem and is easily brushed off.

Would I buy more Wolf ammo? Yes, I would.

In contrast, I have had trouble with the Greek Olympia ammo. The Olympia SS109 green tip ammo would not function in any of the six AR's we tried it in. It is total junk.

Would I buy more Olympic ammo? No way.

 

[Bartholomew Roberts]

I get are some small bits of red laquer on my bolt face

Lacquer isn't red. What you are seeing is probably primer sealant.

 

[Rifleman 173]

I've put over 3,000 rounds of Wolf through my Bushmaster and over 1,000 rounds of Wolf through my Superior Arms S-15 carbine. I've only had 2 FTEs and one of those was my fault. I checked with both companies and they said, "Our rifle CAN handle Wolf, Silver Bear and other steel cased ammo." The steel in the cartridge cases is not supposedly as hard as the steel in the chambers of the rifles. I like Wolf ammo even though it is smelly and dirty. For general shooting such as training, plinking or breaking in a rifle, Wolf works fine.

 

[Dirtypacman]

Another Wolf Ammo shooter with no problems over 800+ rounds.
Bushmaster AR

 

[NC-Mike]

Hell, I'm going to run some Brown Bear through my Bushmaster and Mini-14 soon. I ordered 500 rounds of brown bear 223 62 grain for 100.00 from J and C Sales Tuesday, today they show out of stock...