I got the chance to try the Wolf .308 ammo I bought a couple weeks ago. With surplus .308 getting a little rarer lately (yes, I know AIM still has the good South African) I thought I try it as an alternative. This was not the cool new polymer cased stuff, this was the lacquered steel cased stuff.
I call this a prelimiary report, because I was not at the range, I was out in the desert plinking. Not the best way to measure accuracy. And I only shot 40 rounds. 20 each out of 2 guns--an Ishapore Enflield and a CETME. I took a client out shooting (yes, I have a job where I get to take my clients shooting--how cool is that!) and I didn't want to hog all the range time with my experiments. So, here are the results.
RELIABILITY: Of the 40 rounds fired, there were zero issues with either the CETME or the Ishy. Chambered fine, extracted fine. I was a little concerned about the CETME, worrying the fluted chamber might cause problems. But no trouble. Who knows? If I had shot 100 rounds fast through the CETME, maybe I'd have had a misfeed. But 20 rounds at plinking speeds was fine.
ACCURACY: Near as I could tell, it was at least close to the accuracy of any other ammo. I shot it at 50 yards, and 100 yards. Iron sights only, seated position, with a bipod. Wind about 5MPH from left to right. So I'm sure my hold was the limiting factor.
It shot right to point of aim. Lucky for me. I shot the Enfield, with its coarse notch-and-post at 50 yards. I shot the CETME with the much-better aperture sights at 100 yards. Those sights let me "dot the i" pretty well. So I'm sure the coarseness of the sights was a factor at 50 yards.
I was shooting a 5.5 " Shoot N See stick-on on a piece of plywood. 5-shot groups were 3" at 50 yards, and 4" at 100 yards. One called flyer barely missed the sticker at 100 yards. All other shots hit the black. I doubt I could have done much better under those conditions with premium ammo.
So I can't complain about accuracy or reliability. So far, thumbs up. I'll know more when I can take the Wolf to the range with my Rem 700 and shoot it at 200 yards.
I call this a prelimiary report, because I was not at the range, I was out in the desert plinking. Not the best way to measure accuracy. And I only shot 40 rounds. 20 each out of 2 guns--an Ishapore Enflield and a CETME. I took a client out shooting (yes, I have a job where I get to take my clients shooting--how cool is that!) and I didn't want to hog all the range time with my experiments. So, here are the results.
RELIABILITY: Of the 40 rounds fired, there were zero issues with either the CETME or the Ishy. Chambered fine, extracted fine. I was a little concerned about the CETME, worrying the fluted chamber might cause problems. But no trouble. Who knows? If I had shot 100 rounds fast through the CETME, maybe I'd have had a misfeed. But 20 rounds at plinking speeds was fine.
ACCURACY: Near as I could tell, it was at least close to the accuracy of any other ammo. I shot it at 50 yards, and 100 yards. Iron sights only, seated position, with a bipod. Wind about 5MPH from left to right. So I'm sure my hold was the limiting factor.
It shot right to point of aim. Lucky for me. I shot the Enfield, with its coarse notch-and-post at 50 yards. I shot the CETME with the much-better aperture sights at 100 yards. Those sights let me "dot the i" pretty well. So I'm sure the coarseness of the sights was a factor at 50 yards.
I was shooting a 5.5 " Shoot N See stick-on on a piece of plywood. 5-shot groups were 3" at 50 yards, and 4" at 100 yards. One called flyer barely missed the sticker at 100 yards. All other shots hit the black. I doubt I could have done much better under those conditions with premium ammo.
So I can't complain about accuracy or reliability. So far, thumbs up. I'll know more when I can take the Wolf to the range with my Rem 700 and shoot it at 200 yards.
