Wolf ammo...how good/bad?

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Here's my very simple rule. Use Russian ammo in Russian guns.

Wolf in a Makarov: Good.
Wolf in a Keltec, BAD.

Wolf in an SKS or AK: Good.
Wolf in a Mini 30: BAD

Wolf in an AK variant chambered for 5.56: Good.
Wolf in an AR: VERY BAD.

Wolf .30 carbine in my family heirloom Inland: NEVER.
 
in pistol calibers,no problems with .380,9mm,45ACP,22cal,9x18mm.
some problems with 30 cal M1 carbine in my Ruger Black Hawk with sticky extraction. jwr
 
I've never bought any but I've got some in trades in 9mm & .45 and it went bang. Smells terrible and seems a bit dirtier than most. Much prefer Georgia Arms bulk stuff...
 
Wolf in a Makarov: Good.
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Not in mine, jam city.

Wolf .30 carbine in my family heirloom Inland: NEVER.
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Hehehe. My Inland loves the stuff and never even hiccups with Wolf...


Moral of the story. Try it and see if it works in your gun if you want to run some cheap plinking ammo.
 
If you're just plinking, don't mind the steel case, and don't mind dirty ammo, it's good stuff. HOWEVER, some guns may not like it (mainly fail to feed / dirty), and therefore shouldn't use it. I use it in my 1911 (Just bought 1000 rounds of 9mm for it - practiced last week and shot an IDPA match last night with no issues), Makarov, and shortly my AR-15. Never had a problem. Also know that most of it is steel jacketed, and this may or may not be prohibited at any indoor ranges you visit.

Smells terrible
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It certainly does have a unique smell, but I personally wouldn't describe it as bad. My fiance hates the smell as well.


But, you could have used the search function and found as much in the dozens of threads addressing Wolf ammo. IMO, just treat it like any other ammo - if it works in your gun, great, you have a cheap option for plinking. If not, toss it and try something else. To each his (or her) own.
 
I have run a few hundreds rounds of 9mm Wolf "classic" through my IMI Baby Eagle. It feels equal to other bargain ammo choices in power and is certainly no dirtier than CCI or WWB. Accuracy is equal or less than other bargain ammo, but I purchased it for plinking. My pistol had it's first malfunction with wolf (slide failed to lock back) but has since failed with other ammunition. I assume it is a bad magazine(s) which bodes poorly for a fairly new, and expensive, magazine which was purchased directly from IMI.

Overall.... it hasn't been as bad as it could have been. There is no evidence of lacquer left from the cases and the barrel stays as clean as ever.
 
The new poly coated stuff is ok in my AR. I don't use it in my pistols. The steel casing facilitates faster extractor wear.
 
The brass cased Wolf Gold is pretty good stuff and my .303 loves it. Wolf's .22 fodder is decent too.

The steel cased stuff is another matter. For my commie stuff it is fine. I have no worries in military 9mm Paras. I've, however, seen issues with AR and 1911 extractors being beaten up buy it, but I've never done a study to definitively prove it. My M1 carbine doesn't seem to care for it much either and it tends to be dirty.
 
I've not had much luck with it. Even the poly coated stuff locks my Bushmaster AR up and I can't get through hardly any mag without a problem.

Then again, my shootin buddy has shot thousands and thousands of rounds of all sorts of Wolf product and hasn't had much issue at all.
 
Wolf and clean guns...

I've shot Wolf in my Makarov and my Saiga rifle... it goes bang every time so far... and it's some of the cheapest ammo I've been able to find. I'm guessing that the 9x18 and 7.62x39 being "bloc" loads, the ammo tends to run fine in them.

Just a guess, but I think most gun designers tend to design their guns to match the generic cartridge they have available in a particular caliber, and that's probably why the guns from the former communist countries do well with the Wolf ammo. It runs fine in my SKS and PA-63 as well.

As for ammo being "dirty"... that's why they sell powder solvent and patches. I've got lots of guns, but none of them are self-cleaning. I've bought a number of guns that were shot previously and never cleaned that the previous owners claimed something was wrong with the gun... but after a good cleaning, it ran fine. The first thing I do after buying a used gun is take it apart and clean it, so I can examine all the parts to see if I need to order anything. You wouldn't believe how much powder and gunk I've taken off of parts and from underneath grips that never got cleaned out.

A little cold blue, oil, and effort, and you wouldn't recognize some of the firearms I've bought. "Holster wear" is easily fixed with a little cold blue, and while Wolf ammo might be "dirty", it's the shooter that's responsible to keep the weapon clean... not the ammo. We used to shoot cases of "corrosive ammo" and clean the guns afterward without any ill effects to the barrels or parts.

You might not want to use "dirty" ammo in a firefight, or in a war zone, but for generic, range shooting... it's just fine. My guns get dirty no matter what I shoot.

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I use wolf exclusivley in my com-block handguns and rifle's with excellent results. I got a GREAT deal last year on a case of wolf .45. I shot the whole case w/o a single problem.
 
I bought a case of 9mm when it was below $100 as practice ammo. Shot them up in a couple different guns and didn't have any problems other than one undercharged round out of the case though it did cycle the pistol.

It was as accurate as any low cost ammo. Ran it over my chrono, the velocity was typical at around 1,220 fps, standard deviation was under 20 fps when shot from a Glock 19.

I haven't bought any of the Wolf recently as my last case purchases have been Privi Partisan that had reloadable cases. I've been hand loading the 9mm some since the price went up.
 
Just my 2 cents:

As far as dirty - My 995 carbine eats Wolf and WWB.

When I am done shooting Wolf, I pull the mag, check the chamber, check it again, and put the gun away.

When I am done shooting WWB, I pull the mag, check the chamber, check it again, and have to wipe down the gun so the black $#!^ that's all over it doesn't get all over my case.


Although, it does smell funny. Anybody know why that is? :confused:
 
I have several thousand rounds of the brass cased wolf for my AR-15's. The Evolution with the match chamber doesn't like it at all, fails to feed, but the DPMS M-4 likes it a lot. The same is true of the polymer cased ammo that I run through them. I shoot a lot (thousands) of 7.62x39 through my SKS and my Mini-30, all steel cased, with no problems. I give my guns a complete cleaning on a regular basis, The AR's much more frequently, the SKS at least once a year :)
 
Just shot another match last night with Wolf in my 1911 - no problems at all :D

The red sealant around the primer will crack and get pieces all over the place, but other than that, I notice no additional gunk compared to shooting UMC.
 
Or use it in a revolver!

If you're worried about it mucking up your fancy auto, how about loading some moon clips with 45acp and having some revolver fun? No extractor worries anymore! Compared to the ridiculous price of brass 38 special or 357, you can practice with "full house" 230 gr hardball (which should mimic 230 jhp rounds) for less than new 38 special LRN.

Of course if you reload the 38/357 can get a whole lot cheaper, but since I don't at the moment...
 
i put 350rds of wolf 230gr fmj through my 1911 the other day at the range on top of that i had 50rds of jhp from winchester, and 200rds of umc as well. all 600 rds and no issues, not even with the wolf. i have many many more rds of wolf left and i will continue to use it. is it dirty yes, did i get a good deal on it? yes, does it go bang every time? yes it does. this was my first attempt at wolf handgun ammo as i have used the rifle ammo alot and i have had no issues in rifles and or handguns.
 
i have had no problems with wolf so far, even tried some 20ga for trap, they went bang and the bird's went to pieces :rolleyes:
 
I like wolf but recently in my Beretta cougar I had one squib just past the chamber and had a bunch of smoke blown my way. I had numerous issues with both boxes. All the rds were underpowered. I personally think that batch had some compromised powder. (I was shooting 9mm) I think it was a bad lot because I have shot numerous boxes of 9mm wolf 40 7.62x39 223 9x18 and never had an issue. So if you do use wolf I would recommend absolutely always wearing your safety glasses in case you get a bad lot like I did. In my experience that was just an unusual lot that I got. Like I said I've never had crap that bad that wasn't somebodies reloads.
 
I would not shoot it if it was given to me.
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I bought a Stainless Gold Cup months ago. My friend gave me a box of WOLF to try.....I gave it away and told him they worked out fine. Too many people suggested not putting it through a quality Pistol
 
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