Wolf ammo,your honest opinion?

[Satch]

First of all,I reload 9mm,and .40 cal.,and am looking at a M1 carbine. I've checked out what I would need to reload for the carbine,compared to what Wolf ammo would cost and I would have to reload about 1500 rds. of brass ammo for the M1 carbine to come out ahead. The M1 carbine will not be a every week shooter like my other guns but maybe once a month,50 rds or so.I'm seeing "buckets" of empty Wolf at the range these days with the high cost of brass bullets,and wonder how good Wolf ammo is and if it can damage a gun.
Opinions,and experiences with this ammo please.

 

[General Geoff]

If Wolf ammunition damaged guns, do you think they'd still be in business?

 

[jcwit]

Cheap an dirty

 

[HKUSP45C]

I've used Wolf ammo in many different guns with out a hitch. I find it to be a little dirty and makes for a bit more attention to cleaning but, not so much as to keep me from buying it.

I've run it in everything from HK pistols, to Saiga rifles and even a Kahr and a Taurus. All ate it without complaint.

If you don't plan to reload the ammo the price is certainly attractive.

 

[Phil DeGraves]

The steel case Wolf ammo I shot had a lacquer on it that would melt inside a hot (previously fired) chamber and would lead to failure to extract problems. The handgun loads didn't cause as much of a problem because they didn't get as hot.
In any case, the experience has kept me away from Wolf ammo.

 

[foghornl]

Wolf is generally less expensive than most ammo of the same cal and type, frequently is dirtier and smokier than others.

Goes Bang!, though, and puts the lead where you aim.

Works great in my SKS (7.62x39) and have used some in my KP-90- Ruger (.45ACP)

 

[xiph0s]

i have run over 1000 rds of wolf through my HK p30 without any problems. certainly is a cheap alternative but as mentioned above it does get the gun quite dirty. if you clean well you shouldnt have an issue.

 

[Pilot]

I only run Wolf in my Combloc guns. Makarovs, AK's, SKS etc. Everything except my CZ's. I prefer Barnaul, LVE or Brown Bear in my Maks though and rarely run Wolf, but I've done it with no problems.

 

[possum]

i have shot alot of it in my ak and ar's. i recently gave a go to the wolf handgun ammo, i shot 1000rds out of my 1911, the accuracy was on par with the other factory ammo makers, yes it was dirty but that dosen't much matter to me. i had 5 times out of 1000 were the round didn't go all teh way into battery but other than that i have no complaints.

 

[sharkhunter2018]

My AK has about 4K rounds through it. About 700 of it is one of the Bears (Brown, Silver), all the rest is Wolf (original and Military Classic). Wolf may be dirty, but it's relatively cheap and accurate enough for plinking. Not a single round failed to fire.
My Yugo SKS and AK-74 eat nothing but Wolf. Those have never failed either.

I've also shot Wolf .233 and 9mm. Neither of those seemed to be near as dirty as the 7.62 ammo though. The one thing with the .223 that I noticed, is that it smells like ammonia...but really only noticed it during rapid fire. The 9mm on the other hand is quite the opposite. It has a sweet, fruity smell.

All in all, Wolf isn't bad. It's relatively cheap, and accurate enough for my needs.

 

[Pure Kustom]

for AK good for AR bad

 

[KI.W.]

Here in Finland 3 rifles .308Win, was blowing up with Wolf cartridges.
They was in the some black box. Cartridges in the white box haven´t yet "Bougabooom"!!
No intresting, because never use **** like Wolf. Barnau...or surplus junk.

 

[Loosedhorse]

I haven't bought it, so I have no opinion based on personal experience. However, not buying it is an opinion, isn't it?

I have noticed that, if I get to the range and the last guy there didn't bother to clean up his brass (so now I have to do it keep from treading on it) 9 times out of 10 it's those dark lacquered cases. So its reputation (or that of some of its users) preceeds it, and lingers on.

 

[PTK]

A squib from factory SP 7.62x39mm ammo almost had me blow up my Vz.52/57 rifle. I would've been upset.

 

[Picard]

Wolf ammo is cheap and great for everyday shooting. When I go to the range, all that I really want my ammo to do is go bang every time. Wolf ammo does that without a hitch.

It's a little more dirty, but that is worth the difference in price. It doesn't break your guns, like people always continue saying on the internet.

 

[MIL-DOT]

The Wolf .22LR Target Match ammo ( brass cased,made in Germany) is widely considered some of the most accurate and consistent around, I just stumbled on some locally yesterday.
As for the more common steel cased,Rusky AK stuff, I''ve never run any in my AK's, so I only know what I've read, which pretty much miirrors what's been stated above : Economical,works fine, runs dirty, won't harm chambers.

 

[Ala Dan]

I don't own a firearm that I would put any WOLF ammo in~!

Too play devils advocate, say it did damage your firearm. Do U think
that you are going to find the CEO of WOLF too complain to? I think
not, unless you are willing too go all the way to the Kremlin~!

 

[Blofeld]

Like the others, supremely dirty, good accuracy, never had a problem and I've run it through all my guns. AKs seem to function better with it than any of the "cleaner" stuff I've used.

 

[MinnMooney]

I have shot very little of the steel-cased Wolf ammo in my AR-15s, Savage Models 10, 12 & 16 of various calibers or any hand guns. I was told it would harm the loading raceways and the chamber thru scratching. My guns mean too much to me to have that happen.

Now, Wolf Gold is a totally different subject. It used to be very reasonably priced and highly accurate. It shot as clean as Rem., Win., Blk. Hills or Hornady but at 1/2 - 2/3 the price. I bought lots of .22-250 and .243Win. for prairie doggin' and then saved the brass. The brass has proven itself to me with 8-10 times reloaded - so far - & still in good shape.

 

[HK G3]

I've fired Wolf through an HK 91 and an HK 45.

With the 91, it's great, and doesn't really seem *that* much more dirty than any of the surplus stuff I normally shoot. I prefer Barnaul to Wolf though, it seems to have more power behind the round, but that may just be my own misconception.

My friend has a WASR, and he only shoots Wolf 7.62x39, and loves it. My other friend has an AR-15, and he absolutely hates Wolf, and claims it jams the gun, and gunks up the bolt/receiver, and the cases melt, etc. So take what you will from that.

With the HK 45... it's really dirty. Instead of seeing the usual fireball exit the barrel when shooting, I see a huge black cloud exit the barrel, almost like in cartoons when someone falls down the chimney or something The bullets seem to be more accurate than the WWB for some reason though...

The biggest problem is the primer has this red lacquer stuff which can melt and stick to the portion of the gun housing the firing pin, and it requires a little bit of elbow grease (as well as Break Free CLP) to clean.

Overall, I can't complain about Wolf ammo. As others have said, it's dirty, but it's cheap, and it lets you shoot more, which is always a good thing in my book. I always clean my guns almost immediately upon returning from the range though, I dunno if it'd be a bad idea to leave them lying around unclean having just shot a bunch of Wolf through them.

 

[IndianaBoy]

My AR has eaten about 500 rounds of wolf with zero problems.


Not very accurate, but good enough for steel poppers at 200 yards. It always goes bang. They don't use lacquer coating anymore, the new polymer coat I don't see how it could melt in the chamber.

I have never seen it cause a problem. That being said, my dillon 550 is set up now so I shoot my own loads now.

 

[PA Highlander]

I have shot a little over 1000 rounds of steel cased Wolf .223 with my Bushmaster AR-15. I've only had one problem, I had a case get stuck when the extractor pulled the rim off of the casing. Other than that it has went bang every time and while accuracy isn't outstanding it's fine for plinking. Anyone that doesn't want their Wolf ammo just send it my way I'll be sure to give it a good home.

 

[Flynt]

I have a couple of full-auto Thompsons, and they eat a LOT of ammo. Until this year, I ran Wolf in them, and bought a couple of cases at a time. One day the Wolf ammo blew a couple of primers, which lodged in the trigger group. I got the first one out OK, but the second one jammed things up so well that I couldn't disassemble the gun and had to send it off to a Thompsonsmith for repair. While he had the gun he did a couple of other things. With shipping both ways via registered mail, it cost me over $400. I e-mailed Wolf, and they sent me prepaid shipping label for the remaining ammo from that lot, a case of 500 rnds., and refunded me the cost of the ammo. They also refunded me my entire shipping and repair costs, including the extras. I'm very impressed by this, but I can't bring myself to shoot Wolf anymore. Also, now that I've switched to White Box Winchester, I can clean the compensator a lot easier.

 

[Crow1108]

I haven't put a significant amount of it through my bushy (about 120 rounds of the Military Classic 55 gr), but it did just fine. Just pretty smoky, and a little dirtier, but it was just as accurate as the Black Hills M193 I also put through it that range trip. No noticeable wear on my extractor either.

 

[chupacabrah]

i'm loving it (in my saiga) have never had a problem.

and i'm about to try out the 9mm in the M&P and the 9x18 mak