Wolf ammo
#1
Wolf ammo
Well im sure everybody who shoots alot has noticed the price of ammo and Wolf is the cheapest by far,im looking to buy 1000 rds and wolf is $100 to $200 cheaper than the other brands.The only thing i am worried about is the steel case,some people say that it messes your gun up.What do you guys think?Should i worry about it?Im not buying it to go out and shoot it up,im buying it to store it for "hard times".but eventually i plan on shooting it,just not all at once.
#3
RE: Wolf ammo
It has to be rougher on a rifle than a brass case just simply because steel is harder...but the real thing with steel cases is their effect on reloading dies. Yes, you can reload it as well. Just don't expect your dies to last very long.
#4
RE: Wolf ammo
I had a sks for a while and I would shoot surplus or "cheap" ammo in it. The sks i bought from a gun dealer about 6 years ago who mostly delt with military rifles and custom gunsmithing. Anyway he told me that wolf ammo, the mimitary surplus kind or steel case, was all junk. And he sold me some late (I think)1980's south african stuff sealed in 200 round battle packs. anyway he said it was much better than that wolf crap. (he did not say "crap" and he acually got quite animated about it saying how bad it was) So i bought 600 rounds from him and i was on my way(it was about 35 bucks a pack). Once i had shot all of that stuff up i figured i would buy the wolf stuff because at the time it was about 100-120 bucks for 1000 rounds and was much cheaper than the other. The one thing i remember about the stuff is how dirty it was. Almost 2x as dirty as the S.A. stuff. And i remember that the lacquer seals on the primers and around where the bullet seats in the case would flake off quite bad. I was bright red so you could see it very well. Anyway the flakes of stuff were hard to get out when i cleaned my rifle. Needless to say i never bought it again but that was a while ago so i don't know how it fairs now. I have heard that their hunting ammo or brass case stuff is good because its not made in russia but who knows. Also if you are worried about the rifle and the steel case hurting it, It depends on the rifle. If you have a sks or ak variant you have nothing to worry about because these rifles were made to shoot the steel case stuff.
#6
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blissfield MI USA
Posts: 5,293
RE: Wolf ammo
Most likely because of people that do not police their own cases after they are done shooting. The range probably picks them up and recycles them, or maybe sells them for reloading or something.
Now when they do that they have to sort them and seperate the brass from the other metals which is a pain. And most of the other cartridges can't be reloaded so that rules that out as well.
My guess anyway.
Paul
Now when they do that they have to sort them and seperate the brass from the other metals which is a pain. And most of the other cartridges can't be reloaded so that rules that out as well.
My guess anyway.
Paul
#7
RE: Wolf ammo
ORIGINAL: brushbustin
The only thing i am worried about is the steel case,some people say that it messes your gun up.What do you guys think?Should i worry about it?
The only thing i am worried about is the steel case,some people say that it messes your gun up.What do you guys think?Should i worry about it?