Wolf Ammo. Good or bad?

paraordn said:

I have heard alot of controversity on the Wolf Ammo. A lot of people say that it harms your weapon and somtimes wont even feed. Is this true? Should I actually stop using cheap ammo?

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I have fired thousands of Wolf rounds through one of my AK's without a single problem. Now I should say that I believe Wolf used to put a laquer on thier cases, which runs very dirty. And I believe they quit using that process in the newer ammo. Anyhow, I've only tried Wolf in 7.62x39, so I don't have anything to say about other calibers. I believe my AK is very forgiving as far as what ammo it likes, so I don't notice any problems with Wolf.
Now when I use premium ammo, there is a pretty big accuracy jump above Wolf.
I'll keep using it for practice.

I have used wolf before but I haven't used the other cheapy ammo. How does that hold up?

I've used Wolf in 5.56mm, 7.62x39mm, and some pistols. It works fine. It's a little dirty, but it's basically just blasting ammo. You read on the Errornet about broken extractors, but I've shot a lot of Wolf (especially 5.56) and have had zero issues in DPMS and Stag M4geries. Ditto 7.62x39 in SKS and AKs. Also never broke extractors on Glock 9mms and 1911s.

I wouldn't expect match-grade accuracy, but for fun shooting it's fine.

I use it all the time. I say its fine. Most people agree its good ammo. It might be the Gun Store owners trying to get more cash out of you.

I've shot thousands of rounds of Wolf ammo.. I've never had a failure.. I always have five or six bricks around.. and when I looking for different caliber ammo I look for Wolf first. I shoot Wolf 22 match target in my 22 bench gun.. its is head and shoulders above CCI and Remington.

it goes bang.

i generally avoid steel case ammo mostly because i am a reloader. Also do not care for those berdan primers.

i have had no problem running it thru com-block guns like the SKS or the PM makarov.

I've used it in my SKS for a lot of years (20 or so) and never had any issues with it.

--Wag--

How can you tell if it is lacquer coated?
Is the stuff in the spam cans coated?

Bear in mind, mild steel cases were/are designed for use in chrome lined chambers.

Lacquer coating has a slick, glassy look.

Most mild steel cased Wolf ammunition cases sold today are powder coated.

All of my wolf ammo is brass and is lubricated. .not lacquered

Evil-Twin said:

All of my wolf ammo is brass and is lubricated. .not lacquered

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Wolf Brass, as opposed to the majority of ammunition sold by Wolf.

Cannot believe this original post is 7 years old!

I hate the Wolf WPA Military Grade 9mm....cannot speak for any other Wolf product - it is garbage. I still have 5 or 6 boxes I will not use. I tried it in more than one gun with the same results......jams, stuck in magazines, FTF and FTE.

I wonder if I wiped them down with some kind of lube? Any thoughts?

Ziggidy said:

Cannot believe this original post is 7 years old!

I hate the Wolf WPA Military Grade 9mm....cannot speak for any other Wolf product - it is garbage. I still have 5 or 6 boxes I will not use. I tried it in more than one gun with the same results......jams, stuck in magazines, FTF and FTE.

I wonder if I wiped them down with some kind of lube? Any thoughts?

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Lube will not help.

IF you can find a pistol chambered in 9x19mm that has a chrome lined chamber you should be good to go. Or, find a revolver chambered in 9x19mm.

Sometimes older Ruger pistols, due to an oversized chamber, will eat this ammunition without problems.

Wolf works in my WASR10 AK47, and Wolf handgun ammo functions fine in all of my automatic pistols. Wolf doesn't function in my Yugo 59/66 SKS for some reason (hard primers?) but other inexpensive ammo does - Golden Tiger and Silver Bear work great (softer primers?). Silver Bear also works well, with better than expected accuracy, in my Saiga .223 carbine. Lately, I just buy oodles of Silver Bear for everything. Rifle calibers can still be found now and then for under a quarter a round, and most important, the bright shiny cases are cool and I'm easily distracted by them.

you get what you pay for.

Kim said:

you get what you pay for.

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That's what the girl at the picnic said!

Picnic?

What kind of picnics do you attend?

I've used it in a Makarov, SKSs and several AKs with no problems. I haven't used it in my ARs, but have several buddies who do. If it were the only ammo I had, I'd use it.

I use it and/or Tula in my carry .380 for practice. American brand name ammo is just too expensive and hard to find for practice. It shoots.