I was wondering what the thoughts are on the use of wolf ammo in the LWRC 14.5" SRT, I use wolf ammo in my AK but have never tried it on any of my american weapons. Anyone use it? Any thoughts?
After a chamber reaming with a Ned Christiansen 5.56mm NATO neck and throat reaming all my ARs run 100% with steel cased ammo.
The only problem I have ever had was 2 over sized cases that would not eject. (out of about 4,000+ rounds)
I NEVER had any problems with it in my AK or my AR, its dirty but its also cheap!
I got one stuck intentionally in the chamber. Never could get that upper to run right again. Even after cleaning the hell out of it with everything I had.
“I got one stuck intentionally in the chamber.”
Why?
How did you get it out?
Never had a problem feeding it. Its a tad dirtier, but you can’t expect champagne on a beer budget. I read a lot of “oh noes, nevar use it!11one” type things on the Internet but it sounds more like snobbery than actual experience.
If you want to shoot more and spend less I’d say shooting Wolf might be for you.
It will not damage your weapon. It is a requirement that my AR15’s be able to run on underpowered Wolf and higher pressured Nato spec ammo for me to consider them reliable.
Only real problems you’ll face, which won’t matter if you’re using it for casual practice, are:
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Wolf is steel cased so unlike brass the casing doesn’t expand all the way to the chamber walls. This will cause gases to escape around the casing causing more fouling in the chamber as well as the rest of the action. What can happen is when the fouling gets excessive is you’ll get a spent casing stuck in the chamber and the extractor will rip the rim off of the spent casing and you’ll be left to poke out the stuck casing with a cleaning rod. I’ve found this happens more in 5.56 chamberings more than others. Part of the reason I like the Wylde chambering.
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Blown primers. I’ve had it happen with a lot of different brands of ammo, Wolf is no different. Although, I’ve never had a blown primer with Winchester or Remmington’s .223 factory loadings. Just a matter of time I suppose.
If you’re planning on doing a class I’d use something else, but if you’re just punching paper or cardboard and even some steel targets, I’d advocate Wolf usage.
It is a requirement that my AR15’s be able to run on underpowered Wolf
By whom?
I think he means it is a personal requirement for his ARs.
FWIW the current rifle I run now has had nothing but wolf thorugh it. With over 5000 rounds down range I have had zero problems related to ammo with this rifle. Yeah sure it’s dirty {so I clean it more} and it groups a little bit bigger than WWB or the other better brass ammo. Eh so what it works. This rifle has also been through 2 carbine classes and each class I have gone through over 1000 rounds of wolf in an 8 hour class and no problems as long as the bolt and carrier were kept wet she ran like a dream with wolf. Now my rifle has a chrome bolt and carrier so that may be a part of why it stays running. But I cannot find any fault with the choice of ammo I use in it.
I’ve put over 3,000 rounds through one rifle and over 2,000 rounds of Wolf through another rifle. I’ve only had 2 failures to feed. Wolf is not the greatest ammo but it will reliably work most of the time. I like the newer polymer coated stuff better than the varnished stuff. Wolf is also bringing out Wolf Gold. Wolf Gold will be brass cases instead of the steel cases. I would not hesitate to use it for most of my shooting needs BUT if I needed accuracy for long range shooting or sniping I would switch to something else.
Wolf Gold line is mostly Prvi-Partizan manufacture, I believe from Serbia. Wolf is only an importer they don’t actually manufacture any ammunition.
The Wolf Prvi Partizan M193 is good stuff. It’s not as hot as Guat or our own Federal XM193, I believe it was clocking 200 - 300 fps slower, but it has been more accurate in my experience. I stashed away quite a bit when I found out that it was not going to be imported in the same quanities as when it came out. For a while Sportsmans Guide was selling it for $189 per 1000. Maybe 6-8 months ago. You’ll be lucky to find it for less than $240 per K if you can find it at all.
No problems at all after four cases through my Bushy/RRA frankenrifle.
I have fired wolf through my colt to the tune of somewhere around 40,000 rounds. Works well for training.