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skinflint58
A friend of my sons went to shoot his 45 at a pay as you go range. His ammo was inspected by the range officer. The officer said they do not let anyone shoot Wolf ammo at the range. Does anyone have any problems when shooting Wolf 45 ACP ammo?
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  • Salvage33
    I won't use it anymore. Way too dirty, and had some that QC let through..primer popped..no powder..not fun.

    John


    A friend will post your bail. A good friend will be sitting next to you in the cell saying, "man that was fun!"
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  • Bamavol
    Wolf has a steel shell. If the edge of the shell is not crimped it is very sharp and can bite into the wall of the chamber of an auto loader as the round is chambered. The slide cannot close, and the round will not eject. This happened to me with a 9 mm. I had to drive the unfired round out with a wood dowel. No fun. The Wolf silver bear has a plateing and may be better. But not worth the small cost savings.


    Bamavol
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  • Grasshopper
    Wolf Brown Bear would not function my P-38 and it shoots ANYTHING! I am staying away from it. IMO. nambu
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  • heavyiron
    Skinflint58,

    I do not know why the range would not let your son shot Wolf ammo.

    There are no safety concerns that I have read about.

    Wolf ammo is what it is: It is dirty, not very accurate, and cannot be reloaded, but then do can do a lot of blasting with it because it is cheap.

    Maybe the range wants to sell the ammo or steel jackets?

    Good Luck!

    HI[:D]
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  • ker2222
    I have shot thousands of rounds of Wolf 7.62x39 through SKSs and AKs. As heavyiron said, it is what it is--cheap ammo. About $52 for 500 It works great in firearms like the AK and SKS that are designed to be "loose" and shoot anything in any conditions and, incidently, have chrome lined barrels to negate the effects of the ammo's dirtyness. However, even though I think it would function, I would never shoot the stuff through my expensive Beretta or other valuable firearms designed with "tight" tolerances.
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  • allechalley
    I have shot some of the .45 ammo and tho it burns dirty and is not what you would call a power load, it sseemed to function just fine in both an Auto Ord. and a Kimber. The range maybe likes selling the brass and this is just scrap iron. No other reason I can tell.
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  • chuckfromnj
    Everybody says this and I too have been asked if i plan to shoot any Wolf or any other "Russian' ammo at my range.

    The thing is David Fourtier who writes in Shotgun News, Peterson's hunting and several other publications uses the stuff to test guns all the time and he has never made mention of this issue at all.

    I wonder if this a perpetual myth. All I ever hear is that "I know someone who knows someone who says the stuff is suspect. Yeah it's got steel cases but CCI Blaser has chintzy aluminum cases and nobody ever complains about it. Personally i have had extraction problems from my 686 with Blaser.

    Maybe you should write Fortier and ask him.

    Chuck from NJ
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  • redman.com1
    dont shoot silver bear in any auto, its junk! but the 7.62* 39 is excellant.
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  • chunkstyle
    I actually LIKE Wolf. Sure, there have been a few FTFs, and yes, it's dirty. But I clean my guns immediately after shooting anyway, so powder fouling isn't any problem. I love the 7.62x39 in my SKSs, it is as good as anything else out there. I have also shot gobs of .40 and 9mm through my Berettas, with no more than the usual woes. (I certainly had few problems than I did with the Ultramax reloads) It's not uncommon to get a few jams every thousand rounds with brand-new, brand-name ammo, and Wolf isn't any worse than, say, Winchester. As for Blazer, I actually think it's one of the more reliable brands out there.

    Now, the other Russian brands vary. I have shot Sapsan/Ulyanovsk 7.62x39 and .40 with very good results, though the .40 shoots rather hot. The LVE(Novosibirsk)/Brown/Silver Bear is also very good stuff, in 9x18M, if it is made of the bimetal. When it's nickel-plated, it can be a bit large in size tolerance, and has difficulty chambering, especially with JHPs. The later batches are better, so they seem to be improving. In 9mm, this brand is VERY hot, I was worried about pushing the strength limits of my Beretta. Barnaul/RAM/Tiger in 9x18M is one of the best loads out there, very reliable.

    A concern I hear from others is the lacquer coating. Wolf has now gone to polymer coating, so it should be less of a problem. But the lacquer has never been an issue for me, and I suspect it only becomes one when the shooter is lazy about cleaning his guns.

    Since I have been studying Greek lately, I'll give a more direct translation of the Thermopylae Monument: "Stranger, tell the Lakedaemonians that in agreement with their customs, we lie here."
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  • LABWILD
    FYI - Trap shooters are using Wolf 12 gauge ammo in great volume. I shot at the Ky. State Championships and Southern Zone recently and even the high dollar guns were using it.
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  • lrarmsx
    I had a gentleman go to a gun show and buy a case of Wolf .45acp for his newly purchased Springfield 1911. He fought through half of one box with an almost 100% problem ratio before he finally gave up. He later traded the ammo in for some better .45acp ammo that would actually function in his pistol. The Wolf was cheap, but his Springfield didn't like it at all.
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