Question on Ammo

[Briarfox]

Hey guys I have a quick question.

I've been buying ammo for my SKS. I've been picking up the wolf ammo in the black boxes. My last trip to the gun store had wolf ammo but it was a black and yellow box. What is the difference? They appear to be the same 7.62x39 round, 122gr but the bullet in the black box is more copper looking and the bullet in the yellow and black box is more of a bronze.

Sorry for my ignorance, I've been trying to google it with little info.

Thanks.

[5hundo]

Just speculation, at this point (having not seen the boxes myself) but Wolf makes a 122gr FMJ and a 122 JHP...

Was one box more expensive than the other?

[dchang0]

Copper does oxidize a bit just being stored on shelves, so that may explain the color difference.

[God Bless The Mauser]

Carefull about using Wolf in your SKS, I hear they don't really do well with steel case ammo and it can break parts.

[Howie44]

The black and yellow boxes you bought will pass the magnet test at the range. They are lead core/ copper jacketed, while the other wolf ammo is not.

[Briarfox]

Thanks for the reply's guys. They are both 122gr hp. I bought the black and yellow box because it was on sale.

Everything seems the same except bullet color. I think you got it howie. thanks again.

[herburt]

The bullet color of the yellow jacket box 7.62 does look a little off but it shoots just fine, probably put about 500 of the case I purchased down range without any issues at all. I mistakenly bought the military classic stuff which is a no go at the ranges around here, I just call that my desert shooting fund.

[Crusader]

Wolf's all black box has a bi-metal jacket, meaning steel and copper is mixed, which makes it magnetic. Magnetic ammo is often turned down by outdoor ranged due to the risk of sparks (from the steel,) and fires.

The black and yellow box has an all copper jacket, so any range that allows rifle rounds to be fired will accept the yellow box (unless they're completely ignorant and magnetless).

[CHS]

Carefull about using Wolf in your SKS, I hear they don't really do well with steel case ammo and it can break parts.

Uhhhhhhhhh, the SKS was DESIGNED to shoot Russian military ammo. STEEL, Russian military ammo.

[!@#$]

Carefull about using Wolf in your SKS, I hear they don't really do well with steel case ammo and it can break parts.

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