.223 russian ammo - rate in order

[palmtree]

I'm hoping to get you guys to kinda rate the different cheap ammos in order according to accuracy,quality or consistancy. I'm wanting to buy a couple different bulk boxes. I mostly buy from S&G ammo, but can order from anywhere really. Heres some I'm considering, but not limited to, please list some in order of preference. Or if you don't know, but have had good or bad results w/ one, I'd like to hear about it.
Wolf military
wolf polyformance - barnerd
wolf polyformance - Ukraine Russia
herters
tula
Bears - silver , brown etc.
Wolf Gold
etc.

[Bansh88]

I shot well over 1,000 rounds of the old Wolf (green laquer) through my Colt Sporter. I honestly dont ever recall an issue.
I've shot a bit of the other stuff. Only issues with rounds I have had has been from crappy mags/followers.

[The War Wagon]

- Wolf Gold
- Golden Bear
- Silver Bear


... and the rest ties for, "Crapola."

[palmtree]

I recently got a rra varmint 20". I been shooting herters steel case. Never a jam. I got a sealed can of tula from walmert, and it seems to group a lil better and shoot higher, so I adjusted my crosshair down some. War wagon, I notice you got wolf gold at the top, is that because it's braqss and cycles better for you, or is it noticeably more accurate over the steel case wolf or others?

[Bravodigger]

The "bears" are the good ones, and I've even had bad primers on the brown and gold. But as War wagon says the rest is really crud. I had so many ftf's on a order of Tula that I discarded the rest.

[BrassCase]

Wolf Gold is made in Taiwan. It should be rated against PMC which comes from Korea.

[Caseless]

Compare Wolf Gold with XM193 and PMC, etc.

Barnaul makes the bulk of current Russian issued military ammo. Bear is just another brand name for Barnaul. It seems it always costs a bit more than other brands.
#1 Barnaul/Bear
#2 Wolf military. It smells bad after firing.
#3 Ukraine
#4 Tula=Herters.

[palmtree]

Bravogigger, I like your quote about the need for guns. BrassCase, I had no idea the wolfgold was from Taiwan, I just figurd it was Russian. What is preferred between Wolf Military compared to Wolf Polyformance?

[TruEdge]

Wolf Gold is made in Taiwan. It should be rated against PMC which comes from Korea.

I really like PMC never had an issue and it's not bad as far as accuracy is concerned.

[LastDrift]

You guys forgot Golden Tiger! That stuff is hard to find now.

[palmtree]

I didn't know golden tiger came in .223

[robodeer]

Isn't Wolf Gold from Taiwan?

[john67elco]

Unicorn golden tiger 223 if you can find it

[Dead*Reckoned]

WPA .223, 5-6/2000 torn rim resulting in stuck case. Also pretty much dirtier than brass case. All brass case has run perfectly however, so use the wolf for play.

[Ronin2]

I never buy any of it for the following reasons:

1) Its ALL crap ammo compared to western military ammo ( US/Swedish/Austrian/Argentine/Portugal/South Africa)
2) There is a reason for using dissimilar metals with the shell casing being softer than the gun metal; premature chamber,extractor wear etc...not to mention the coatings on some of the steel cases.
3) I never want to put a PENNY into Valdimir Putin's military industrial complex!!