Stuck cases. wolf

[fusionstar]

How many rounds of wolf do you usually go through consecutively before you get a stuck case? Today, I only managed 70 rounds before I sheared the rim and had to break out the cleaning rod. Man it was a pain, it was just getting fun, I was doing 1 second rapid fires with Wolf MC .223 and getting 6" groups at 100 yards with irons until I had to switch back to brass. The brass cleaned out the chamber a little bit but I was still hesitant to shoot the wolf fearing head case separations.

[Blue]

Do you have the new Wolf or the older stuff? Is it kind of a gray color?

[joelogic]

I fired 300 hundred rounds first day of a class, fired about 100 the next day then let off a 60 round string. Reloaded and let the next round sit in the chamber when I fired it sheared the rim off. That was with black box wolf.

[fusionstar]

its the newer wolf I think, Unless the one with the shiny varnish coating is the new one.


this is the one i used.

[fusionstar]

Im thinking, I load 2 brass cased rounds first then the rest wolf, the brass would act as a swifter picker upper. Or I could just run brass all day.. But man.. ammo is pricey, especially the good stuff.

[Jon Se]

its the newer wolf I think, Unless the one with the shiny varnish coating is the new one.


this is the one i used.

Yep, that is the newer polymer coating. The old ones are brown and coated with lacquer. Strange, usually it's recommended that you don't mix brass/wolf ammo in fear of the brass case getting stuck, not the other way around. I'll also add that I've shot nothing but wolf (in 7.62x39) through my ak without a hitch...

[fusionstar]

hmm.. I guess ill give the wolf a couple more trys, My ak shoots wolf too but I havent taken her out much lately. No problems though with wolf ammo in the ak. I just get a cold chill down my spine when I have to insert a cleaning rod muzzle end first.

[Rule .308]

I have a Stag upper that was fairly tolerant of it at first but the last 2 times I have taken it out it has been in the 60-80 round range that I get a stuck case. And when I say "stuck" I mean it, you have to really drive that sucker back out of the chamber, not cool and I will not be using anymore of that stuff in that particular upper.

[fusionstar]

Im still waiting for my chamber brush from brownells, I tried my best to get out the carbon in my chamber but I just cant reach the neck. Damn steel cased ammo.

[WoodrowShootist]

i only get problems with wolf when the ar is dry. i'll give it a hit of clp spray and it'll run for the day (300 rounds). the only time i've had a case stuck was when it was dry. i remember cause i've never seen a case stuck in with the rim broken off before. that was #200 for the day. but i just give it some juice and it keeps running. i'm using the black box polymer nonmagnetic.

[Whitesmoke]

I've found the key to preventing this seems to be to clean the chamber real well after each use......I've shot thousands of rounds without a hiccup as long as I cleaned the chamber....if I don't...stuck case!

[fusionstar]

Hmm ill try a little oil next time.
I just like wolf because its relatively accurate and cheap. Also I dont have to scrounge around in the dirt for my brass. And the fact that I bought 1000 rounds and only shot 70 lol..

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