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Joe A.
Has anyone shot any of the Wolf 308? Any opinions on it? I was wondering about it if good surplus was to dry up.

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colt100
IMHO, wolf is JUNK in anything but 7.62x39.

I have not fired wolf 308 nor will I ever. I don't see why people wamt to use this stuff when there is 308 surplus out there that is cheaper and more accurate.

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That about sums it up.
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Trung Si
;) I woulden't let a Wolf near my M-14s! [-X
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CTC01
Alittle off subject

I dont know about any Wolf except their .22 rim fire which I have found to shoot rather well in a target 10/22 but I believe the Wolf .22 is made in Germany.
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colt100
Trung Si said:
;) I woulden't let a Wolf near my M-14s! [-X
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Unless they were in season and I had a tag. ;)
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Kobra1
It seems that Wolf centerfire ammo is very dirty and not loaded with any degree of consistancy. I made the mistake of shooting a 20 round mag of 5.56 through my AR-15 and I had 9 failures to feed (a lot of "stovepiping"). When I cleaned my rifle it was unusually dirty so I swore off Wolf centerfire ammo. I haven't had any experiences with Wolf rimfire, but I have had a lot of experience with Wolf shotgun ammo (target/sporting clays loads in 7.5 and 8 shot). I highly recommend the shotgun ammo as it is faster than Federal Gold Medal by almost 200 FPS (the Wolf is rated at 1360 of 1380 fps) and it is very reliable in gas guns (I shoot sporting clays competively and use a Beretta Xtrema 3.5" Works great!
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colt100
Wolf does have it's place. I use it exclusivly in my SKS's and AK's. I would try the rim fire and the shotgun shells, if the price was right. I will not shoot any through my garands or M1a's.

Not unless 308 ammo got to be so expensive that Wolf was the only option. Of course, I reload so I don't think that it would ever get that bad. For the non-reloaders out there, just buy surplus.
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Kobra1
Agreed. NATO surplus is required to be somewhat consistant, whereas with Wolf, who knows? I know that the centerfire ammo is made in Russia - SKS and AKs are the only thing that I would feed that ammo in.
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TRW 7.62X51mm
I only shoot Wolf Ammunition if the firearm has a chromed-lined barrel. I shoots 10K out of my SKS and AKM's. :evil:
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geiman
The question is still not answered. Has anybody actually shot Wolf .308 out of an M-14?

geiman
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colt100
geiman said:
The question is still not answered. Has anybody actually shot Wolf .308 out of an M-14?

geiman
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Actually, the question was "Has anyone shot any of the Wolf 308? Any opinions on it? I was wondering about it if good surplus was to dry up. "

It didn't mention the M14 style rifle, or any other for that matter. Besides nobody reporting using it, I believe that the question had been answered.
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geiman
Colt 100,
I guess I should have started a new thread. I was asking if anyone had shot any Wolf in a M-14, and, noting that your question was not answered.

I've shot plenty of the old Norinco 308 in my rack grade ArmsCorp.
I was hoping the Wolf would perform as well.

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I once shot wolf in my .45 1911 and had a caseing split it was a pain in the @ss to get out too, later i heard of 2 guys who had wolf explode and mess up the frame of there 1911 one was a colt too so it wasnt the pistol ... so never again would i put any wolf in my guns that I have paid more than 300 bucks for but as for ak's and sks's i would because they are designed for that wolf stuff... thats my take on it
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Take a look at the thread below on this forum from someone who chrono'd and evaluated Wolf 308.

http://www.m-14forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=11470

Personally, I love the stuff in my .45. After a couple thousand or so rounds, I have yet to have any kind of failure. I find it to be no dirtier than UMC, Eagle or Winchester white box ammo, either.

My brother is quite happy with it in his Bushmaster poodle shooter, too.

As for price vs. surplus, I too prefer NATO spec surplus, but I also remember when military surplus was difficult to impossible for a family man to buy and Norinco steel cased ammo was $2.50 a box, retail. I shot a lot of Norinco until more affordable military surplus started flooding the market. If the Wolf is anything like the Norinco, I know I'll be happy with it.

But then, what do I know? I was one of the first people to extoll the virtues of the Chinese Polytech M14's (although my enthusiasm pales when compared to Different) when everyone else was putting them down as the worst thing since the Yugo. I just wish I'd bought more than I did at $350.00 a pop for NIB and free to $200.00 for "used" after people read about them in the gun rags and got scared.
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Tokarev
I've shot several thousand rounds of Wolf .223 in both semi- and full-auto M-4's and have been pleased with the results. I've never had any reliability issues. The stuff isn't match target ammo but it's great for practice.

Wolf will have a .308 168 BTHP load on the market soon. It's supposed to be ballistically equal to a 168 match load and should be a cheap practice round for those of us not willing to spend the big bucks on match ammo.
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colt100
Tokarev said:
Wolf will have a .308 168 BTHP load on the market soon. It's supposed to be ballistically equal to a 168 match load and should be a cheap practice round for those of us not willing to spend the big bucks on match ammo.
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With wolf's reputation for accuracy, I don't expect that this round will be at all "match" quality. Well, maybe in your rifle :roll: .
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Tokarev
I don't actually believe that Wolf ammo will hurt your gun. I'm sure we've all heard the urban legend stuff about broken extractors, etc. I, personally, have fired close to 3,000 rounds through a Rock River carbine with no problems. I've also been using this stuff for years in AK's (7.62 and 5.45) with no problems. Good stuff and it's cheap!
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Tokarev
Joe A. said:
Has anyone shot any of the Wolf 308? Any opinions on it? I was wondering about it if good surplus was to dry up.

Joe A.
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I called Wolf Ammo and they were kind enough to send me two boxes of their 150 FMJ to try out. This ammo came packed in the usual black boxes and featured a lacquer coating on the cases. I don't know if this was old stock for Wolf. Maybe they aren't using the polymer coating on their .308 yet. Anyway, I fired ten rounds on paper in two five round groups and burned off twenty rounds at some steel targets. The last ten rounds I bump fired.

My Scout rifle fired all forty rounds with no problem. I didn't notice the rifle being any dirtier than it would have been firing forty rounds of South African or any of the decent surplus ammo. My two five round groups both ran about two inches from 100 yards using my EO Tech sight. This is about what my Scout does with everything I run through it.

Forty rounds is too small a sample for a serious test but it seems like the Wolf .308 will be a good choice if and when the surplus pond runs dry.
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Tokarev
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With wolf's reputation for accuracy, I don't expect that this round will be at all "match" quality. Well, maybe in your rifle :roll: .
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I've found that Wolf's current .223 load with their 62 grain JHP will consistently put three rounds into about a two inch group off the bench at 100 yards. It has virtually the same point of impact as my agency's issued load, which is the Winchester 64 grain Power Point.

At $95 a case delivered, there isn’t much that can compete with it for training ammo.
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Bigchoad
I figure I'll give it a try when I run across some
Try it in my FAL first You can feed an FAL anything...
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