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Stump · 03-21-2007, 07:11 AM

I have a buddy that just bought an Armilight(sp?) AR15 and was told not to shoot Wolf ammo through it. Something about the propellent they use would stop up the gas tube? I have been looking around and don't see this as being a problem. Looks liek many folks use Wolf ammo in Ar15's, any ideas or was he told correctly? Maybe this is just an Armilight thing....?

CharlieHo · 03-21-2007, 08:07 AM

I've heard many reasons (mostly BS) for not using Wolf ammo, but propellant stopping up the gas tube?? That's a new one to me

If you find Wolf cheaper than other brands, buy it and shoot it.

CharlieHo · 03-21-2007, 08:08 AM

Just to add, Do you think powder has any more chance stopping up the gas tube, than a bullet has of stopping up the barrel?

**agalindo** · 03-21-2007, 08:16 AM

I shoot wolf out of my are when ever I don't shoot reloads. Some people are ammo snobs.

Stump · 03-21-2007, 08:25 AM

Yea since it was from the shop where he bought it and they sell ammo (not Wolf) that's what I told him. I think it's more hey buy my over priced ammo because everything I sell is over priced. Seems a lot of folks shoot wolf, kinda the buy and try it method. If it feeds shoot it then clean it is my take.

Surferfl7 · 03-21-2007, 08:47 AM

I shoot wolf thorugh my AR and haven't had any problems with it. I don't mind it being more dirtier than other rounds but i clean throughly after every range session.

BBunin · 03-21-2007, 09:37 AM

What do you guys think about using Wolf ammo in an AR as break in ammo?
It seems to me that the Steel cases would polish out the chamber much more quickly than Brass.

40SWXDSHOOTER · 03-21-2007, 10:43 AM

It's not the powder, it's the lacuer they where using to seal the bullets into the cases.
I have a friend that works at DPMS, and he said "With extended firing the lacuer can melt into the chamber, and build up to the point that the rounds wont chamber anymore, or if there is a case in the chamber when it cools, it's not going to come out", and thats why they had in their instrutoins not to use Wolf ammo.
I had heard they they have changed that, but I have heard alot of things that were not true.
As for steel cases, they seem to be dritier, and that is because steel dosen't expand as fast as brass, so you get alot of blow-by because the case isn't sealing the chamber up like brass dose. Steel on steel also wares faster then brass on steel, and you might not see any problems yet, but it will ware parts out faster then using brass.

Odin · 03-21-2007, 12:33 PM

I'm cheap when it comes to ammo. But not cheap enough to use Wolf. I tried it before, my guns ran like crap. Never again. I am willing pay a little more to shoot brass.

CharlieHo · 03-21-2007, 01:11 PM

If your gun runs like crap, it's not the ammo, its the gun.

Cheap ammo may accentuate a problem, but won't create one.

Any clean/properly functioning firearm should eat ANY ammo.

03-21-2007, 07:11 AM	#1
Stump XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NC Posts: 165	Wolf ammo in AR15 I have a buddy that just bought an Armilight(sp?) AR15 and was told not to shoot Wolf ammo through it. Something about the propellent they use would stop up the gas tube? I have been looking around and don't see this as being a problem. Looks liek many folks use Wolf ammo in Ar15's, any ideas or was he told correctly? Maybe this is just an Armilight thing....?

03-21-2007, 08:47 AM	#6
Surferfl7 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Jacksonville, Fl. Posts: 115	I shoot wolf thorugh my AR and haven't had any problems with it. I don't mind it being more dirtier than other rounds but i clean throughly after every range session. __________________ Springfield Ultra Compact 1911 "Loaded" Rock River Arms M4gery Keltec PF-9 Springfield XD-9

03-21-2007, 09:37 AM	#7
BBunin XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 2,029	What do you guys think about using Wolf ammo in an AR as break in ammo? It seems to me that the Steel cases would polish out the chamber much more quickly than Brass. __________________ . When seconds count, the police are only five minutes away. ------------------------------------ MY PARTIAL TOY LIST XD-9 5" (Production) XD-40 5" (Limited10) SA 1911 Loaded (Limited10/SingleStack) STI Spartan (Limited10/SingleStack) Kahr PM9 (CCW) KT P3AT (CCW) Remington 11-87 (Trap) Remington 870 Express (HD/Trap) Misc Rifles for fun and hunting

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Odin XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 555	I'm cheap when it comes to ammo. But not cheap enough to use Wolf. I tried it before, my guns ran like crap. Never again. I am willing pay a little more to shoot brass. __________________ MK12 Mod1 SPR XD45 Tactical XD9 Service

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03-21-2007, 08:07 AM	#2
CharlieHo XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fairmont, WV Posts: 514	I've heard many reasons (mostly BS) for not using Wolf ammo, but propellant stopping up the gas tube?? That's a new one to me If you find Wolf cheaper than other brands, buy it and shoot it.

03-21-2007, 08:08 AM	#3
CharlieHo XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fairmont, WV Posts: 514	Just to add, Do you think powder has any more chance stopping up the gas tube, than a bullet has of stopping up the barrel?

03-21-2007, 08:25 AM	#5
Stump XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NC Posts: 165	Yea since it was from the shop where he bought it and they sell ammo (not Wolf) that's what I told him. I think it's more hey buy my over priced ammo because everything I sell is over priced. Seems a lot of folks shoot wolf, kinda the buy and try it method. If it feeds shoot it then clean it is my take.

03-21-2007, 10:43 AM	#8
40SWXDSHOOTER XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 891	It's not the powder, it's the lacuer they where using to seal the bullets into the cases. I have a friend that works at DPMS, and he said "With extended firing the lacuer can melt into the chamber, and build up to the point that the rounds wont chamber anymore, or if there is a case in the chamber when it cools, it's not going to come out", and thats why they had in their instrutoins not to use Wolf ammo. I had heard they they have changed that, but I have heard alot of things that were not true. As for steel cases, they seem to be dritier, and that is because steel dosen't expand as fast as brass, so you get alot of blow-by because the case isn't sealing the chamber up like brass dose. Steel on steel also wares faster then brass on steel, and you might not see any problems yet, but it will ware parts out faster then using brass.

03-21-2007, 01:11 PM	#10
CharlieHo XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fairmont, WV Posts: 514	If your gun runs like crap, it's not the ammo, its the gun. Cheap ammo may accentuate a problem, but won't create one. Any clean/properly functioning firearm should eat ANY ammo.