So I was curious if anyone has sought cleaner burning, more accurate loads (specifically 7.62x39, but .223 or whatever other Wolf/cheap steel cased ammo is being used) by pulling the bullets, replacing the powder with a higher quality, more consistent load, and resetting the bullets. It seem, to me anyway, that this would be a reasonable (admittedly not the BEST), way to get some more accurate rounds for a pretty low price. Essentially, I'm looking to have anywhere from 300-1000 rounds on hand that has good performance (not just stock Wolf), as one of those "just in case" kinds of things. I don't really have the time or money to buy a bunch of brass and bullets right now to handload my own (though that is what I will do before TOO long), but was basically looking for a pretty inexpensive way to improve performance. Anyone done this? Anyone think it'll work? Anyone think I'm just a complete idiot for thinkin of something like that? Thanks!
spyderman2k4
Replacing powder in Wolf ammo
Well it would be really messy and a lot of work.
The biggest issue I see first off is replacing the powder. Each brand/type of powder burns differently and for good reason. Removing "x" amount of wolf factory powder and replacing the same "x" amount with another powder would give you a very difficult result. Maybe too much velocity and you'd split the cartridge, or maybe not enough velocity at all. Not a good thing especially since you say you are looking for better accuracy.
Also, a lot of the "dirty" factor from wolf comes from the primers they use. Not all of it, nobody jump on me for stating this, but some of the dirty factor is primer related.
And afterall, WOLF isn't exactly a terrible round. Yeah it's dirty, but it's pretty darn accurate and consistent for the price. 223 even comes in a Boat Tail Shoot it for what it's worth, zero your rifle's, and practice with it. Then when it's all gone, decide if you want to upgrade a purchase or reload your own.
The biggest issue I see first off is replacing the powder. Each brand/type of powder burns differently and for good reason. Removing "x" amount of wolf factory powder and replacing the same "x" amount with another powder would give you a very difficult result. Maybe too much velocity and you'd split the cartridge, or maybe not enough velocity at all. Not a good thing especially since you say you are looking for better accuracy.
Also, a lot of the "dirty" factor from wolf comes from the primers they use. Not all of it, nobody jump on me for stating this, but some of the dirty factor is primer related.
And afterall, WOLF isn't exactly a terrible round. Yeah it's dirty, but it's pretty darn accurate and consistent for the price. 223 even comes in a Boat Tail Shoot it for what it's worth, zero your rifle's, and practice with it. Then when it's all gone, decide if you want to upgrade a purchase or reload your own.
I have buddies that go out west to prairie dog hunts and shoot prairie dog as 300+ yards with their AR using Wolf 223 ammunition. For the money the stuff is just fine.
All the time and expense in pulling bullet and replace propellant you would be better off just buying better ammo if Wolf isn't accurate enough for you. I bet if you do the math the simple cost of replacing the powder would push the price of Wolf up to some of the cheaper brass cases 223 available. Not to mention all the time it would take to pull the bullets replace the powder and re-size the necks and then re-seat the bullets.
I have a hard time seeing this as an exercise worth the effort.
mcb
All the time and expense in pulling bullet and replace propellant you would be better off just buying better ammo if Wolf isn't accurate enough for you. I bet if you do the math the simple cost of replacing the powder would push the price of Wolf up to some of the cheaper brass cases 223 available. Not to mention all the time it would take to pull the bullets replace the powder and re-size the necks and then re-seat the bullets.
I have a hard time seeing this as an exercise worth the effort.
mcb
That's kind of what we used to call, Meixcan match ammo. It was not uncommon to pull mil.spec. bullets & seat equiv. wt. match bullets & improve accuracy greatly. This was when mil.spec. ammo was very cheap. Todays, if you are going to handload anyway, why bother pulling all those bullets?
I think I'd just by brass in smaller increments if I couldn't afford to buy a 1000+ pieces.
Then again, why not just by brass case ammo and don't loose it.
Then again, why not just by brass case ammo and don't loose it.
Ok! Got it! It was a dumb idea, but I'm glad to be set straight 
I'll stick with Wolf and just save up for some quality components. Here's the other question. If I was looking for the most effective bullets, do you guys think HP or SP would be better?
I'll stick with Wolf and just save up for some quality components. Here's the other question. If I was looking for the most effective bullets, do you guys think HP or SP would be better?-
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