[porschedog]

I am so glad somebody finally started a steel vs brass thread! Oh, wait, there are 43,876 others? Yikes. Steel is fine but dirty. Lots of folks here used it when brass was crazy expensive or not to be found.

 

[GeneralSnafu]

What’s everyone’s thoughts on steal case wolf 9mm ? Is it bad for the Glock 19 gen 5?

You can go to jail for stealing ammo. In the future just buy the steel stuff and play it safe.

 

[Redman80]

I have used Wolf & Golden Bear 7.62x39 in my SKS and as referenced above it's dirty but does cycle in my SKS now as for my Glock - NO brass shoots fine...

 

[unit1069]

Steel case ammo only for my commie guns.

 

[Deputy]

Here's a thought...thanks to our imbecile President, NO further importing of Russian ammo is allowed. What is in-country is all there is. My only experience with steel case ammo was a warning from the DCM (or whatever they call themselves nowadays) stating that steel-cased ammo should NOT be used in M1 Carbines because it breaks the extractors. As stated above, I would stick with Com-bloc weapons for steel case ammo.

 

[Salt G2G]

I will not buy Russian made products knowingly.
I have purchased steel cased ammo when the price was right. It's (sometimes) cheap practice ammo but much more than sometimes dirty and, presumably, of lesser quality than other ammo.
All that being said, I don't think our Glocks care all that much one way or the other - given proper cleaning and maintenance.

In high volume fire (think machine guns) it has been said (not just on the internet) that steel cased ammo IN A COMBAT ENVIRONMENT can increase chamber wear. Apparently airborne particulate (sand/dust) on the ammo get squeezed into the chamber at high rates, high temps and high speed, such that the particulate between the case and the chamber has more force against the chamber because the harder (than brass) case has less "give." This makes sense to me yet doesn't necessarily apply to my typical day at the range.

 

[MarkCO]

I am so glad somebody finally started a steel vs brass thread! Oh, wait, there are 43,876 others?

That's not this thread. OP is specifically about Wolf 9mm steel cased. All it takes to stay on topic is to read the title and OP.

Apparently, too hard to do, but not too hard to troll the OP.

 

[joseph.pavelchak]

Wolf and steel ammo in general is fine, unless you have some finicky gun that can't run it. I've never had a problem with Wolf in a Glock and I have shot many many cases of Wolf through Glocks.

The only bad things I can say is I've seen claims that some rifles ie Knights, won't run on wolf and I have heard claims that with AR15s brass ammo may not fire reliably after extensive use of Wolf without a cleaning. Personally I have not seen that based on my experience, but I've heard it from reputable people who say they've had problems.

Most criticism of Wolf is from inexperienced shooters or people who haven't shot it. You used to see "I wouldn't put 87 octane in my Porsche" on the internet and then see guys shooting Wolf through registered machineguns that would these days cost as much as a porsche.

It's inexpensive blasting ammo and not as accurate as higher quality and more expensive ammo.

I did wear out an extractor on a Glock over many many cases of Wolf. I don't know how much longer it would have lasted with brass.

Now a days Russian/east european steel ammo doesn't seem to be as common. If you have access to it cheap, I'd grab it. I'd certainly buy wolf over US commercially reloaded ammo, which is probably a cost competitor. Often that stuff is junk. Probably most inexpensive brass ammo is better than Wolf, but I don't know, I haven't shot much pistol ammo lately and I don't know what ammo from places like Bosnia or where ever is like

Hi. reading all of the posts has me worried now. I purchased three boxes of ammo which is nickel plated brass. Did i mess up by getting the plated brass and will the plating cause issues for my G19.5?

 

[FireMedic-50]

It's nasty dirty **** ammo.

It won't hurt your Glock, BUT you better enjoy cleaning it

I wouldn't want it if it was free

 

[Mr. McQ]

they work fine.

Never stop until you have won (by any means).

 

[WillyM]

What’s everyone’s thoughts on steal case wolf 9mm ? Is it bad for the Glock 19 gen 5?

I have used Wolf for years with no problem on all types of guns (S&W, H&K, Walther).

 

[MarkCO]

Did i mess up by getting the plated brass and will the plating cause issues for my G19.5?

No, it's fine. Does not last as long as brass for reloading, but a lot longer than steel.

 

[joseph.pavelchak]

It's nasty dirty **** ammo.

It won't hurt your Glock, BUT you better enjoy cleaning it

I wouldn't want it if it was free

Wow, thanks for the input. I will stay away from all Underwood ammo from now on.

 

[Clurichaun]

Hi. reading all of the posts has me worried now. I purchased three boxes of ammo which is nickel plated brass. Did i mess up by getting the plated brass and will the plating cause issues for my G19.5?

It's nickel plated? Is it silver bear? I wouldn't lose any sleep over shooting it.

 

[BE FAST]

Used it on my Sig 365 maiden voyage…plugged her up faster than Metamucil mixed with cement!


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[Julius Seizure]

Steel case ammo only for my commie guns.

X2

 

[Julius Seizure]

And I find the Aguila Ammo smells like Taco’s

That’s why I only shoot Aguilia on Tuesdays