Anyone tried the new Wolf steel-case .303 ?

[MrNatural]

It's coming in now at about $.50 a round locally. 174-grain, non-corrosive, non-reloadable. The guys on some of the other rifle boards have had good results, but I'd like to hear the ACTUAL EXPERIENCE of the folks on Milsurps before I shell out for a few thousand rounds, or more.

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[browningautorifle]

I've never been particularly impressed with any of Wolfe brand ammo...others may disagree but I wouldn't use any of it. It's quality control, in my opinion is very poor.

[Bruce_in_Oz]

If it uses the "standard" Berdan primer in wide use in "Eastern Bloc" ammo, it will be reloadable...

IF you can get the .217" RWS 5627 or 5608 primers, or the Vihtavouri / Kemira equivalent, and ...

IF you have patience, an RCBS or similar decapper and a sense of humour, it is certainly “reloadable”.

IF this stuff is loaded with the flat-based bullet that the manufacturer seems happy to advertise elsewhere, and also uses in at least one loading for 7.62 x 54R ...It should be OK.....

Given the current prices asked for projectiles alone and even then, NOT truly appropriate bullets, I'd be trying a box or two. Run a magnet over your late-production .303 ammo from "elsewhere"; it may be interesting to find out how much of the stuff has just a thin film of nickel or gilding metal over a steel jacket.

Polymer-coated steel cases are not going to ruin your rifle, and, even if the propellant is less "elegant" than the offerings from Alliant, Du Pont or Winchester, etc., it has to be better than the traditional British barrel-burner, Cordite.

Just my 50c worth.

[Eaglelord17]

.303 for .50cents a round is cheaper than I can reload it for (unless I am pulling 7.62x54r or 7.62x39). My costs to reload with a factory bullet at cheapest is about .74 cents. Definitely hope that ammo makes it up here at that price.

[Sentryduty]

Since the world of Eastern Euro suppliers is often a tangled mess, does anyone know if Wolf ammunition and Tula Ammo are the same thing?

The product appears extremely similar.

[vintage hunter]

does anyone know if Wolf ammunition and Tula Ammo are the same thing?

The Wolf WPA and Wolf Polyformance lines are made at various Russian factories, which included Tula and Ulyanovsk until recently.
The Wolf Gold line was at one time made by PRVI but is now made in Taiwan.

[CINDERS]

Great made in Taiwan 303 ammo and from what I hear from wolf users it is rather on the warm loaded side.

[Surpmil]

How's the case expansion and chamber wall adhesion compared to brass? Or are the case walls made thinner to ensure that?

[enfield303t]

I have never used Wolf .303 but one thing, are they lacquered?

[Gil Boyd]

Be cautious of heavily lacquered rounds especially if they are manufactured in Taiwan they are desperate to get a measure of the market as they know the stocks are dwindling in .303 and there's money to be made, and corners to be cut on the worldwide stage, if their 7.62 is anything to go by!! Anybody experienced unecessary residue in the barrels after at least 100 rounds? I hope I am not doing them an injustice!