Wolf .45 Reloads failure to fire..

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I went to the range with my brother-in-law on Christmas day for some target shooting. I purchased 500 Wolf .45 lead bullet reloads and was on my last 100 or so when I had three failure to fires. It definitely wasn't the gun as you could see the firing pin mark on all three primers, well except for one, there was a hole in the casing caused by the firing pin since the primer was missing. I found the primer on the booth counter top. I guess it had fallen out? This isn't too bad considering this never happened on the first 300-400 bullets. Anyone else have this problem with the Wolf reloads from Kingston? Also, are FMJ more reliable than lead? Not for this particular problem but in general.

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Wolf reloads have a good reputation but like anything, you can get some bad ones.

FMJ more reliable than lead ? I assume that you mean as far as feeding into the chamber. Reliable feeding is much more a function of the design of the bullet rather than what is is made from. Also having a smooth feeding ramp makes a big difference.

The " classic " 45acp is a 230 grain roundnose . Great feeding . Wadcutters & semi wadcutters can be fussy.
 
Thank you sir!

colinjw said:
Wolf reloads have a good reputation but like anything, you can get some bad ones.

FMJ more reliable than lead ? I assume that you mean as far as feeding into the chamber. Reliable feeding is much more a function of the design of the bullet rather than what is is made from. Also having a smooth feeding ramp makes a big difference.

The " classic " 45acp is a 230 grain roundnose . Great feeding . Wadcutters & semi wadcutters can be fussy.
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Never tried the .45 auto but I will say that I found some old boxes of 9mm hollowpoints from Wolf at my local store. $8 / box, how could one go wrong? Easy, EVERY SINGLE ROUNDS WAS A FTF. I'm not exaggerating either, it was absolutely every singe round. I thought it was my gun so I switched with my buddy and his G17. Same thing.

2 guns, same ammo, all FTF's? there was something wrong.

With that being said, I did buy a case of .40SW at the same time (Wolf - JHP) and I have never had a problem with those. I did however find 3 rounds with fubar'd primers in the case and I also found a casing with a huge chunk pulled off of it from an extractor.

It's hit or miss, as far as I'm concerned. I wouldn't go out of my way to buy it again.
 
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Just went through a hundred 9mm Wolf reloads with no problems. I have had some issues with anything but 230 gr round nose with my 45's. I also discussed this matter with Colinjw who had some helpful hints. Since then all 45 is round nose jacketed with no problems.
Regards
Tim
 
I've shot Wolf reloads in 40S&W but found it very dirty. You could see a cloud of black smoke come out the muzzle.

I wouldn't buy it again, even though it is a bit cheaper.
 
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I have shot tens of 1000's of wolf reloads with no more problems than factory.
They include 38,357,40,45,44 handgun and rifle ammo

but anything can happen???? Knew a fella said his 45 230fmj Wolf reloads wouldn't cycle ?? mtried 3 mags flawless < he was limp wristing it

so who know????

Supermag
 
I've shot a few thousand rounds of .45LC, 250gr. LRNFP from my Ruger Vaqueros and my 1866 Uberti Yellow Boy, with far fewer problems than any of the Winchester Cowboy loads I formerly used.
I've had a couple of mis-fires in the Yellow Boy that may have been more a problem of me not cleaning the bolt etc sooner than I should have.:redface:
I've only fired about 500 rounds of Wolf's .45ACP in my 1911, but I've had no problems there.
I would buy his stuff again with no hesitation.:)
 
I tired Wolf 45 ACP 230 grn FMJ, 200 Grn SWC and 230 Grn LRN and never had a problem, even his 9mm and 40 S&W ammo. Shooting S&B 115 Grn 9mm ( factory ) was more dirty then any of the Wolf ammo I tired... I shot a match with my Chrome slide Glock 34 and my muzzle was black, chamber inside and out was black and my rifling looking like someone took a file to it....
 
I tried their .45 Colt lead bullet loads and they all functioned fine. The bullets they used were a diff. story, 1 small gr. groove, some very hard waxy lube that did not act on the barrel, recovered bullets had all the lube still in the grooves. I guess they use this lube more for shipping then shooting, the bullets can be sent loose and they will not make a mess by getting lube all over.....this does not however, help with leading in your barrel.
 
Ben
I have shot there reloads and reloaded thousands and had no leading in my guns. Did you have leading in yours?
hs
 
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