Reloading Wolf Ammunition

Many people have claimed that Wolf ammunition cannot be reloaded due to being steel cased and the primers being sealed into the case with a red glue which as we know upon firing falls into many fragments and makes the gun dirty as hell. Also some have claimed that the primers that wolf use are smaller than the ones used by most.

I found that

- The cases require a little more cleaning than brass cased ammunition.
- The primers despite the glue can be removed just as easily.
- Length and neck sizing Wolf cases is just as easy as Brass cases.
- Priming Wolf cases is just as easy.
-No problems occurred when pouring powder into the case or seating a bullet into it. The bullet is held just as firmly in a Steel case as in a Brass case.

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[N4UPD]

Just use .223 American Eagle black box brass. Only $5.97 at wally world

[jubbles2343]

@N4UPD wal mart doesn't exist in the UK...

[DeadHandRed]

hi, are you still using your lee turret for this? cheers

[jubbles2343]

@DeadHandRed Yes I am

[derekjonhi]

I think you need to get a better camera! Otherwise thanks for the Video!! Very Helpful!

[SNIPERSTEVE420]

@Dp908 ive never reloaded steele, but in my experiance steele has always appeared to be a better material to use. my AKs will tear brass apart, not steele, plus steele cartridges dont expand or change shape, theres no wear on it. in my case, i only own military grade firearms, no commerical grade, so steele works better for me. steele casing dont tend to work well out of commercial grade guns.

[skyhighguy1]

@Dp908 have reloaded 45 acp steel cases 11 times before they split

[Platinum1812]

Great video, thanks for the info! I've always thought this should be possible as the steel is mild. The only way it should mess up the die is if the die is also mild steel. Incidentally, one could mess up their die with very hard brass (like the kind that could make armor piercing ammo, or is in certain pump impellers etc), but no company is going to be dumb enough to use hard brass to make a case. (not even b/c they care about your rifle, it would cost them big $ to do) Ditto with steel.

[stchman]

Man, ammo is expensive in the UK!!! I pay about $20 for 100 rounds of Wolf .223 ammo here in the US. $20 is ~12.5 pounds British Sterling.

[heintron]

I was just looking into trying to get more accuracy from my mini-14 by reloading for it. I have 1k wolf lying around and will try to reload some of those casings after seeing this video. Also have 1kg of N140 and some sierra 69gr HPBT bullets coming in. Will be fun to try this. Those bullets should be nice for my 1:9" twist barrel. Will post video later when I get my ass to the range. :-D

[jubbles2343]

@Dp908 actually its the boxes of cases I have on my table rattling like hell each time the table flexes from the press trying to move. I was neck and length sizing the cases.