Why is it usually scorned by the shooting community to use steel cased ammo (like Wolf)? Always hear corrosive and steel is bad for the extractor/firing pin. Hulp a simpleton out!
if you were going to shoot thousands upon thousands of steel cases in your rifle, it would cause more wear than brass cases do. but for the casual shooter, it won't be a significant factor. Corrosive ammo is another story (but not all steel cased ammo is corrosive, and any made after 1975 is not corrosive). shooting corrosive ammo in a bolt gun is simple to care for. When finished shooting, simply clean out the barrel, chamber and bolt face etc with hot soapy water, or military bore cleaner. This nuetralizes the corrosive chemicals. then dry it well, and then do your normal clean and lube with break free CLP or whatever other lube you prefer. But for a semi auto, gas operated firearm, the cleaning process takes hours, with having to tear it down and clean every part including gas tube etc. As for the ectractor, same answer as above, since an extractor slides in front of the rim as the cartridge is fed, it really does not add much more wear if it is steel. The firing pin does not contact the steel case, only the primer, so no additional wear there. The biggest problem with wolf ammo is encountered when you fire a lot of rounds quickly, building up a lot of heat, which can cause the lacquer sealent on the case to turn gummy and this in turn will cause problems for the firearm. Answer? first, use wolf ammo for casual shooting and clean the firearm extensively afterwords. Save your better ammo for real life situations. I understand that some of the newer wolf ammo does not use the same lacquer sealant. I believe it is called silver bear, but don't quote me becasue I can't swear that that is it. shoot safe
Here's a true life example: My Bushmaster AR15 extractor rips the lip/rim off the steel casing leaving the fired round jammed into the chamber. It takes a push rod to remove the casing. It happens pretty frequently, and I recently took half a brick of the junk and dropped it off at my local gun store on amnesty day. I've never had that issue with brass.
