ok I got a dpms ar 15 and all i have put though it is good brass 223 ammo but is it ok to shoot the old crappy steel cased wolf ammo out of it will it hurt its function or will it hurt it cosmetically?
The Wolf ammo and the rest of its ilk also has steel bullet jackets, so it will wear your barrel faster than copper jacketed ammo. Plus you can't reload it. I've also seen a few manufacturers say not to use it as pressures may be erratic. I wouldn't buy it to shoot unless I was shooting it in someone else's rifle, I would buy it to stash though.
Overall it's dirtier. In this age however it's also cheaper. So if you need to stock up. In case. It's still a good option. Fire your brass first.
I won't run steel through my Ar-15,why spend $700-$1200 on a rifle to run some cheap steel case **** in it? That is what an ak or sks is for.
The primary complaint about wolf steel cased stuff besides it being dirty is that is wears out the chamber and extractor faster than brass. That is not true. It would be true if the cases were actually steel instead of a mixture that has a hardness that is close to brass. Now to prove how pervasive this myth is I expect a minimum of 4 thumbs down for this statement alone. In any case the only issue is that is you do use steel cased ammo the chamber has to be better cleaned. The residue left behind from the coating on the steel casings will build up. If you keep firing the cheap steel cased stuff this tend to be less of an issue but when you use brass cased ammo without cleaning the chamber out or in the same session once it heats up the stuff will actually grip the brass tightly causing case head tears. And your only option is to wait for the gun to cool down yank it out by hand because at that point the casing is in essence glued into the chamber.
