Would anyone be willing to bumpfire 240rd+ of Wolf lacquer coated ammo through their AR15 (8 mags consecutively)?
I do know of about 1000 rnds of Wolf fired full auto. As long as the rifle was hot, the lacquer coating the chamber was gooey liquid and the rifle continued to function. When it was allowed to cool with a round in the chamber, it stuck and required a cleaning rod and hammer and lotsa cussing. Took hours to clean that crap out.
I just can't figure out why guys will spend good money, wanting the best AR they can get, worrying about whether it has .223 or 5.56 chamber, chrome lining, etc, so that they can fire the crappiest ammo.
I am not saying all cheap ammo is crap, just that you need to chose wisely. If you just like to go out in the boonies and blast away, fine. Buy whatever you want. If you want to depend on that WEAPONS SYSTEM as a home defense firearm, for LEO use, or any other use where it simply must work when you need it, buy better ammo.
You don't have to buy the $10/box stuff, but there is a lot in the $4/box range.
I have used a lot of the South African battle packs, and still have 6 left. Too bad that stuff is no more. Federal American Eagle is fine, but like the SA stuff, let the brass fly, don't bother picking it up. LC, Remington/UMC, Win Q3131A, anything from IMI are all good.
A Free Man's ammo rule of thumb, buy only ammo made in the USA, South Africa, or Israel. This gets rid of 95% of ammo problems. Next, out of this narrowing of source, for good feeding, either FMJ or match HP's (such as Sierra's MatchKing). No soft points with big exposed lead tips. That gets rid of the other 4.99% of ammo problems.
I know a lot of guys will say, but I shoot Wolf all day long and don't have any problems. OK. Fine. Perhaps this new stuff, with whatever coating they have now is not as bad. Still, only brass cased ammo is going in my guns.
And as Tweak mentioned in another thread, somebody else's rule, "Don't use ammo from a country whose water you wouldn't drink."