Misc.- The 1911 and Wolf Ammo

Just a note about some observations made during a break in the weather, on running steel cased ammo through 1911s. 

This summer, the Ol' Lady and I are planning to travel just south of Land Between the Lakes to take James Yeager's Fighting Pistol course.  I shot with James (Tactical Response) in the Summer of '04 prior to both of our soirees to Mesopotamia.  Yeager was in a couple of scrapes over the pond (see one caught on tape, below) and I look forward to seeing him again and gaining from his experiences since I saw him last.  It will also make for an excellent opportunity for the wife to get her feet thoroughly wet with the Glock 17.  I plan on taking the Norinco 1911A1 and yesterday provided an opportunity to put a box of Wolf steel cased ammo through the pistol to check functioning prior to buying a large quantity necessary for one of Tactical Response's pistol courses.

Depending upon who you ask, Wolf ammo is either the answer to the skyrocketing price of ammo in the couple of years since the abysmal '08 Election, or tiny grenades waiting to destroy your blaster.  My son and I put 50 rounds each through the aforementioned Norinco and a Colt 1991 (essentially, two loose fitting, mil-spec type 1911s).  We experienced zero malfunctions and accuracy from both guns was as usual (ie. the guns are capable of better accuracy than these two shooters provided).  It did shoot dirtier than other brands of ammo and no obvious signs of wear or chipping were observed with either pistol's extractors (the most often warned about downside to steel cased ammo in 1911s).

Given the fact I can purchase a can of 450 rounds of Wolf .45 ACP cheaper than an equal amount of brass ammo from my favorite ammo source (Georgia Arms), and the fired casings at a shooting class are "lost," I do believe I will make a trip over to Versailles to pick up Wolf ammo for the class. Besides, Uncle Sugar had no problem running steel cased (and corrosive) ammo through Government Model .45s during WWII. 

Our Glocks will be running Wolf for the pistol course (there are no issues at all with Glocks and AKs concerning steel cased ammo).  I believe it will make for an interesting experiment to see how well the ChiCom 1911 runs a large quantity of cheap steel fodder in comparison to Mr. Glock's fantastic plastic.

Edinborough Risk Ambush

Tactical Response

.45 ACP Spam Can