So I acquired one recently. It came with a few boxes of wolf steel cases ammo and a few mags. One has a serious feeding issue, but I think one of the feed lips is bent a little. I also noticed that the steel cases rounds are hard to chamber unless I release the bolt from fully back. If the bolt has pushed them forward, it is really hard to get it to rotate/bolt handle to push forward the last bit.
I lubed the rifle up really well when I got home and it is soother, not sure that had anything to do with it.
How well do M1s like steel cased ammo? I’ve read it is hard on the extractor and also pushes only about 1860-1880fps in reality, which is about 100fps below spec. I’d think a little closer to spec would help the bolt forward. The problem is I had a FTF every other round (I think when a round was against that bent feed lip) and 2 failure to feed on the other 50 rounds I put through it from other mags (all the ammo I ended up taking to the range with me). The rounds were getting pushed up by the bolt, but seemed to be getting hung up.
Magazines seem to be 3 GI mags and 2 likely aftermarket (but very old) magazines. I could be wrong and they are all GI.
Suggestion on what ammo runs well? I’ve heard some decent things on PPU. Any thing else work okay? Should I try getting a box of several different kinds of ammo?
Is wolf okay to run in the carbine? I’ve got about 300rnds of it left. I normally avoid bimetal jacketed ammo to keep Barrel wear down, but 1900fps isn’t much of a barrel burner to start with. Or should I use what I have and stay away from it in the future. The carbine is a lot of fun, but if I am self honest unless I get a backyard range or till I retire and have real spare time, I’ll be lucky if I get it to the range more than 2-3 times a year and put 100rnds through it on each trip. Paying $100 in ammo a year to feed it vs $60 doesn’t concern me all that much. My focus is what will feed reliably and won’t wear it extra. I wouldn’t mind picking up a couple of boxes of stuff that will put the hurting on whatever it hits (like some FTX or something softpoint that works well), but mostly FMJ plinking ammo.
Thanks for any suggestions you can provide. I feel like I’ll know more when I have a chance to Field strip it, clean and lube everything in a couple of weeks.
I lubed the rifle up really well when I got home and it is soother, not sure that had anything to do with it.
How well do M1s like steel cased ammo? I’ve read it is hard on the extractor and also pushes only about 1860-1880fps in reality, which is about 100fps below spec. I’d think a little closer to spec would help the bolt forward. The problem is I had a FTF every other round (I think when a round was against that bent feed lip) and 2 failure to feed on the other 50 rounds I put through it from other mags (all the ammo I ended up taking to the range with me). The rounds were getting pushed up by the bolt, but seemed to be getting hung up.
Magazines seem to be 3 GI mags and 2 likely aftermarket (but very old) magazines. I could be wrong and they are all GI.
Suggestion on what ammo runs well? I’ve heard some decent things on PPU. Any thing else work okay? Should I try getting a box of several different kinds of ammo?
Is wolf okay to run in the carbine? I’ve got about 300rnds of it left. I normally avoid bimetal jacketed ammo to keep Barrel wear down, but 1900fps isn’t much of a barrel burner to start with. Or should I use what I have and stay away from it in the future. The carbine is a lot of fun, but if I am self honest unless I get a backyard range or till I retire and have real spare time, I’ll be lucky if I get it to the range more than 2-3 times a year and put 100rnds through it on each trip. Paying $100 in ammo a year to feed it vs $60 doesn’t concern me all that much. My focus is what will feed reliably and won’t wear it extra. I wouldn’t mind picking up a couple of boxes of stuff that will put the hurting on whatever it hits (like some FTX or something softpoint that works well), but mostly FMJ plinking ammo.
Thanks for any suggestions you can provide. I feel like I’ll know more when I have a chance to Field strip it, clean and lube everything in a couple of weeks.