The other week I took out the grendel to test fire it. I had just received my upper back from AA for extraction & ejection issues....along with hornady factory ammo being a very tight fit in the chamber.
At any rate, I fired 40 rounds..... 20 wolf mpt and 20 Hornady Amax ammo. I thought I'd share pics of the fired brass. Many of you have said that the wolf ammo is significantly softer than the hornady and lapua brass. I guess it's true.
HAve a look at these 2 pictures. I grabbed 6 of the wolf (including the one wolf that had a primer blow out) and 6 of the hornady. Look at the differences between the 2 of them. they were fired within minutes of eachother, so everything should be the same. The cases have alot of filth on them; I was shooting at an indoor range and the floors are caoted in burnt powder residue.
Look at the extractor swipes on the wolf cases. Most of the cases have jagged pieces of brass peeled back from the case head. Also, note the ejector circle on the case head....very pronounced and you can feel a ridge left from the ejector. It also seems that the primers have shifted rearward in the case. The primers are basically flush with the back of the case head....with one blowing out of the case.
In contrast, the hornady ammo looks pristine. On a couple of the cases, you can see a faint ejector mark. But there are signs of peeled brass from the extractor. Also, the primers are all still perfectly seated in the cases.
Wolf 120 MPT Brass Cases
Hornady 123 Amax Cases
At any rate, I fired 40 rounds..... 20 wolf mpt and 20 Hornady Amax ammo. I thought I'd share pics of the fired brass. Many of you have said that the wolf ammo is significantly softer than the hornady and lapua brass. I guess it's true.
HAve a look at these 2 pictures. I grabbed 6 of the wolf (including the one wolf that had a primer blow out) and 6 of the hornady. Look at the differences between the 2 of them. they were fired within minutes of eachother, so everything should be the same. The cases have alot of filth on them; I was shooting at an indoor range and the floors are caoted in burnt powder residue.
Look at the extractor swipes on the wolf cases. Most of the cases have jagged pieces of brass peeled back from the case head. Also, note the ejector circle on the case head....very pronounced and you can feel a ridge left from the ejector. It also seems that the primers have shifted rearward in the case. The primers are basically flush with the back of the case head....with one blowing out of the case.
In contrast, the hornady ammo looks pristine. On a couple of the cases, you can see a faint ejector mark. But there are signs of peeled brass from the extractor. Also, the primers are all still perfectly seated in the cases.
Wolf 120 MPT Brass Cases
Hornady 123 Amax Cases
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