WOLF Performance Ammunition is a trademark associated with Sporting Supplies International (SSI), a corporation in the United States. It was founded in 2005. The ammunition was primarily manufactured by the

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, Tula District,

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, from 2005 to 2009. Some .22-caliber

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, Salzlandkreis,

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Products

WOLF Performance Ammunition has several product lines which include: * WOLF Polyformance – Polymer-coated steel-cased civilian-market hunting-cartridge ammunition from Russian factories. It comes in a black box. * WPA (WOLF Performance Ammunition) Military Classic – Polymer-coated steel-cased military-cartridge ammunition from Russian factories. It comes in a tan box with a camouflage pattern. * WOLF Gold – Brass-cased civilian-market ammunition. (Unlike the steel-cased ammunition, the brass-cased ammo is more easily reloadable.) Formerly made by Prvi Partizan, it is now manufactured in Taiwan. It comes in a white box. * WOLF Rimfire – Match-grade .22LR ammunition from

and Russia. Comes in a black box. * WOLF Shotshell – Shotgun ammunition with polymer-hulled shells. ** .410 Bore and 28 Gauge (Crimson Hulls) ** 20 Gauge (Yellow Hulls) ** Target Sport (Blue Hulls) shells are for skeet and target shooting. ** Dove and Quail (Red Hulls) and Heavy Dove and Quail (Red Hulls) shells are for hunting small game birds. With the Heavy Dove and Quail having a larger amount of birdshot. ** Pheasant (Orange Hulls) shells are for hunting medium game birds. ** Water Fowl (Black Hulls) steel shot shells are for hunting large game birds like ducks and geese. ** Power (Opaque White Hulls) slug or buckshot shells are for deer and other large game animals. * WOLF Performance Primers: WOLF makes its own primers for loading or reloading centerfire cartridges. * WOLF Performance Gear & Apparel: WOLF sells its own brand of gun carrying cases and clothing. Unlike some suppliers of such bargain-price ammo, WOLF uses newly manufactured rounds with non-corrosive Berdan- and Boxer-type primers. Russia is the world's largest source of 7.62×39mm ammunition, which is used by the

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and

SKS The SKS (russian: Самозарядный карабин системы Симонова, Samozaryadny Karabin sistemy Simonova, 1945, self-loading carbine of (the) Simonov system, 1945) is a semi-automatic rifle designed by Soviet small arms ...

family of rifles, as well as the

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. T91 uppers have also been exported to the United States through Wolf Ammunition, Wolf Performance Ammunition. When it was first released Wolf was reported to have sold more than a thousand uppers in one day.

Current events

Since 2009 The

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(owned by Tula Cartridge Works since 2005) no longer manufacture cartridges for Wolf due to legal disputes.Jenzen-Jones, N.R. ''Working Paper #18 - Following the Headstamp Trail: An Assessment of Small-calibre Ammunition Documented in Syria''. Small Arms Survey, Geneva. (April, 2014). ootnote 18, Pg. 50/ref>

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Wolf Ammunition Official Site

The Tula Cartridge Works (Russian)
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