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Rampager
06-06-2007, 04:04 PM
I just bought a case of 7.62x39 Golden Tiger, I've never used it. Is it any good? Is it at least as good as Wolf MC?
Darkwatch
06-06-2007, 04:29 PM
Shot just fine in my AK (200 rnds). And it looks and is as dirty as wolf. I was told that it's made in the same factory in Tula as wolf? But I have no idea if it's true...but it shot fine for me.
nalioth
06-06-2007, 04:29 PM
Is it at least as good as Wolf MC? It's great stuff.

Comes out of the Vympel Arms factory over there.
okie shooter
06-06-2007, 04:36 PM
Supposedly golden tiger is the orginal factory set up to make 5.45x39 ammo and they have branched out. Its been a while since I read about problems with the stuff, I am forgetting the specifics.

edit, thats the ticket Nalioth beat me to it. :)
nalioth
06-06-2007, 04:44 PM
Supposedly golden tiger is the orginal factory set up to make 5.45x39 ammo <snip>
I just wish they'd export some more fresh 5.45. Yeah, I know the surplus stuff is cheap, but that is the stuff you put away (cuz it'll keep past your lifetime).

I'm lazy and I like shooting fresh noncorrosive stuff.
Rampager
06-06-2007, 04:45 PM
Hopefully it will be good then. I was a little concerned as I have yet to talk to any that has actually ran it. I was worried about safety more than anything, but by the the sounds of it here I think it'll be ok.
okie shooter
06-06-2007, 04:50 PM
I just wish they'd export some more fresh 5.45. Yeah, I know the surplus stuff is cheap, but that is the stuff you put away (cuz it'll keep past your lifetime).

I'm lazy and I like shooting fresh noncorrosive stuff.

Hay so am I, thus I have bunchs of the 5.45 stuff, in wolf, and I think brown bear, but I am betting its actually made by Vympel though and just packaged for the other markerters. On your yugo uf, I was toying with dangleing some wolf 5.45 for trade.
amd65
06-06-2007, 06:08 PM
GT is my favorite 7.62x39 ammo, and has been very accurate in my AKs. It uses a boattail bullet--wolf is flat base, I think.
I have an un-opened case of GT myself.
Teyvareb
06-06-2007, 07:35 PM
Great ammo, functions fine in my UF. Bear in mind that it's got a copper coated steel jacket though. Some ranges don't like that. It was a bit of a surprise for me when I shot a steel target in my back field and saw sparks.