Current 55gr Wolf Gold is made in Taiwan..... and IMHO is very GTG. Wolf is a importing company... not a manufacturing company.
Current 55gr Independence is made for Federal ,( to Fedealr specs, not IMI M193 specs ) by IMI... and IMHO, while very fast its accuracy sucked in my rifles. It is decent ammo, just certainly not my first choice. Speed is not everything... especially in this instance. The added velocity will not help anything ... except your fragmenting range... which given the dismal accuracy of the Indepedence, won't matter, because you won't hit your target ! Lol
Just an FYI... Wideners has true IMI milspec M193 currently on sale for $349 / 1200 rd case..... by my math, that is .29 cents per round ( plus shipping )
I would choose IMI Brand M193 over both of the above.
Frankly if I was in the market for M193, and given these 3 choices... my rankings would be
1. Wideners IMI... best of the M193 ammo.
2. Wolf Gold... accuracy and good speed.
3. Indepedence .... fast, but horrible accuracy.
Buy the IMI brand and know that you have the best of all three...accuracy, speed and a properly designed bullet.