.30 carbine
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fingers284
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Alberta Cowboy Ranges
Gun shows. At one a buddy of mine & I found a 5 gal bucket of range brass so we split it and at another I found a part box of platted bullets.
FirearmsEnthusiast
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Kingston, ON
Hornady 110gr projectiles - should be available from Henry at Budget as previous poster mentioned, also other stores.
Brass - bought some factory S&B from SFRC last year that reloads nicely.
.30 has some weird idiosyncrasies - headspaces off the mouth of the cartridge, so I had to add a Lee cartridge holder to trim with my Giraud trimmer, and case gauges don't tell you much as the case slips down into the gauge.
Love shooting my M1 Carbine though...
Brass - bought some factory S&B from SFRC last year that reloads nicely.
.30 has some weird idiosyncrasies - headspaces off the mouth of the cartridge, so I had to add a Lee cartridge holder to trim with my Giraud trimmer, and case gauges don't tell you much as the case slips down into the gauge.
Love shooting my M1 Carbine though...
bluegrizz77
CGN Regular
- Location
- Fort Mcmurray T9K2K7
I use H110 and IMR 4227, Berry's 110 bullets and pre shot cases. It's pretty easy to reload for just follow the book and shoot away.
Frontier plated bullets work well. I've not bought any in a few years to know whether they are still available.
I got my brass from factory federal. At the time it worked out to be about the same price as new brass plus the components used to load it.
I got my brass from factory federal. At the time it worked out to be about the same price as new brass plus the components used to load it.
New Winchester and Starline brass is still available. It's about $40-45 per hundred.
It is a wonderful cast bullet cartridge. Easy to load as long as you don't try to hot rod it.
With the advent of powder coating, I bought another one to play with after a quarter century hiatus.
It will be a fun gun as long as you have good magazines.
Just watch your case length.
It is a wonderful cast bullet cartridge. Easy to load as long as you don't try to hot rod it.
With the advent of powder coating, I bought another one to play with after a quarter century hiatus.
It will be a fun gun as long as you have good magazines.
Just watch your case length.
Lonesome Donkey
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Central Alberta
About the only thing that I can add is to be careful choosing soft point bullets.
I discovered early that those with too much lead exposed above the jacket can cause feeding jams.
A normal function of double column / double feed magazines is that bullet tips strike the edge of the chamber, and that can cause soft exposed lead to peel back and snag against the jacket and the chamber.
I recall that Winchester factory soft point ammo was particularly problematical back in the 70s.
But if the jacket is high enough then the jacket contacts the edge of the chamber and no problems occur.
I discovered early that those with too much lead exposed above the jacket can cause feeding jams.
A normal function of double column / double feed magazines is that bullet tips strike the edge of the chamber, and that can cause soft exposed lead to peel back and snag against the jacket and the chamber.
I recall that Winchester factory soft point ammo was particularly problematical back in the 70s.
But if the jacket is high enough then the jacket contacts the edge of the chamber and no problems occur.
