What are these?? All I know is they are .308

[Winchester-1897]

I was given a mish mash of bullets and the majority were these, what are they and what could I use them for?

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[catnthehatt]

Nice ! They look like about 180 grain gas checked cast from a Lyman mold.
Cat

 

[Hotwheels81]

Cast TLG with a gas check.... I'd use em for topping a case with a suitable powder then firing them at a piece of paper with a either a dot star or ring that's clearly visible.... Heh... Couldn't resist

Weigh one and then find some cast data... Good score!

 

[Seagull]

what are they and what could I use them for?

Dem dare are lead boolits. You shute um!

How many grains?

 

[Winchester-1897]

Weigh out at about 180

 

[Winchester-1897]

184 actually

 

[Hotwheels81]

And diameter? .309-.310?

 

[Winchester-1897]

And diameter? .309-.310?

yes

 

[Hotwheels81]

They don't get much better than that... Have fun, chamfer your case necks inside before you try seating em, lots of cast gas check data out there for .308 so you shouldn't have issues finding a load... Will work in bolt and gas guns as well as long as the feed ramp is not overly aggressive.

 

[joe-nwt]

I have some from the Bullet Barn from years ago that look just like that.

 

[yomomma]

Reload--->shoot

Be sure you use the reloading data outlined for cast bullets

 

[sawzall]

Look like they were cast with a Lee C309-180-R mold. Lube could be darned near anything.

 

[Winchester-1897]

Thanks guys

 

[Ganderite]

You want to use a powder no slower than 4895. I use 4895, 4198, 2400 and shotgun powder.

For 50 yard plinking, shotgun powder is very good.

 

[Winchester-1897]

You want to use a powder no slower than 4895. I use 4895, 4198, 2400 and shotgun powder.

For 50 yard plinking, shotgun powder is very good.

I have lots of H4895 any suggestions on a load out of a M1917 at 100 yrds?

 

[LUTNIT]

For cast with H4895 you can use the Hodgdon 60% rule and it should keep the load within the velocity limit for cast bullets (they can cause barrel leading above that).
Take any data that uses H4895, use the same weight bullet, and take 60% of the max charge (multiply by 0.6). That is your starting load and you can go up to the normal max charge if you want (but will probably get poor results with cast).

 

[sgt.rock]

What caliber in .308 do you shoot? I can give you load data if you want

 

[Winchester-1897]

What caliber in .308 do you shoot? I can give you load data if you want

M1917 in 30.06

 

[LUTNIT]

An M1917 would be 30-06 unless it was rebarrelled at some point.

*edit*
wow, we posted the same minute. Both posts came up at the same time on my screen.

 

[Winchester-1897]

yes 30.06 and 30 cal projectiles which are used in .308 also, like my Israeli Mauser.