Hickok
03-21-2022, 12:01 PM
Just for those who are interested, shooting my M1 Carbine and the Lee C309-120-r boolit.
My rifle is a Plainfield commercial .30 Carbine I bought in 1973. It is still in like new condition.
My load is the Lee C309-120-R, 50/50 coww/lead sized to .310, Smoke's clear pc, and aluminum gas-checks. Weight+-121 gr.
13.5gr/H110, 1.645" COAL, 1830 fps. So far grouping 5 shots into 1.5"-2" @ 50 yards. (Weather permitting, I will shoot at 100 yards.)
Shot into water-filled one gallon milk jugs @ 20 yards. Penetrated 4 jugs completely, and stopped in the 5th jug. The first 2 jugs were completely exploded. Expansion is about 1/2 inch, .494" to be exact, and retained weight was 84 grains.
297936
Excuse the bad picture.
This is a sample of one,....the first try, I put up 3 milk jugs and the boolit was not caught,....I then only had the 5 jugs left, hence only one example of expansion.
I was really impressed with the little carbine round with a cast boolit. A 1/2 expanded slug, penetrating this deep would be a "significant emotional event" to anything hit with it.
My carbine functions perfectly with this boolit/load, after several mags full of shooting.
This load shoots very close to factory Federal .30 carbine 110 gr...I only required 2 clicks to the left on the rear sight to be zeroed, compared to the federal factory load.
My rifle is a Plainfield commercial .30 Carbine I bought in 1973. It is still in like new condition.
My load is the Lee C309-120-R, 50/50 coww/lead sized to .310, Smoke's clear pc, and aluminum gas-checks. Weight+-121 gr.
13.5gr/H110, 1.645" COAL, 1830 fps. So far grouping 5 shots into 1.5"-2" @ 50 yards. (Weather permitting, I will shoot at 100 yards.)
Shot into water-filled one gallon milk jugs @ 20 yards. Penetrated 4 jugs completely, and stopped in the 5th jug. The first 2 jugs were completely exploded. Expansion is about 1/2 inch, .494" to be exact, and retained weight was 84 grains.
297936
Excuse the bad picture.
This is a sample of one,....the first try, I put up 3 milk jugs and the boolit was not caught,....I then only had the 5 jugs left, hence only one example of expansion.
I was really impressed with the little carbine round with a cast boolit. A 1/2 expanded slug, penetrating this deep would be a "significant emotional event" to anything hit with it.
My carbine functions perfectly with this boolit/load, after several mags full of shooting.
This load shoots very close to factory Federal .30 carbine 110 gr...I only required 2 clicks to the left on the rear sight to be zeroed, compared to the federal factory load.