M1 Carbine with Lee C309-113-F

[Mark Daiute]

Anyone using that boolit in their carbine? Do you like it? Good results?



Thanks in advance. It's the only 30cal Lee mold (well along with the 309-230 5R) that I don't own.

[Texas by God]

Perfect feeding from our Howa Sporter M1 Carbine. It's the only bullet I use. 3 shots @ 100yds, accurate too.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220908/cf5bd42888c62f01091d114b156b6dcc.jpg

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[Alferd Packer]

My favorite cast Bullet for both .30 caliber and .32 pistol loads.

[Mark Daiute]

thanks for the replies

[Cargo]

Are you gents using GCs? PC? Any leading or concerns about the gas tapit?

[Texas by God]

I size to .309" with gas check. I've used both lube and PC; I've come to prefer PC for cleaner handling ammo. I've not noticed any fouling of the gas piston from lube or PC.

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[dogmower]

Are you gents using GCs? PC? Any leading or concerns about the gas tapit?
No. I think at this point that's urban myth/wives tale. I've been shooting cast boolits in gas operated rifles for more than 10 years and I've yet to have a problem. Also, have never seen or heard of a documented case of this.
I also think the Lee 309-113f is a good mold for the M1 carbine. I even shoot them in my M2 registered receiver gun. I don't GC my loads as it hasn't affected accuracy yet. I shoot out to 300 meters on 24"x18" rams and hit if I do my part. Rate limiting step is the sights (no optics on the old Girl).

[jimb16]

Over the years, I've had 25 M1 carbines and an M2. I shot cast bullets in all of them. I had leading in the gas chamber in only one. It was a Saginaw. None of the others had any problem with cast bullets. I suspect the gas port on that Saginaw had a tiny lip on the barrel end that scraped lead from the bullet. No other carbine that I've had or that I shot that belonged to anyone else ever had leading in the gas cylinder.

[missionary5155]

We use a Lee 120 grain. Fired our first 1000 rounds loaded on a Dillion back in 1990 with no issues through our 1944 Inland. Then read some where it was impossible and it would stop self loading after just a few.
Ignorance is such a bliss some days. Still use the same load in our two Carbines. Fun and cheap.

[crandall crank]

We use the "soup can" and PC it. Scary accurate at 80 yards on the steel targets.

[ShooterAZ]

It's a good boolit in 3 out of 4 of my M1 Carbines, the exception is my Winchester. It doesn't feed well in that carbine with any of my magazines that have I tried, and I have a lot of them. I prefer the 311059 or the RCBS 30-115 because they feed perfectly and shoot most accurately in every single one of them.