Stopped by Bruno's and picked this up today.
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Can't turn back now. :-P
BTW, Bruno's has nearly every powder imaginable in stock right now. Prices are good, too.
http://www.brunoshooters.com/
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Stopped by Bruno's and picked this up today.
Attachment 197282
Can't turn back now. :-P
BTW, Bruno's has nearly every powder imaginable in stock right now. Prices are good, too.
http://www.brunoshooters.com/
Let us know how that powder does. I've needed nothing other than W296/H110 or Lil Gun for my little .300. A joy of a cartridge.
Been working with Lil Gun myself but that pound won't last long. So please let us know.
What cast bullet are you going to use?
How about HTC310-247-FN (Blackout/Whisper)? Theoretically very promising...
http://http://noebulletmolds.com/smf...ic,2272.0.html
I bought an 300 AAC Blackout upper several years ago and never regretted it. It is a great AR platform, utilizing standard magazines, and bumping the caliber into a legal hunting cartridge. Mine is a real shooter.
I never tried cast boolits, just used 150gr pulled down .30 cal bullets, with 16gr of WC820.
Enjoy your 300 Blackout!
PS... I have been looking at the 458 SOCOM! Now what in the heck would I need that for...?
I bought a SlideFire stock a few years ago...it also was a hoot to shoot!
I may hold off on loading cast bullets for a while and start experimenting with what I already have on-hand for 308. I've got everything from 125gr TNT's to 208gr A-Max, and lots of stuff in between.
Wishing I would have bought more 145gr PPU's when they were $266/2K.
Never had much interest in .300blk, but I've recently been finding more and more of that brass out at the club. I need to do something with it! Plus I have about a jillion .223 cases too that could be used to make more of it.....all I'd need is an upper receiver and some dies.
I would highly recommend the AAC(Advanced Armament Corporation) 300 Blackout upper. It's pricey (I think I paid close to $1000!) but, IMHO, well worth it. It is a shooter.
It has been a few years since I got mine so the other uppers have probably come a long way.
There is also a great 300 Blackout forum out there, 300BlkTalk.com.
For a cheap cal. to shoot, BO is great. Was checking the ballistic calc today, my 150gr Hornady SP should get out to 200 with a 9" drop (decent BC) & ~ 900 ft# if I can get 2k fps. pretty decent using 1/2 the powder of 30/30.
308Jeff: You are looking for a +- 200 gr bullet for the 300BO.
I found the Lyman 311299 and 311334 to shoot well in mine.
beltfed/arnie
Another interesting bullet working accurately in mine is the Hornady 160 Grain FTXs. The
"30-30" style seems to shoot a bit better than the 308 Marlin style 160 FTX. They are
Designed to expand down to 1600 fps. Easily met in the BO.
beltfed/arnie
Thank you!
Very interesting. Rocky Mountain Reloading has pulls on sale, and I was just looking at them. Thanks!
https://rmrbullets.com/shop/bullets-...v=7516fd43adaa
Edit: I was looking at the picture on their website, and they look like they have some pretty significant pull marks...
Try shooting some sub-sonic 30AAC in a single-shot gun with a can and you'll be hooked.
Many may scoff at single shots BUT I find they really save on ammunition, don't diminish the fun and if your shooting alone with a can, don't require hearing protection.
I'll bet it's a lot of fun!
I can promise you it won't be your only 300 Blk. for long ,very addictive,TRUST ME:groner:.All of mine are CAST lovers .
The 155gr.Lee is cheap to shoot.
I fluted around with H110 and noe's heavy 247gr bullet trying to get it to work with my 9" pistol and a suppressor. Just wouldn't cycle any where reliably. Picked up a pound of CFE blackout powder on Saturday. 11gr under this bullet and it ran my five test loads perfectly. Offhand not really trying a 3" group with cheap reddot at 15 yds. Right powder makes a big difference.....
What twist barrel are you guys using with cast bullet in .300BLK ??
I contacted Accurate about 300 AAC 230grn 1680 loads and they sent me this
300 AAC BLACKOUT (Subsonic Loads)
Barrel: 16" ¦ Twist: 1-10" ¦ Primer: WIN WSR ¦ Bullet Diameter: 0.308"
Case: REM ¦ Max Case Length: 1.368" ¦ Trim Length: 1.358"
Accurate 1680 Bullet weight: 230 grains.
Start load: 9.9 grains (ca 975 Fps). = Subsonic
Maximum load: 11.0 grains (ca 1100 Fps) = Subsonic
Don W.
CSR
406-234-0422
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and I found this
https://www.egglestonmunitions.com/load-data.html
300 Blackout (Subsonic)
https://i.imgur.com/Ox6cMey.png
Mines a 1:7 ballistic andvantage hanson barrel.
300 BO with 150gr jacketed is the first cartridge I reach high pressure problems with reloading. I got a little careless with H-110. Watch for primers popping out and the tell tale sign of bolt indentation on the primer. If you get there, you went too far!
RCBS 165 SIL works well as does the SAECO #301, if they will chamber. I do not have load data in front of me at the moment. I recently started playing around with the RCBS 130 for the 7.62x39 (works pretty good on that), and I think it will work well in 300 BO with tighter throats. Sure beats the cost of jacketed bullets! And, I do it, because I CAN! If you use the RCBS 130, make sure you get the nose punch it you are running them through a loob-sizer (pointy nose).
The pressures for both sure look friendly as well. For some loads, pressures of blk are lower for many loads.
Mine is 1in 7 twist. The H110 worked decent under some 150gr but I'll bet the cfe blackout will be better. Hadn't run across 1680, will use the cfe instead. Now just need a powder drop funnel that will work with my Dillon 650... One at a time with weighing on the scale and single stage is fine for a few, but not for a few hundred.....
One of the things that attracted me to CFE BLK is good velocity combined with low pressure in pretty much all loads.
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You can use the 30 Carbine Lyman M die for expansion.
Why would you use CFE (copper fouling eraser) with lead bullets?
handloader, the dillon list shows the "AK" funnel is used for 300 b/o, im gonna load up some today with my 550 after i load about 700 more 147g 308s