After a little while of not shooting my 1903, because after getting it I did research on it being a in 380k serial number range I was advised not to shoot factory loads only light loads all I really could do was clean it, just resently gettin 30 cal molds and then today getting Hornady gas checks and a Lee .309 sizer from Midway.
The bullet is cast from one of the molds I got from my boss and it weighs in after gettin a gas check and lube at about 192grs. I started loading with 35grs of IMR 4350 and slowly worked my way up to 36.5grs which shoud hit 2000fps mark. I stopped there because of the groups I was getting with it, max load is 50 grains. I only had the bench at 40 yards mostly because that was the only part of our range that was shady, but with the open sights I am pleased with the groups.
5 shots 40 yards.
I loaded up 60 rounds this evening.
DK