Speer and or hornady make a couple bullets that I have shot in my carbine. 100 or 110 grain plinker half jacket half lead. then there is the varmint bullet 110 grain jacketed bullet with a hollow point. I used to shoot a lot of 110 grain hollow points and the 93 grain fmj from the 7.62x25mm ammo. Some friend gave me a bunch of this stuff so I pulled the bullets and shot them. Some of the remington 125 jacketed soft pointed bullets should work but you have to reduce powder charges. Frank
30 Carbine ammo question.
I recently posted that a friend picked up some 30 carbine surplus; I started wondering if there have been any "updated" loads for this caliber?
Recently, new bullets and factory loads have updated the 45-70 and the 30-30 to new performance and popularity; has anyone tried something similar with the 30 carbine? I really like the light weight and handling of the carbine, but it has no real value as a hunting rifle for anything larger than bunnies. I would like to carry a light gun like this for pig hunting, but at the short (less than 100 yds) ranges the bullet lacks the power to give much confidence.
Recently, new bullets and factory loads have updated the 45-70 and the 30-30 to new performance and popularity; has anyone tried something similar with the 30 carbine? I really like the light weight and handling of the carbine, but it has no real value as a hunting rifle for anything larger than bunnies. I would like to carry a light gun like this for pig hunting, but at the short (less than 100 yds) ranges the bullet lacks the power to give much confidence.
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