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Post by magnumwheelman on Jul 25, 2019 9:51:15 GMT -5
was thinking today about selling off my collection, & I have no idea how I'm going to be able to get rid of these guns...
Milsurps will probably all go, but I'm pretty attached to my old 30 Carbine... I've always used jacketed bullets on the gas guns... just curious if I kept the 30 Carbine, if that would be OK with powder coated cast bullets???
any of you guys shot any volumes of PC cast bullets through a gas operated semi auto Milsurp???
got a VZ-52, & an M-14/ M1A, as well as the 30 carbine...
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Post by squigz on Jul 25, 2019 10:16:58 GMT -5
I think Dick has a post or two about shooting cast out of his 30 carbine and getting fantastic results. Will see if I can find it in a search.
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Post by boolitdesigner on Jul 25, 2019 10:52:21 GMT -5
You basically would not have any problem, provided you pick the right stuff, using gas checked cast bullets (or powder coated) with any of the milsurp calibers. I've shot many of them in semi automatic mode with cast lead myself in the larger calibers as well as the little 30 carbine.
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Post by z1r on Jul 25, 2019 11:53:46 GMT -5
No direct experience with the .30 carbine per say but, I have a falling block .32 H&R that I used to load 115 CG bullets to 2000 fps and never had any issues. It was a great shooter. Very similar ballistic to the .30 carbine.
FWIW, I have entered that stage in life that I too am starting to liquidate my collection. Newer shooters just aren't into the old iron that I find so fun to shoot. Prices are either down or stagnant and my kids shoot but aren't nearly as obsessed as I was at their age. I'm thinking it will be better to sell off the surplus now rather than straddling my estate with the task and having to pay a 15% to 25% commission on their sales.
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Post by magnumwheelman on Jul 25, 2019 12:36:55 GMT -5
I'm most concerned about fouling the gas systems... with plain cast, in high volumes, you could plug things up... thinking things should be OK with PC'd bullets???
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Post by boolitdesigner on Jul 25, 2019 13:54:01 GMT -5
^^^^^ You cast your own, out of proper alloy, lube with an adequate lube and gas check = no visible fouling. Very, very little in gas systems. You follow some of the internet gurus elsewhere and buy those hard cast bullets.... you'll probably get what you just said.
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Post by magnumwheelman on Jul 25, 2019 14:31:12 GMT -5
No sure if I'll have the room to fit a milsurp rifle into the downsized collection... I'm really partial to the 30 Carbine... guessing MRS would prefer we keep the Garand rifle... she has fond memories of Dad catching his thumb, when showing her what not to do, when she was younger  |
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Post by deaconkc on Jul 29, 2019 12:07:05 GMT -5
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Post by nicholst55 on Jul 29, 2019 16:14:27 GMT -5
There are many threads, and stickies, at Cast Boolits on this very subject. As boolitdesigner said, it is very doable, and people have been doing it since long before powder coating became popular - with plain old grease groove bullets. The key points are to match your bullet alloy and lube to the specific application regarding pressure and velocity.
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