Carbine Ammo

[Tired Retired]

Reloading with 15.0gr W296 and Rem 110gr FMJ or SP is currently running me about $11.60 box of 50 (reusing brass). Using 12.0gr 2400 knocks it down to about $11.16 per box of 50. While it does take some effort and time for case prep (size, trim, etc), I still feel like I get a better cartridge at less than half the price of commercial.

As far as not using reloads for HD, I believe that part of the argument put forward over the years has been being able to defend it in a court. Shoot someone, even during a burglary in your own home, and you are going to get sued by the perp or his family. I agree that using a "super" homemade 44 magnum reload with hand-cut fragmenting projectiles would be hard to defend on the stand - especially when standard commercial ammo is available. "Soooo, you were not satisfied with how deadly commercial ammo is and you obviously wanted to kill someone by cutting x's in your bullets, is that right Mister Smith?"

But I see no problem with using reloads when they are duplicates of standard commercial/military loads. "You Honor, I reload to save money and stay profficient in my safe weapons handling. I use unmodified commercial bullet loaded to exact military specifications for which the carbine is designed." I have a couple 30rd mags loaded with Remington 110gr SP bullets. I used brand new brass, bench-rest primers and I hand-measured the 15.0gr of W296 powder in each case. I am comfortable that they will go "bang" if needed.

Please note that I thank GOD every day for my family's safety and that the bullets are still in the magazine.

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[DaveHH]

The key to the kingdom regarding carbine reloads is getting the case mouth bell correct. Until that is found you will have some collapsed cases and loose fitting projectiles. Once you have it right, they come off like factory loads. The caliber is not hard on either the cases or the weapon. The only pitfall for the caliber is case length. If it is too long problems arise.