Need advice on loading lead bullets for the 91/30

[mil-surp60]

dude , you just gave me all i needed to start , yes its a perfect .308 dia in mosin sniper model, I was pretty sure they could be used as well as i have used oversized cast bullets in my blackhawks with mo problems as long as you stay within a few thousnads of bores size.. i have a lb of 4198 i could use for testing loads and if i can find some 2400 ill grab it up ,i have damn near 500 of these bullets and thought same thing use in my mosin, .310 , are 30 cal , should easily work was my thinking thanx my freind , now at least i have a starting point.Thats an impressive grouping from an M44 ?Damn fine shooting with lead bullets. have you ever had leading probs in barrel after using the lead bullets?

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[SKS50]

Have you ever had leading probs in barrel after using the lead bullets?

Not in any of my rifles I shoot cast lead plain base and gas check designs in them all an in some low velocity plinker loads where the gas check isn't needed I just leave it off completely. Those are mainly shot in the old Sav. 30-30 pump gun using 7.0 grs. of Red Dot. But I just recently picked up another mold that throws a Lee .314" tumble lube 90 gr. SWC drops at .315" with pure lead that I shoot sized to .314" in my Mosin and SKS and size it down to .311" for all my 30 cal. US rifles.3.0 to 3.5 grs. of Alliant Bullseye provides the power to get that little bullet just over 1K fps. darn accurate as well and shoots under 2" at 50 yds in all the rifle I use it in.

The only real leading issued I have is in a new Taurus 357 mag. revolver I bought a couple years ago the forcing cone is a little rough an likes to strip a little lead with plain base bullet but with a gas check design it's not a problem,the little bit of leading I do get is easily removed. It will work itself out after I put enough rds. through it and smooth that out.

Was just looking through some of my cast bullet load manuals and they have a Saeco 180 gr. #2 alloy cast bullet similar to the 170 gr. you have,the starting load in the Lyman Cast Bullet manual #4 using the 180 gr. bullet is 20.0 grs. of IMR-4198 @1600+ fps. you will most likely get that and a little better using the 170 and that's plenty of velocity for paper punching,small game or varmints or Med size deer.

The LazerCast bullet is way harder than #2 alloy and want expand but the flat nose portion of the bullet will do the work and create a decent wound channel.

[mil-surp60]

Not in any of my rifles I shoot cast lead plain base and gas check designs in them all an in some low velocity plinker loads where the gas check isn't needed I just leave it off completely. Those are mainly shot in the old Sav. 30-30 pump gun using 7.0 grs. of Red Dot. But I just recently picked up another mold that throws a Lee .314" tumble lube 90 gr. SWC drops at .315" with pure lead that I shoot sized to .314" in my Mosin and SKS and size it down to .311" for all my 30 cal. US rifles.3.0 to 3.5 grs. of Alliant Bullseye provides the power to get that little bullet just over 1K fps. darn accurate as well and shoots under 2" at 50 yds in all the rifle I use it in.

The only real leading issued I have is in a new Taurus 357 mag. revolver I bought a couple years ago the forcing cone is a little rough an likes to strip a little lead with plain base bullet but with a gas check design it's not a problem,the little bit of leading I do get is easily removed. It will work itself out after I put enough rds. through it and smooth that out.

Was just looking through some of my cast bullet load manuals and they have a Saeco 180 gr. #2 alloy cast bullet similar to the 170 gr. you have,the starting load in the Lyman Cast Bullet manual #4 using the 180 gr. bullet is 20.0 grs. of IMR-4198 @1600+ fps. you will most likely get that and a little better using the 170 and that's plenty of velocity for paper punching,small game or varmints or Med size deer.

The LazerCast bullet is way harder than #2 alloy and want expand but the flat nose portion of the bullet will do the work and create a decent wound channel.

Thnax for all the help my friend , at least i have a use for these .310 170 fp's that i have near 500 of , soon as the weather breaks i will deff try this 4196 i have and see if i can locate the other powders, powder in the Ohio valley area has gotten hard to come by, most times the day it hits shelves its all gone around here , does seem to be making a small comeback now in availaility , all the dems did with their stupid anti gun rhetoric is make it hard on us never broke law 1 in our life ,very difficult to even reload our own, took me 5 months to locate 5000 rifle primers and 2000 pistol, just ridiculous how they let these people determine prices and availability of ammo and reloading components along with the price gouging of weapons that were selling for 4 times what they were worth, they will not stop till they get their way , all who read this forum remember which dems or turncoat repubs were ,i have them written down, so next november , i can watch em all cry when we vote them all out of a job, the repubs may be greedy, but not once have they come after my rights and trampled on our 2nd amendent rights like these people in office have now.