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    Recipie for .30 carbine cast bullet loads

    I came into a box of 500 115 grn cast bullets for the .30 carbine recently. These are non-gas checked, so I suspect I will have to keep velocities down to about 1200 fps. Does anyone have a load for cast bullets for the .30 carbine?

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    I use around 13.0 gr of IMR4227. Works well in my carbines with no check bullets from 115 gr up to 130 gr. I haven't had any leading problems with that load. I cast them fairly hard and keep the velocities moderate (up to 1500 fps).
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    Smile 30 Carbine Cast Bullet Loads

    I have used 13.0 grains of H4227 behind a 120 grain hard cast plain base bullet with good luck in the 30 carbine. No leading and good accuracy and functional reliability.

    H4227 is no longer being made so I now use 12.0 grains of 2400.

    I get functional reliability and no leading but have yet to test this new load at 200 yards.
    If it doesn't shoot, it's not worth having.

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    My plain base cast bullets weigh in at 100 grains, and I am using 12.5gr of 2400 and 14.0gr of H4227.

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    Thanks fellows...

    Just the kind of data I needed.

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