M1 Carbine Reloading

[bkreutz]

Starting this thread for information on reloading 30 carbine ammo. I haven't done it yet, but have all the components and dies. Looks like I'll be shooting mine more in the coming year as my club has a WWII competition match. Any tips and tricks are appreciated.

[Wes Sage]

110gr Hornady RN Bullets, H-110 Powder.
Pretty easy one to load for being straight walled.
I bube the cases anyway, but most people don't

Starting this thread for information on reloading 30 carbine ammo. I haven't done it yet, but have all the components and dies. Looks like I'll be shooting mine more in the coming year as my club has a WWII competition match. Any tips and tricks are appreciated.

[B2Max]

I reloaded for one back when. Forget what powder I used but I was not very happy with it. The rounds would go off but they would not cycle the action every time. Possibly to light of a load? My point is as with all semi autos, load up some and test them before you load up mass quantities and find out they do not work as they should.

[Dave Brown]

Dumb question, but I wanna load for my 30 carbine, I still have ammo for it and it ahiits great? Should I dimantle one to get fhe bullet weight if it and give you a shout for some 308 bullets? Also this would be a large rifle primer correct?

[Wes Sage]

Dumb question, but I wanna load for my 30 carbine, I still have ammo for it and it ahiits great? Should I dimantle one to get fhe bullet weight if it and give you a shout for some 308 bullets? Also this would be a large rifle primer correct?

Normal bullet weight is a 110gr RN. We carry the hornady in bulk. They use small rifle primers

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[Dave Brown]

Awesome ty!

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[bkreutz]

I've got some info saved from the M1 Carbine Club forum (if I can find them) one of the things that was mentioned was that the brass moves a lot during firing and the cases should be trimmed before every reload (or at least checked) If I find the notes I'll post them up here.

[Dave Brown]

Cool thanks

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[bkreutz]

Here's a link to the thread discussing the reloading of 30 carbine http://m1family.com/reloading-for-th...392.html#p3883

[byrl]

My experience with .30 Carbine has been that military cases from way back are pretty thick. Even with carbide dies, I always lubed. Second, because of the case thickness situation, I had to modify my Lee case trimmer gauge by buffing it down a little so that it would even fit into the mouths of the aforementioned older military brass. I used H110/296 a little under max and never had a problem with cycling.