[Sam Adams]

I've got an opportunity to obtain a large number of .30 carbine bullets (110 grain) for a pittance. I have no M1 Carbine, and I'm not planning on getting one. This would be for other rifles.

Some are pulled from US ammo, some are higher-quality foreign manufactured. My question is: Can these bullets be used in .308 Winchester and 7.62x51 rifles with any degree of accuracy? I know that they aren't match bullets by any stretch of the imagination, but it seems like it'd be cheap to make some low-recoiling practice ammo (and, if reasonably accurate, would be Hellishly effective on some varmints due to very high velocities).

Thanks, in advance, for any comments.

[Walkalong]

Sounds like you could use them in place of what Speer calls their "plinker" (http://http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=618190) 110 Gr. .308 bullet. Their #13 manual has loads for it. The .30 carbine bullets should work fine for just that. Plinking.

[351 WINCHESTER]

Many years a good friend shot a deer with his .30-30 with the plinker bullet which was loaded light. He forgot to load his marlin with factory loads, but the deer only went about 30 yds. or so.

[PotatoJudge]

I too ran into some 110 grainers recently and have been shooting them with (and this is from memory, so look it up) either 10 or 15 grains of unique in a 30-06. They shoot fine, and you can never have too many cheap bullets.

[cpaspr]

my dad used to load the 110 grainers in 30-30 shells for plinking. No reason not to use the M1 bullets in a 30-30/308/"pick your favorite" if they're a good price.

[Mark Rosenbaum]

You can also use them when fireforming new brass to your rifle's chamber (bolt actions only, usually). That'll save a lot of money compared to using a good premium bullet for the same purpose.

[jmorris]

My 4th edition Hornady book has loads for three different 110gr bullets, (SP, RN, FMJ) they start out at 3100fps an run as fast as 3500fps.

[ACP230]

I was standing in line waiting for lunch at the old Second Chance Bowling Pin Match once. The guy in front of me and I got to talking about rifle match shooting. He told me,
"You'd be surprised at how those little 110 grain bullets shoot out of the M1A."

Always meant to try some carbine bullets in mine, but never got around to it.

[griz]

They work well for practice/plinking. The only problem I've had, and it isn't a big one, is they don't feed as well as a spitzer if you load the carbine bullets short. Even that might be my particular rifle, so I wouldn't worry too much about it.

[sargenv]

One other thing I didn't see mentioned is that you will tend to see a larger fireball out of the muzzle with lighter bullets. I load my 308 with 125's and comparitively to 150's and above, the recoil is lighter and the flash more noticeable. Otherwise all of the light bullets I've ever shot out of my rifles have worked just fine for plinking.

[barnetmill]

I have used nominal .312 71 grain full metal jacket bullets intended for the .32 ACP in my M1 garand for plinking. Just used the regular load that I would for the 150 with the .32 acp. The load can be increased until function is perfect.

I will eventually try these in my M1 carbines, AK's, and SKS's etc.