150 grain 30-30 cast bullets

[claiborne]

I am looking for 150 grain cast bullets in bulk and I am not having much luck. I do not care to cast my own either. Any ideas on where I should look? Thanks

 

[scrat]

if you want to try 165 i know midstates cast bullets are very good bullets.

here is the link if you want to try them.

http://www.carrollsweb.com/gunshop/html/midstates_cast_bullets.html



150 grain is going to be pretty hard to find though. i cast my own. so if you wanted to buy some!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[capbuster]

Magnus bullets of Alabama list one in their catalog. There may be other commercial bullets casters who could supply what you want.good luck.

 

[claiborne]

Thanks Capbuster

That is just about what I am looking for. cheers

 

[claiborne]

Scrat, what is your mix?

and how much do you need for a box of 500 shipped to Susanville, Ca. 96130?

 

[Pointman]

I love shooting a little Unique and some cast 150 or 180 gr gaschecked lyman bullets out of my winchester. Might start down through the list of cast bullet manufacturers I've cobbled together:

http://www.pointmanspage.com/cast-bullet-mfgrs/

 

[351 WINCHESTER]

I hope you're not gonna shoot them in a marlin. I tried some and the microgrove bbl. just won't stabalize them. I know that sounds weird, but true. Every single round keyholed.

 

[azredhawk44]

They're not cast... they're plated, but Berry's MFG has 150gr flat point 30-30 bullets for pretty cheap. They work well... I push them pretty fast and I still get 2-3 MOA out of them. Not a bad practice round at all.

 

[GRIZ22]

I hope you're not gonna shoot them in a marlin. I tried some and the microgrove bbl. just won't stabalize them. I know that sounds weird, but true. Every single round keyholed.


That's an individual gun problem to my experience. I use a 165 gr cast (no gc) at 1250 fps and after 50 rds or so the groups open up but not keyholes. I guess if I was driving them faster my results would be different.

Other guys using my load havebad experiences.

 

[scrat]

agree with griz. and yes they are cast bullets. the copper is a sheen coat that is placed over the bullets to reduce leading.

 

[jhansman]

Laser-Cast makes a nice 165 gr. cast .30 cal. if you can go the extra 15 grains.

http://laser-cast.com/30Cal.html

 

[scrat]

Laser-Cast makes a nice 165 gr. cast .30 cal. if you can go the extra 15 grains.

http://laser-cast.com/30Cal.html

way too expensive midcast and national bullet are still cheaper.


Same time think of this. i bought some national bullet 165 grain buller. they looked very good but i wanted to do some testing. So i put them through my own test.

I got handfulls of them and i sorted them by visual quality.

then i got out my scale and started weighing them. Then i seperated them by groups. I dont have the exact numbers now but here is a rough estimate.

very few bullets over 165 a few though were up to 169.

most bullets were at or below 164 grains. i had a small hand full at 165. huge amounts of 164, 163, 162. Then i had a few smaller hand fulls at 161 160 and 159. So yaaa

Now i know that it really depends on what mix of lead you are using that will determine the weight of the bullet. Same time though casting consistency and cast quality will determine the rest. So to send out 500 bullets that seemed so inconsistent of their weight and visual quality led me to stay casting them on my own rather than to buy from a commercial manufacture.

 

[scout26]

http://gardnerscache.com/30_155_lfp_g_c.html

Gas checked, 155 grainers $8.00 per 100 or $32 per 500.

Pointman: Great page. I've had it bookmarked for a while now.