Please Help Identify This .30 Carbine Plated Bullet

[WessonOil]

Back in the early 2000's or so, I purchased about 1,000 rounds of a plated .30 carbine bullet with a cannelure marking from a private individual, who stated it could be loaded for the M1 carbine.
I loaded it to specs using 13.1 grain of 110, which has it somewhere between 1600-1800 FPS, according to the manual.
Probably ran a couple hundred through my Inland then put it away all these years.
In the interim, I have wondered about the feasibility of continuing to shoot a plated bullet as I am unsure of the manufacturer.
By and large, the concensus online seems to be is that plated bullets for 30 carbine are rated at about 1900-2000 fps as opposed to bullets made for handguns, which tend to have a maximum several hundred fps slower. (I handload plated extensively for 9mm, by the way.)
I'm not concerned about accuracy, as these are shot out at about 30 yards for fun. (I have jacketed round nose for accuracy.)
Anyway, an image search of a cannelured .30 carbine bullet is not showing up online, so I was hoping someone may know what it is.
I'm assuming it's plated, as I was told it was and the base is plated as well without seams.
Thank in advance!

 

[carbine85]

The bullet in the picture looks like a FMJ that someone rolled and crimped. If it's .308 I don't see any real problems with it. Check to bore for fouling and see how it goes.

 

[Rule3]

I do not think it is a cannelure either from that picture. Looks like a pulled bullet that was crimped hard.

Is the bottom coated or is it lead?

 

[WessonOil]

Now that you mention it, it could be from where the bullet was crimped.
I pulled this bullet, so that could very well be it.

Base of the bullet is coated.

 

[Walkalong]

Berrys says their .30 Carbine bullet can take up to 1950 FPS.

http://www.berrysmfg.com/product-i15156-c34-g8-b0-p0-30_Carb_308_110gr_RN___250_ct.aspx


X-Treme doesn't say where I can tell, but have some good reviews.

http://www.xtremebullets.com/30-CARB-110-RN-p/xc30carb-110rn-b0500.htm

 

[WessonOil]

Yeah, I'm hoping it's Berry's.
I don't think Extreme was released yet at the time I bought these.
I've run a ton of Extremes through my 9mm's, though.
I'll probably shoot a few of these into the berm and recover them to see how the plating is holding up, as that's my concern.

 

[Toprudder]

I emailed Xtreme once asking about max velocity for their 110gn 308, as I recall they said 1500fps. Don't take my word for it, though, send them another email. Maybe the person that I asked did not know.

 

[Hondo 60]

I agree, that line does not look like a cannelure.

IMHO it looks like someone roll-crimped it a bit too much.

 

[njl]

Since .30 carbine headspaces on the case mouth, any roll crimp is "too much". That bullet looks like it's been crimped to death. When shot at paper, how many holes do you get from each shot?

 

[WessonOil]

These rounds are quite accurate at 30 yards, and when I went to adjust the sight for windage in three shot groups, it was common for all three rounds to touch.

I expect at 100 yards they'd be quite accurate, even taking into an account it's an M1 carbine.

These are a plated bullet, not jacketed, and plated takes very little to make an indentation on the case...a thumbnail will do it.

If this was occurring on a jacketed bullet, there'd be cause for concern.

Not sure if you can tell from the pic of the base, but when it I used the kenetic hammer to pull these, the base gets dinged on plated bullets just by jumping back up and hitting the rim of the case.

 

[TimSr]

Really, if its a .308" 110gr bullet not rated for 30 carbine velocity, it would have no reason to be created and sold. I'd shoot them. Typically with 30 carbine you load just warm enough to cycle the action properly anyways. Its not like you are going to push them out of 30-06.

 

[WessonOil]

Tim,
Yeah, that was my line of thinking, and I'm well below pushing these at maximum FPS.