Sierra 85 grain .308 pistol bullet in .30 carbine?

[Jubjub]

I have a source for a good price on a quantity of the Sierra 85 grain .308 bullet made for the 7.62x25/.30 Mauser. I don't have either of those handguns, but I do have a couple of .30 Carbines.

I haven't seen any load data for carbines with anything other than 110 grain bullets, plus the 100 grain Speer, but it seems like it wouldn't be too tough to find a load for these that would function. Any thoughts?

 

[kludge]

I got load Data from Hornady for their 90gr XTP, so you never know, contact Sierra and see what they tell you.

 

[loadedround]

Go to the Hodgdon website, www.hodgdon.com, they list loads for 4 different powders using the 85 gr bullet in the 30 Carbine. Good shooting.

 

[longdayjake]

you may want to make sure that those 7.62x25 bullets arent .311. The russian 7.62x39 and 54r are both .311 so you can't shoot them from a .308 unless you resize them.

 

[theHeretic]

I have loaded several hundred rounds with these bullets over W296. They are reliable in function and a lot of fun to shoot.

 

[Jubjub]

Thanks. I'm going to try the 296 load from Hodgdon's. The soda cans wont know what hit em.