Reloading M1 Carbine

I just finished testing Everglades .30 carbine 110 grain plated lead bullet. My major concern as a reloader were that the plating wouldn't hold up to the pressure & heat of a fully charged M1 carbine load (14 grains of H110). Besides leading the barrel, I was warned anything other than full metal jacket rounds could seize the piston and plug the gas port. To repair the rifle from such an occurrence is a nightmare.

To find out if this was actually an issue, I shot a round into my swimming pool. It traveled over 4' into my deep end. Attached are the pictures of the recovered round. I was pleased to see the plating held up 100% at the base of the bullet. Also worth noting is the jagged slug had expanded to 60 caliber and retained over 90% of it's weight. Seems to me they're not only perfect for plinking, but may make a venerable self defense or hunting round too.

The Everglades 110 grain .30 carbine rounds go for $162 for 2,000 rounds with free shipping. That brings them to about .08 cents a round. So when you add the primers and powder, I can shoot .30 carbine for close to the same cost as .22LR. Not bad.

Here's a link to Everglades Ammo .30 carbine 110 grain plated bullets....
http://ift.tt/2lUPyOp
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Reloading M1 Carbine