My first venture into Lugers - a plain jane DWM .30

jdickson397 · 01-26-2014, 03:38 PM

30 Luger is a great caliber and I enjoy it more than 9mm. You can enjoy your new gun more if you reload your own ammo. I have been reloading .30 Luger for years. East to reload and you save a lot of money over buying factory loads. New Winchester brass is commonly available online at the big auction site as well as GB. I sometimes load 93 grain lead round nose bullets from Western Bullets. I also load 90 grain Hornady XTP (jacketed hollowpoints) from MWay. Because 30 Luger is a bottle neck case, I take an extra step and resize initially with a 9mm die then resize/deprime with a 30 luger die. After seating the bullet I crimp with a separate factory crimp die. Both bullets load easily and cycle through my DWM with no problem. The key is to get a bullet that is .309 in diameter(NOT .308).

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01-26-2014, 03:38 PM	#17
jdickson397 User Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 12 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	30 Luger is a great caliber and I enjoy it more than 9mm. You can enjoy your new gun more if you reload your own ammo. I have been reloading .30 Luger for years. East to reload and you save a lot of money over buying factory loads. New Winchester brass is commonly available online at the big auction site as well as GB. I sometimes load 93 grain lead round nose bullets from Western Bullets. I also load 90 grain Hornady XTP (jacketed hollowpoints) from MWay. Because 30 Luger is a bottle neck case, I take an extra step and resize initially with a 9mm die then resize/deprime with a 30 luger die. After seating the bullet I crimp with a separate factory crimp die. Both bullets load easily and cycle through my DWM with no problem. The key is to get a bullet that is .309 in diameter(NOT .308).