.30 Luger bullets
 

Huntingtons has Hornady .30 Luger 93 gr FMJ for $14 per 100. This is a special run so I don't know how long they will last.

Hi Doug....!
 

Do you know the overall diameter of these bullets?


TIA!

Bullet diameter
 

Here's the specs. Diameter .308 length .529 round nose hard copper jacket with exposed lead core, weight 93 gr.



http://www.huntingtons.com/Bullet-HornadySpcl.html

Re: Bullet diameter
 

Old Western Scrounger lists BOTH bullets for $10.14 per hundred. I have loaded the 93 gr bullet and have good luck with as long as the expander plug is for a .308 and not a .310 bullet. ~Thot

Re: Bullet diameter
 

Old Western Scrounger ad, looks like same bullets:

http://www.ows-ammunition.com/cgi-bin/catalog25/scan/se=BULLETS/se=HORNADY/mp

Re: Bullet diameter
 

Weren"t .308 bullets for the .30 Mauser and .30 Luger bullets larger? I could be wrong, but don"t think so.


Lonnie

Re: 30 Luger Accuracy-308" Bullets
 

Lonnie, you are sure right about the 30 Luger, most measure .309-.310" but getting those diameter bullets are damn near impossible unless you cast and size them or take the .311" or .312" jacketed bullets and size them down to .3095+-" one thousands at a time (Hugh Clark's trick) The accuracy of a .308" diameter bullet in the 30 Luger barrel CAN be phenomenal, so I dont bother with the sizing stuff. See attached picture of the 0.8" group I fired with the .308" Hornady bullets! I doubt I could have done any better with a .310" bullet. ~Thor~




http://boards.rennlist.com/upload/30LugerTarget.jpg

Re: 30 Luger Accuracy-308" Bullets
 

Thor; another impressive group! Have you tried bigger bullets in this gun?


Lonnie

Re: 30 Luger Accuracy-308" Bullets
 

Nope, it belongs to Bill Stanley, he lives in your neck of the woods, and he has it back now! He hand loads so I imagine he would load what I used. Like I said, why try to mess with perfection, when you gotta size the bullets. I guess there are places you can buy LEAD CAST bullets sized to the diamter you want but I prefer jacketed ones. ~Thor~

Re: .30 Luger bullets
 

I can supply Hornady XTP & Speer Gold Dot .312 (32 cal), bullets in 60 gr, 85 gr or 100 gr, resized to .3095 for $20/100 PP.