Universal .30 carbine first model - Page 2

big open · 04-08-2024, 09:53 PM

gunbugs ---- Thanks for the reply. I still have some (not many) jacketed 110 gr. bullets that I'm laying back for tougher times maybe. The hard cast lead seems to work OK in my shooter piece and like yourself I'm still re-using brass that has been fired 3 or 4 times. After that many reloads I throw them away. As mentioned before I pick up about 100 pieces of new brass at every gun show I attend. I really like shooting the M1 carbine & keep my reloads fairly soft.

gunbugs · 04-09-2024, 09:52 AM

No need to throw them away after 4 loads. Carbine brass will last a LONG time. When the neck finally splits, then its time to chuck them.

Kiwi · 04-09-2024, 10:06 AM

or shoot them 5 times
Set empty case in water 1/2 way up
Run a blowtorch until top is cherry red - only a few seconds
knock them sideways into the water

This anneals (softens) the top and prevents splitting.

04-08-2024, 09:53 PM	#21
big open Banned Join Date: Feb 2024 Location: northwest Montana in a remote area. Posts: 96 Thanks: 0 Thanked 66 Times in 27 Posts	gunbugs ---- Thanks for the reply. I still have some (not many) jacketed 110 gr. bullets that I'm laying back for tougher times maybe. The hard cast lead seems to work OK in my shooter piece and like yourself I'm still re-using brass that has been fired 3 or 4 times. After that many reloads I throw them away. As mentioned before I pick up about 100 pieces of new brass at every gun show I attend. I really like shooting the M1 carbine & keep my reloads fairly soft.

04-09-2024, 09:52 AM	#22
gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 660 Thanks: 367 Thanked 1,180 Times in 395 Posts	No need to throw them away after 4 loads. Carbine brass will last a LONG time. When the neck finally splits, then its time to chuck them.

04-09-2024, 10:06 AM	#23
Kiwi User Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Wrong side of the Delaware river Posts: 311 Thanks: 220 Thanked 443 Times in 176 Posts	or shoot them 5 times Set empty case in water 1/2 way up Run a blowtorch until top is cherry red - only a few seconds knock them sideways into the water This anneals (softens) the top and prevents splitting.