.30 Carbine

[Clay]

stay away from russian made ammo, ie wolf, tula, etc.

Ive had nothing but cycling problems with them in M1 carbines. They will fire, but they dont have enough power to cycle the bolt reliably.

 

[Duron219]

stay away from russian made ammo, ie wolf, tula, etc.

Ive had nothing but cycling problems with them in M1 carbines. They will fire, but they dont have enough power to cycle the bolt reliably.

What ammo would you recommend? I plan on buying different brands too see how they work anyways. What ammo would you recommend for HD, I have some Federal Powershok soft points?

 

[Clay]

I've had no issues with brass cased surplus ammo, though most of it is corrosive.

I've also never had any issues with major US manufacturers (ex: Winchester, Remington, etc) brass cased ball ammo.

 

[03A3]

What ammo would you recommend? I plan on buying different brands too see how they work anyways. What ammo would you recommend for HD, I have some Federal Powershok soft points?

I agree about the steel cased ammo. It gave me nothing but grief in the way of malfunctions and extractor problems.
Aguila is pretty dirty burning and can be borderline reliable. It's loaded fairly weak.
I've had good luck with Prvi. It too is somewhat underpowered.
For HD use pick up a few boxes of Speer Gold Dots which are supposed to be top of line for HD. It is scary expensive though.
As far as ammo in bulk you're going to have to be patient. Like they were saying earlier the demand for ammo is high and. 30 Carbine takes a backseat to other calibers on the production lines.
I've not seen much of it available for several months now.

 

[Duron219]

I agree about the steel cased ammo. It gave me nothing but grief in the way of malfunctions and extractor problems.
Aguila is pretty dirty burning and can be borderline reliable. It's loaded fairly weak.
I've had good luck with Prvi. It too is somewhat underpowered.
For HD use pick up a few boxes of Speer Gold Dots which are supposed to be top of line for HD. It is scary expensive though.
As far as ammo in bulk you're going to have to be patient. Like they were saying earlier the demand for ammo is high and. 30 Carbine takes a backseat to other calibers on the production lines.
I've not seen much of it available for several months now.

Thanks for the info

 

[dubsac]

got 250rds of prvi at knob creek for 80.00 best deal ive seen

 

[Duron219]

got 250rds of prvi at knob creek for 80.00 best deal ive seen

Lucky, Im going to the Michigan City gun show this weekend hopefully I can find a deal there

 

[jedi]

stay away from russian made ammo, ie wolf, tula, etc.

Ive had nothing but cycling problems with them in M1 carbines. They will fire, but they dont have enough power to cycle the bolt reliably.

I have an auto ordinance M1 .30 carbine paratrooper replica and it has had no issue with the steel russian ammo the Herters (??sp??) from cabelas.

 

[Duron219]

Just came back from the range and went through 100 rounds of Tula and 50 rounds of Herters and only had one Problem one round wouldn't chamber and stove piped. I didn't have any other problems.

 

[Clay]

Good for you! Im glad that ammo works ok for you. I wish it did for me.

 

[Duron219]

Good for you! Im glad that ammo works ok for you. I wish it did for me.

Could it be a problem with the recoil spring?

 

[Clay]

I probably could try one, but I really don't shoot it often enough to justify. Maybe one day Ill play with it some more.

 

[Colt556]

I thought that I had read somewhere that the steel stuff was breaking extractors on USGI Cabines. Might not be exactly right but something along those lines. I stick to USGI ammo and S&B or WWB when it's around.

 

[Duron219]

I thought that I had read somewhere that the steel stuff was breaking extractors on USGI Cabines. Might not be exactly right but something along those lines. I stick to USGI ammo and S&B or WWB when it's around.

I never heard about that ill have to check it out. I jut go with what I can get cheaper and I try to buy different brands to see what it doesn't like.

 

[Colt556]

Looks as if there is some debate, like most topics related to guns/shooting anymore. If it works for ya go for it.

Steel-cased ammo in an M1 carbine - AR15.Com Archive

 

[Duron219]

Looks as if there is some debate, like most topics related to guns/shooting anymore. If it works for ya go for it.

Steel-cased ammo in an M1 carbine - AR15.Com Archive

I think most of it is people being biased, they believe something because thy heard it once. I tend see for myself and I know what works for me may not work for everyone.

 

[old timer]

There was a dealer at the last Evansville Military Club show that had Korean mfg 50rds for 15.00 I bought 2 haven't fired any as yet.

 

[Duron219]

I would love to find something like that

 

[Hajisc]

I was just at walmart in Michigan city and they had 50 round boxes for $27 per box. I agree that's crazy. Also just left gun show St blue chip casino and saw three universal carbines each at least $625 . All the prices were thru the roof and very little bargaining .

 

[Duron219]

Wow I paid $538 for my Universal