Dolomite_supafly

I am going to work up the numbers to see how it compares to the neck of a 223. But as Caster said there should be no issues feeding.

Just thought of another great use for this bullet. Squirrel hunting with minimal damage to the meat when shot at slower velocities.

Updated version with meplat and minus crimp groove:

We are changing a few things. First the crimp groove is going and second we are adding a .050" meplat to the nose.

DustBuster had this issue Sunday. Not sure what he did to fix it.

Probably standard NOE pricing.

So I have been looking for, and trying, several lightweight bullets for the 300 Blackout. Almost everything that is off the shelf is designed for the 30 carbine which can be problematic when trying to feed it in an AR. This led me to design another bullet for use in the 300 Blackout but this time for supersonic loads. This design may need to be cast out of harder alloys such as wheel weights and even then I would suggest water dropping. Even though there is a lube groove I would suggest powder coating or keeping the velocity down to normal levels if using conventional lubes. It is .309" because I plan on powder coating it and that generally adds .001" to the bullet's OD. OAL should be in the 2.15" on the short side to 2.20" on the long side. It will weight 118 grains using wheel weight alloy. I am doing this for the same reason I designed the 31-240E and 31-225B. And that is to hopefully have a cast bullet that works with the 300 Blackout when no others out there will. And I suspect it will work in almost any other 30 caliber cartridge. And if, when, this becomes available you will deal directly with the maker, not me, and order just like you would any other production mold he sells. I am doing this for the community and not for myself. I will not receive one red cent if someone buys this mold. He will need 15 orders to start making it a production item. Right now just gauging interest as well as I would like to hear comments or concerns. Please feel free to ask questions or voice your concerns. We are here to help each other and make the 300 Blackout better.

I have pieced 1/4" AR500 plate with cast 223 bullets. They were going north of 3,300 fps and I was 25 yards away. Velocity does go a long way toward piecing something. By the way those same plates stopped factory 55 grain FMJ at the same distance.

We have used the wheels that are used to pick up pecans at some of the big ranges I trained at. Seemed like they were smaller spacing between the tines than in the video. I bet it would work great at shotgun ranges. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtYzqw5Up-E

Notice all the empties on the ground? He has shot more than twice at that target before videoing it.

And this was with a gun that functioned fine for thousands of rounds? Didn't replace the lower?

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How hard is it to move the bolt into and out of the carrier compared to the others? Harder or easier?   A lot of crude/carbon can build up in the bottom of the carrier. This can prevent the bolt form completely locking up.   Something else, remove the gas rings and make sure to clean the channel they ride in. Wouldn't hurt to replace them if the gun have 7,500 rounds through them.   Have you inspected the cam pin? I have seen a lot of cam pins crack or become deformed long before 7,500 rounds.    With the bolt pushed all the way in the carrier is there any side to side movement when you push on the bolt? The carrier is chrome lined so I do not expect it to wear but outside of the bolt is not and it may. Or you could have worn the chrome lining out of the carrier. Could be that the gas rings and bolt itself are worn so much that when trying to strip the round from the magazine the pressure on the front of the bolt is causing the cam pin to lock the bolt up. Basically when pushing on the front of the bolt it forces it back and that causes the cam pin to exert sideways pressure locking the bolt carrier up. Here is a video about the cam pin lock up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JmIQXkoog8

Load to what functions and what is accurate. Those who try to load to max FPS are often rewarded with miserable accuracy.   With that being said a 55 grain load should be north of 3,000 fps.

Hate to hear it. We lost Ernie in December and it was a really rough time for us. He was only 4 and we expected a lot more time with him. Pets are just as much a part of the family as our kids. Realize that his passing ensures you can help another animal in need.

You can legally sell a firearm you make. The key is intent. If you make the firearm with intent to sell you can get in trouble but if you make a firearm with the intent of keeping if then later decide to sell that is legal. Most people who make guns with the intent of selling rarely do one or two so intent is easier to prove. Although there is no legal requirement for a home made gun to have a serial number adding one can make life a little easier if you try to sell it or if LE questions it. There are thousands of guns made by major companies that do not have serial numbers. They were not required until 1968 so some companies didn't bother. You can add a serial number any way you want. It must meet ATF requirements which is .003" deep and at least 1/16" tall.

  You forgot your "jmho" at the end.

You had nothing to worry about. I actually chuckled when you contacted us.   With that being said you had better not be overly nice anymore, we can't have that :)

Might be time to install an aftermarket trigger. $100 is worth it to be able to keep my guns. Not saying you will loose your gun but because of the amount of guns needing repair it will likely be hunting season before you get them back.

Chalkboard paint, once baked, is a very durable finish. I say baked because I do not like to wait. It would probably take a week or two to get a durable as a baked on finish. I have used it on at least 10 guns now and they all turned out great. It is the only finish I always have around. Until full cured it will have a little sheen to it but once baked it is dull. I make sure to degrease the parts or media blast them. After that I apply a light first coat the a few more coats going progressively heavier until completely coated. Then I turn the oven on 300 degrees and let it heat completely up. Then I put the parts in the oven, close the door then turn the oven off. It takes a few hours for it to cool don ugh to handle and by that time it is completely cured. Btw, regular Krylon or Rustoleum is almost as durable when baked. I have baked a few big parts that were painted with Krylon and they have held up well. I painted my wife's AR and it was almost impossible to remove the Krylon 5 years later. I had to soak it in bags filled with acetone for a few days in the hot summer sun.

My SR22 skips the second round as well from time to time.

I was using cork gasket material for wads. I would use a drill press as an arbor press to cut out wads. I was using 2 grains of clays topped with a wad then walnut media and then another was. I just didn't like the fact 9mm doesn't hold a lot.

This is the only reason I have been wanting a 38/357. 9mm cases don't hold a lot of media or rice. One could make a "buck-n-ball" load using walnut media and rice if the case is big enough.

It was on my playlist to get amped up before going out.

It was NOT an MP who stopped Hasan, it was a female DA civilian that was part of the civilian police on base.   The second shooting did have an MP shoot at the suspect but he was never hit.   As far as crazy people in the military I have met a few as well. They can easily fit in and slip through the cracks of basic training. We had Michael Easterday who came to our unit who was CRAZY, with a capital C. His roommate reported he would sit on his bed and tell himself a joke, squeeze his two buck teeth together, tell himself the punch line and laugh. He would do it for hours. Easterday was 29 years old when he came to our unit. At some point Easterday got himself a girlfriend and she was something like 63. I thought he was acting like he liked her so she would do his laundry and stuff. But his roommate said it was a lot more than that. Well a few months later he broke up with her and found another women. I was talking to him and said please tell me she is a younger. He got excited and said she was. I said thank God to which he replied she was 55. He got shipped off to the states and the last I heard he went AWOL looking for the 55 year old because he thought she was pregnant.   I have zero problems with an NCO having a sidearm but not so much Lieutenants. I worked with and trained brand new Lieutenants for a few years and some of them are worse than privates. Not sure if it was all the drinking in college or just that college pushed out all the common sense but some were absolutely clueless. Had one LT warn us about the "snake tick eggs" and how they will bite us in the field so we needed to protect ourselves. I didn't even know we had a LT until we went to the field and even then she was well hidden in her tent. Had another tell us to put engineer tape on our gear with anything that might hurt us. We asked if she meant stuff we were allergic to and she said absolutely not just what you are allergic to but stuff that can kill you. Most of us knew what she meant but one of the soldiers had about 100 pieces of white engineer tape hanging off him. They said things like shark attacks, car accidents, drowning, stairs, lone gunman, etc. I almost had to go to the ER because I couldn't catch my breath I was laughing so hard when he walked up.