m1 carbine

[aaronalc]

I was looking at my Hornady manual (8^th edition) and it shows a 90g XTP bullet. Has anyone tried this? Looks like you can push it to 2300 fps. It shows diameter to be .309? I am not trying to get into what might be a better caliber. I have 2 small kids and this one is lighter than my lightweight AR. Its small compact and just fun to shoot!

.30 M-1 Inland

[Garufa]

Why not just load standard 110 gr. FMJ loads?

[gregintenn]

I've only loaded 110 grain fmj and 110 grain lead nose bullets. I expect the 90 grain bullet would work well enough, but wht mess with the standard load? You are still goig to need to load them hot enough to cycle the action.

[aaronalc]

110g is mostly what i have. i also load some soft point. Just wondering how it would perform on small game or maby some larger if needed. As far as felt recoil from an M-1 i think a 2 year old could handle it.