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Need possible .30 caliber bullet chart

Hoot

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I am loading a .30 caliber cartridge with the COL limited by an AR-15 length magazine and need to find bullets that the distance from the ogive to the tip do not exceed .62 inches, so that my ogive is not below the case mouth.

Does anyone know of a chart or table that lists popular .30 caliber bullets and that distance?

If you personally have a .30 caliber bullet in the range of 150gr to 180gr, where you know that the distance is .62 inches or less with a reasonable BC, IE spire point, ballistic tip, hp (not blunt or round) please pass it along.

TIA

Hoot
 
Haven't seen a "chart" that offers the info you ask for,,

,,but YOU get to decide case trim length and seating depth as you load for YOUR gun, every loader does, the book listed OAL is just a SAMMI or standard length that will fit all guns.
So you can adjust that to fit your gun,, ;)

I know many guys with black guns in 308 and don't hear of any "special" things they have to do with different bullets.
 
Thanks guys. It's not a .308 nor an AR-10 platform. It is a .300 WSSM based upon a necked up .25 WSSM case in an AR-15 platform. It'll kick 150gr Nosler BT pills at 3000fps, but it creeps me out that almost every .30 cal bullet I have on hand has it's ogive below the mouth. Some more than others. I don't even entertain illusions of using a VLD, Scenar, or other secant ogive type bullets. There are a lot of bullets I haven't measured just from lack of having any and despite being a good sport, John at the local reloading shop would probably take a dim view of me opening his boxes of bullets, and measuring one of each of them.

The Honady 160gr FTX for the Marlin Express is one that has the right dimensions, but is not a good match for the velocity that the .300 WSSM generates. Best I could get out of them was about 2.5 MOA.

The thick WSSM necks have plenty of tension without any mouth crimp, so I'm not worried about excessive chamber pressure. It just strikes me wrong to have the ogive below the mouth. Every thread I've found using google says that is not sound reloading practice, to whit, not something I have ever done in my 30+ years reloading.

Hoot
 
Since the chart plea didn't help, lets try a different tack. Most of you probably reload for something that uses a .308 bullet and as such, probably have some make and model of 150-168gr bullets in the drawer or on the shelf. Could each of you measure the ones you have and see if any of them get up to caliber in less than or real close to .62 inches from the tip. Lead tipped spitzers, ballistic tips, hollow points (not too big a mouth), even FMJ. I'm tired of buying boxes of bullets for the privilege of measuring them, only to find out they're too long. I'd sure appreciate it. Too bad the QL database available online does not have particular specification listed.

Thanks,

Hoot
 
I don't know actual dimensions, but Hornady has a line of bullets with a secant ogive profile. I've used them in another 30 cal. AR, for the same reason. I just looked it up...it's their InterLock bullets that I'm referring to.--Mike Ezell
 

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