Surplus bullets?

[Garrett]

Anyone have a good source for surplus .308 bullets? I like shooting SMKs, but I'd also like to work up a good blasting load for the .300 Whisper. Commercial bullets are around $0.25 and up.

I've found a source for .308 Israeli pulldowns for $110 / 1000. But I found a place a few weeks ago that had surplus bullets for around half that price. Now I can't find it.

I believe these cheaper bullets were actually .311" pulldowns from 7.62x54R, which had been swagged down to .308". And I'm also not sure if they were copper jacketed, or steel jacket with a copper wash. Anyone ever try loading these in the .300W?

Any other sources of surplus or other inexpensive components?

[LouBoyd]

Consider recasting wheel weights. . Cast lead typically gives better stability and better expansion than military surplus bullets designed to work a much higher velocities. They're not so good for gas operated semi-autos as they can foul the gas port.

Check a few tire shops.

[Garrett]

Originally Posted by LouBoyd

CThey're not so good for gas operated semi-autos as they can foul the gas port.

Not so good for silencers either - for the same reason.

[amafrank]

That sounds like Pats Reloading. They were advertising match bullets or some such hoohaa which turned out to be 54R bullets resized to .308. In any case they were cheap if I recall and available which is better than can be said for US or other NATO pulldown stuff. We've been shooting US 147gr bullets for some time though we load them supersonic. Accuracy is pretty good and they are much cheaper for plinking.

good luck
Frank

[Garrett]

Originally Posted by amafrank

That sounds like Pats Reloading.

That's it. Bookmarked it this time.

Looks like prices have nearly doubled since last time I was there. Probably be better off paying slightly more and getting copper jacketed surplus.

Thanks.

[Colohunter]

I use Hornady 150gr FMJs for my general plinking with the 300. I got 1000 of them when I bought a Hornady LNL AP.