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    Took the blackout and chronograph to the range the other day. Found a good subsonic load with 240gr powder coated bullets and IMR4227.

    Finished converting roughly 1800 pcs of blackout, glad that's over. Now to start on the 800 or so 223 that weren't favorable for conversion.
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    1800? You must shoot a LOT of Blackout! I shoot some, but nothing like that.....

    ...................now 10mm on the other hand.................

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    Longshot powder might work good for subsonic 240 grain 300 blk. Somewhere around 6.5 grains.

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    I got a great deal on brass, so I figured I would convert what I could out of the box and keep the rest as 223. I sold 500 of it off to my brother, which pretty much paid for the brass, so the remainder is basically free with the exception of my time. And now I won't have to worry about blackout brass for quite some time.

    I don't know if long shot would work in an AR or not, so I don't really want to chance it. The load with IMR4227 was significantly quieter than the loads I tried with lil'gun with a lot less felt recoil. And at 9.6gr I should be able to get over 700 rounds from a pound of powder.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mbaker78 View Post
    I got a great deal on brass, so I figured I would convert what I could out of the box and keep the rest as 223. I sold 500 of it off to my brother, which pretty much paid for the brass, so the remainder is basically free with the exception of my time. And now I won't have to worry about blackout brass for quite some time.

    I don't know if long shot would work in an AR or not, so I don't really want to chance it. The load with IMR4227 was significantly quieter than the loads I tried with lil'gun with a lot less felt recoil. And at 9.6gr I should be able to get over 700 rounds from a pound of powder.
    You got a silencer on your rifle or just want a quieter round? No can on mine, my hearing is already shot (Not by guns, by heredity) so I am not really worried about subsonic.

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    I have the paperwork in to build my own can. Still unsure of the material I'm going to use at this point, either titanium or steel. But I'm set on a length of 6" and outside diameter up to 1.5" (has to fit under my handguard).

    It should be almost completely silent except for the action cycling... I'll find out in another 5-8 months, that's all up to the ATF :/

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    I keep 1,500 300 blackout loaded and 2,000 ready cases but hen I keep a lot of loaded ammo on hand for many different calibers.

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    Yeah, longshot wont cycle a semi auto and stay subsonic.

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    For subsonic loads try 1680, cycles the action and is quiet through a can. I have only used 208 and 220 grains in subsonic, looking for some 240 grain ones to try.

    Mat how much Tac are you using behind the 6.5 Grendel 123 grain bullets in converted 7.62 cases?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Happyguy View Post
    For subsonic loads try 1680, cycles the action and is quiet through a can. I have only used 208 and 220 grains in subsonic, looking for some 240 grain ones to try.

    Mat how much Tac are you using behind the 6.5 Grendel 123 grain bullets in converted 7.62 cases?
    I've only used TAC with 120gr for fireforming so far, and I've been having good luck with 25gr. 25.8 is the minimum listed charge, but I reduced further to compensate for the reduced case volume. For full power data I'm at 27.5gr under a 123gr nosler CC, but that's only with hornady brass at present.

    I had some 4227 laying around, so I tried that and was happy with the results. I might get around to trying 1680 when I use up the remainder of 4227.

    I got the 240s from a guy on Facebook, they're cast and powder coated. I can give you contact info and the page name in PM if interested, but I believe they are from majestic casting.
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    Lil Gun also works very good in 300 Blackout with a can and suppressed ammunition.

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    I couldn't get a good load that would lock open with lilgun and cast 230s, they were all too fast (1100+ fps) That was unsuppressed though. I figure if it'll lock back without the can it'll definitely lock back with it. But I am looking for 100% reliability.

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    Got in a load of 250 10mm nickel plated and 250 .223 nickel plated cases. I need to decap and run them all through the wet rotary tumbler. Also supposed to meet a guy today to possibly trade a Polish P64 pistol I do not like much for a Chilean 7mm Mauser rifle. If the deal goes through, I will have to order me some dies for reloading that 7mm, and find me some projectiles for it.

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    Well crap, it was a Brazilian Mauser. It had tapped threads for a scope which I didn't care for, and a plastic stock instead of the original wood, but I made the trade anyway. He threw in 64 rounds of ammo and he said he thought that they were Boxer primed, so we will see. I'm going to hold off on trying to find some cases till I fire some of these and find out for sure. Still need some 7mm projectiles, though. Going to be interesting to compare the recoil of this and my 6.5mm Swede Mauser.

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    Nice trade.

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    Just order some Lee dies for the 7X57.

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    I have three M1908 Brazilians. Let me know if you need any help.
    Load and shoot: 6.5mm (Dutch, Jap., Carcano, Swede), 7x57, 7.35 Carcano, 7.5mm (Mas, Swiss), 303 British, 7.65x53, 7.7 Jap, 7.62x51, 30-06, 8x50R & 8x52R Siamese, 30-40 Krag, 8x57, 7.62x39, 7.62x54R, 8x 56R, 30 Carbine, 450/577 Martini, 300 Win Mag, 45 LC.

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    Well, unless you know where I can get a wood stock for this............... All the dies and some projectiles ordered. Have to make do with the 64 pieces of ammo he included till my order for 50 new cases comes in. Looks like my Franklin Arsenal tumbler gave up the ghost today. Since it is the second one I gave them enough chances. They seem to last about two years then quit. Ordered a Lyman tumbler today.

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    I managed to knock the primers out of some brass that I recovered during my last trip to the range.

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    Primers? I don't mind decapping brass (except for Speer 357 SIG brass with their tiny little flashholes). It's swaging out them crimped primer cups I hate.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check