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Offline Cleburne

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.30 Luger
« on: July 03, 2012, 12:31:54 PM »
Anyone have a supply of .30 Luger cast bullets (.309") to sell? I recently purchased one of these great pistols and am interested in reloading for it. Possibly will invest in mold blocks down the road, but for now would prefer buying some quality ready-made projectiles.

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Re: .30 Luger
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2012, 01:06:31 AM »
Could you buy some 32-20 bullets and run them through a Lee .309" push through die? That seems to be the easiest way to get where you want to be.
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Re: .30 Luger
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2012, 12:21:28 AM »
Cleburn:  best go up on line and look to see who sells cast slugs in the 308/309 diameter that are light enough for the 30/7.65 Luger.
Both Hornady and Sierra make jacketed bullets for that caliber:  Hornady makes a .308 diameter 88 gn rn sp they list for the 30 Mauser and I think they may even have one in .309 for the 30 Luger, mayne not though.  Sierra makes a 85 gn rnsp for both calibers in 308 diameter.  The 308s shoot just fine (very accurately, actually) from a friend's 6" Naval Luger and I am (still) waiting for my 30 Luger caliber barrel for my Walther P-38 from a guy in Pa, if he ever gets off his dead azz and gets it done. 
Hornady also makes a 1/2 jacket 308 diameter 100 gn bullet but I feel it is a hair to long to fit the 30 Luger as it is made for rifle calibers. 
I would also check to see if anyone is making any cast semi-wadcutters for the 327.  I have not yet seen any indication of what the bore diameter is on those but if it is close enough to .308/.309 you might be able to get whoever casts them commercially to cast for your diameter needs.  Now, if it is a good copy of a Keith style swc it would probably be the perfect small game slug for those 30 bore pistols.  imo.