Starline Brass News

[Spudmeister]

Just to add into 300 BLK love.... The group I hunt with in TX has 3, 300 BLK.  One with a 16" BBL and 2 AR pistols with 10.3" barrels.  2 hogs have been taken with a 125gr SST reload and 8 with the Hornady 135gr FTX factory load.  None lost either.  No long range shots though.   

This year the main plan was to pop a hog with the G20... but I missed.  Still got one with the 300 BLK.

[asilcot10]

Another feather in the cap of the 300BLK is casting your own bullets. I have a suppressed 10.5" 300 and cast my own 240 gr bullets from tire weights and then powder coat. I form cases from once fired LC 5.56 brass. (You would be surprised how many people leave that laying). Comes to about .08 per round. Much more fun than spending that same amount on a 22LR round. Sorry about straying off topic.

[gandog56]

I form cases from once fired LC 5.56 brass. (You would be surprised how many people leave that laying).

No, I wouldn't. Since 5.56 brass rarely has a caliber stamped on them that is what I use. I have a Harbor Freight cutter and cut the brass a bit long, size it, then trim any excess brass of it. Seems to work great. Now I like Starline brass, but when it is a little effort and I can make free brass, free wins.

I am still running on that group buy we had here for the 10mm Starline nickel plated brass. Best group buy EVER!

[rognp]

Is the 300 blackout a highly developed expensive 30 M1 carbine round.? Or the 2000s 32-20?

[Rick R]

Neither. It's designed to put a useful .30 heavy bullet subsonic cartridge in an AR15 format rifle.  As a secondary consideration it will work as a super sonic cartridge without changing anything on the rifle.
As a factory specialty cartridge .300blk isn't that expensive.  It is not mil surp 7.62x39 or Russian 5.56mm steel case so factory ammo isn't "cheap".   But compared to other normal production factory cartridges the price isn't bad.

For the handloader it's a great cartridge.  Free brass! Use any .308 bullet you have laying around over a small dose of powder and surprising accuracy results.   

[sqlbullet]

Is the 300 blackout a highly developed expensive 30 M1 carbine round.? Or the 2000s 32-20?

The Blackout has 300-400 fps on the Carbine with 110 grain bullets.

And, while a 110 is a "heavy" bullet in the 30 carbine, it is a very light bullet in the blackout which can be loaded with bullets up to 240 grains.

[sstewart]

Very cool.

Here's hoping for some obscure calibers too, like 358 winchester.

It says available on their website.


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[sqlbullet]

Yeah...They added it either right before or right after I posted that.  So they are either clairvoyant or are stalking me