Hey Guys,
Ive started down the path of hunting with a Ruger mini 30 and have some questions in regards to reloading. Finding good hunting ammo in the caliber is impossible these days and im sitting on cases of milsurp ammo.
What I would like to do is pull the bullet on cheap soviet milsurp 124gr ammo and replace it with the Barnes .310 monolithic. Having not loaded these in the past do you all think is safe? Are these known to run higher pressure than regular FMJ type projectiles? Also, what would be the best bullet puller for this endeavor? Id like to use this a whitetail load
Next is the barnes 150gr .311 monolithic they make for the .303. Ive got a ton of soviet 154gr ammo so I was thinking of pulling that bullet and replacing it with the barnes. Velocity on the154 is about 2100fps on my chronogrhaph and id like to use this for black bear over bait and perhaps an elk at less than 200 yards.Keep in mind this would be 1 time elk load...not an every day load. I understand this is going to be on the fringes
Ive been reloading for over 20 years but have never attempted anything like this.
Barnes makes no mention on their website and im wondering what the lowest velocity i can expect good expansion is. This is likely going to be my limiting factor on the 150gr load. Im thinking maybe 1500fps?
Last edited by Quak; 01/17/21.
