Some news on the 300 Blackout..

[Changalang]

lol @ american style 7.62x39

[Javi]

i "mine" lead from outdoor range berms, so free lead.

Just out of curiosity, are they hard to find in a berm? I've never tried digging through to find lead so I don't know how deep a pistol or rifle caliber projectile would go.

[CEDaytonaRydr]

Just out of curiosity, are they hard to find in a berm? I've never tried digging through to find lead so I don't know how deep a pistol or rifle caliber projectile would go.

Only a few inches. You can easily do it with an e-tool, or trowel...

[finyllw]

Haven't run em through a chrono, but I made some 130 grn and some 150 grn 300s'.

Shot through a CMMG 16" barrel, 1:7 twist, Nikon 300BK scope. Very accurate out to 100 yds, couldn't set the targets out any farther due to range limits. Recoil was nice, no problems with FTE, FTC and bolt stayed open.

I went as cheap as possible on the build, if it didn't turn out well I didn't want to be out too much $.

I like the fact you can run almost any bullet, from 110grn to over 200. Going to try some 200's soon. Would really like to try these rounds on a boar.

I am pleased to say I am happy with the results. YMMV.

[jb octane]

I powder coat all my bullets; so no leading occurs. Actually the powder coating "sweeps" the barrel out after every shot, here some I did for my wife's .380:

I'm interested in this. Do you resize the bullets after coating?