Carbine Feeding

roy reali · May 22, 2010, 11:23 PM

My M-1 Carbine only feeds round nose type bullets with any reliability. It even does fine with the Hornady half-jacketed bullets. Holow Points? Forget it!

A friend of mine also has the same rifle. His feeds anything he runs through it.

Those of you that reload for this rifle, do you have any problems like this?

hammie · May 23, 2010, 12:15 AM

My carbine feeds round nose soft points as reliably as full metal jackets. I think the carbine was designed for bullets with that profile, and maybe the solution is to just use those types of bullets. I guess you could try polishing your feed ramp. The only reloading problem that I've ever had with the carbine is, (because of the tapered case), maintaining enough neck tension to keep the bullet from occasionally getting shoved back into the case.

Hook686 · May 23, 2010, 02:06 AM

I have never tried HP bullets in my M1 Carbines. I tried the Soft Point 110 bullet and it functioned reliably. I have been using it ever since.

May 22, 2010, 11:23 PM	#1
roy reali Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2005 Posts: 3,248	Carbine Feeding My M-1 Carbine only feeds round nose type bullets with any reliability. It even does fine with the Hornady half-jacketed bullets. Holow Points? Forget it! A friend of mine also has the same rifle. His feeds anything he runs through it. Those of you that reload for this rifle, do you have any problems like this?

May 23, 2010, 12:15 AM	#2
hammie Senior Member Join Date: March 18, 2009 Location: Temple, TX Posts: 979	My carbine feeds round nose soft points as reliably as full metal jackets. I think the carbine was designed for bullets with that profile, and maybe the solution is to just use those types of bullets. I guess you could try polishing your feed ramp. The only reloading problem that I've ever had with the carbine is, (because of the tapered case), maintaining enough neck tension to keep the bullet from occasionally getting shoved back into the case.

May 23, 2010, 02:06 AM	#3
Hook686 Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2005 Location: USA The Great State of California Posts: 2,090	I have never tried HP bullets in my M1 Carbines. I tried the Soft Point 110 bullet and it functioned reliably. I have been using it ever since.