Been playing with the Lee "soup can" 113gr .30 bullet mold powder coated bullets. Was looking to make some .300 blk and maybe some .30-30 loads that are somewhat 'special purpose' loads that meet the following criteria:
1. subsonic
2. bullet-stable for suppressors
3. safe to use on steel targets @sub 50 yards
4. accurate enough to use for 100 yard steel plates
5. virtually no recoil
After some load experimentation and testing, I found a fun load for .300 blk. With about 3.8-3.9 gr of Trailboss, using a softer lead alloy with a powder coating, the bullets are moving about 980-1000ish fps and are very very quiet. These will NOT cycle an AR but work great in my Remy 700 and CVA scout rifle both chambered in 300 blk. I have not done the load developement for the 30-30 yet.
Uses for this load?
1. very quiet plinking
2. small game hunting
3. teaching kids shooting on something larger than a .22
4. allowing kids to shoot (suppressed) without hearing protection (safely)--sometimes those dang ear muffs don't allow kids to get a good cheek weld
5. rifle duels on a dueling tree @closer than 100 yards or 50 yards without damaging the steel paddles
6. zombie headshots without making much noise in case that apocalypse ever happens