Bullets for .307 Win

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Anyone have a lead on where I could find some adequate projectiles for use in a .307 Winchester? something flat or round nose.
 
The Hornady reloading manual list bullets for the 30-30 in the .307 Winchester.

1. 150 grain Interlock Round Nose #3035
2. 160 grain FTX (30-30) #30395
3. 170 grain Interlock Flat Point #3060
 
Hornady says their 170 grain flat point is good to go to 2500 plus feet per second. Should just right for the .307 Winchester. This bullet works well in the .300 savage as a comparison.

Darryl
 
madtrapper143 said:
Hornady says their 170 grain flat point is good to go to 2500 plus feet per second. Should just right for the .307 Winchester. This bullet works well in the .300 savage as a comparison.

Darryl
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Good point madtrapper143, the Hornady Interlock bullets always held together like a Nosler partition bullet and the lead core never separated from the jacket.

I always considered the Hornady Interlock bullets as the cheap bastards Nosler partition.;)
 
Apocryphal testimony says not to use round nose bullets with the .307Win in a levergun. The sharp recoil in a lightweight rifle can present some unintended consequences. Don't know if that is the case or not but I would be tempted to stick to the 160gr FTX or the 170gr FP. The 170 should be the cat's ass for that rifle. Not sure if the 160FTX will be too long to feed reliably without seating it a little deeper than wanted. The FTX has a very easily crushable/deformable nose and generally requires modification of seating stems, or purchase of modified seating stems.
 
I know what I need. I don’t know where to get them. Can’t find any roundnose or flat top bullets online at all in .308
 
bigedp51 said:
Good point madtrapper143, the Hornady Interlock bullets always held together like a Nosler partition bullet and the lead core never separated from the jacket.

I always considered the Hornady Interlock bullets as the cheap bastards Nosler partition.;)
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I am that cheap bastard;). I feel bonded bullets are not needed at speeds under 2700 fps for most hunting. The good old cup and core work for me in the calibres I shoot and the big game I hunt.

Darryl
 
rick357 said:
Apocryphal testimony says not to use round nose bullets with the .307Win in a levergun. The sharp recoil in a lightweight rifle can present some unintended consequences. Don't know if that is the case or not but I would be tempted to stick to the 160gr FTX or the 170gr FP. The 170 should be the cat's ass for that rifle. Not sure if the 160FTX will be too long to feed reliably without seating it a little deeper than wanted. The FTX has a very easily crushable/deformable nose and generally requires modification of seating stems, or purchase of modified seating stems.
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And not trying to be a wise arse, "BUT" the Hornady manual lists a 150 grain round nose bullet for the 307 Win. And I shoot the same 150 grain bullet in my 30-30.

And the only warning is the .307 cases are thicker and hold less powder than you would think. And only round nose, flat point and FTX bullets should be used with a crimp.

I also shoot these same bullets in my 30-06 and .308 with reduced loads at the same velocity's as the .300 Savage and .307 Win.

So "Apocryphal testimony" has never stop these bullets from killing Pennsylvania deer like they were struck by lighting from above.

Sorry I had to look up "Apocryphal" to be sure what it meant, and thought only Ganderite and Eagleye talked to the reloading gods and reloaded lighting bolts.

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Just passing along what I have read.. . You can decide for yourself. There are a few sites that have reload information saying the same thing in different ways. Some recommend filing the nose flat to increase the surface area. Like I said, apocryphal. I have no direct experience with this cartridge, and it is very likely I never will.

"While the .30-30 can be loaded with round nosed bullets, Winchester recommend that only flat nosed bullets be used in the .307 due to the extra recoil inertia which could potentially result in cartridge detonation within the tube magazine of the 94."
 
I shot 160gr ftx in my old 307 and was super happy with results. I found better accuracy over the Winchester box ammo (which is a pain to find). I believe I still have a bunch of brass etc left over after I sold the gun.
 
The FTX are a bullet produced by hornady. Still pointed but it's an elastic tip or something. Prevents in mag discharge and it flys a lot faster n truer than a flat nosed round. I can't remember what the fps gain was but it was significant improvement over flat nosed
 
I have used pointed bullets in tubular magazines AFTER I clipped the lead nose off with a sidecutter and then filed the nose flat. The object is to file it back until the ring of jacket material is wider than the primer. I make my own flat tipped bullets.

I did not want to use 30-30 bullets at 308 velocities.

Lots of pointed 308 bullets to choose from. A plastic tip bullet can be made into a flat nose real quick.
 
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