180gr in a 30-30 anyone?
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freddyfour
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- Brant County, Ontario
I was wondering what Buffalo Bore used in their loads. Where do they get their 190's from and what powder do they use?
It is critical that a 30-30 load is not too long. A long round will hang up in the transfer from the mag to the chamber and jam the gun.
If you seat the bullet deep enough to get the correct OAL, you may find that the mouth of the case is past the cylindrical section of the bullet.
If it is just a bit past, you could file the nose of the bullet, to make it shorter, so you could seat a bit longer. When I do something like this, I cut the nose off with a side cutter, then trim with a file.
Or, just seat the bullet deep enough to fit the chamber and practice with the rifle, single loading.
I would start with 28.0 gr of BLC2.
If you seat the bullet deep enough to get the correct OAL, you may find that the mouth of the case is past the cylindrical section of the bullet.
If it is just a bit past, you could file the nose of the bullet, to make it shorter, so you could seat a bit longer. When I do something like this, I cut the nose off with a side cutter, then trim with a file.
Or, just seat the bullet deep enough to fit the chamber and practice with the rifle, single loading.
I would start with 28.0 gr of BLC2.
freddyfour
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Brant County, Ontario
If it comes to that much work I won't bother. I'll make one up and see how she goes, if I can't make it work as is they can just continue to sit on the self
I believe they use Hawk bullets.
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- NFA country
BB usually use generic components that we can all acquire off the shelf in their ammo.
Write/phone & ask them but don't be surprised if they say 'that's our little secret'.
freddyfour
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Brant County, Ontario
Found a load on reloadersnest.com for these bullets. 33gr of LVR over the 180 interlock rn for a MV of 2157fps.
