Just started to use the hornady leverevolution out of my 30-30 ballistics/trajectory are amazing. Does any else use these bullets out of their 30-30, if so what do you think about them. ie bullet performance/ballistics/range. Things like this. I plan on hunting second week with this bullet.
hornady leverevolution
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I use them in .30-30, .356 Win, .444 Marlin and .45-70 all with spectacular results.
The only caveat is that when handloading you must trim the brass to the Hornady recommended length so as not to exceed the maximum OAL.
The only caveat is that when handloading you must trim the brass to the Hornady recommended length so as not to exceed the maximum OAL.
The ogive or profile of the bullet is much different (longer) than a standard blunt profile bullet. If you compare for example .45-70 brass made by Hornady with the same made by anyone else, it's noticeably shorter. There is specific loading data for any number of cartridges that states the brass must be trimmed shorter than standard specifications if you want to seat and crimp at the cannelure.
Hornady used to have great spec sheets on this on their site, but they have since disappeared. A google search should yield them elsewhere however.
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If you seat the revolution bullet to the normal crimping groove position, the longer nose of the bullet extends too far to allow proper function through the action. If you were to seat the bullet to an acceptable overall length, the bullet would be so deep that the tapered ogive of the bullet would be below the case mouth.
Hornady trimmed some length off the cases and seated the revolution bullet down to the crimping groove. This give the proper overall length, and allows the bullet to be crimped in the cannelure.
If you seat the revolution bullet to the normal crimping groove position, the longer nose of the bullet extends too far to allow proper function through the action. If you were to seat the bullet to an acceptable overall length, the bullet would be so deep that the tapered ogive of the bullet would be below the case mouth.
Hornady trimmed some length off the cases and seated the revolution bullet down to the crimping groove. This give the proper overall length, and allows the bullet to be crimped in the cannelure.
That's my take on it.
I can tell you for sure that without the extra trim length prescribed by Hornady a standard .356 Winchester round with a FTX bullet crimped (with the Lee Die) at the cannulure will not cycle through the action of my 94 XTR Big Bore for example.
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