The 30-30 club, are you in?

I have two 94's in 30-30, one is from the mid forty's and the other is a fifty-three.
If this were about leverguns, I'd mention two 38-55's and a 32 Win Spec, but that's another thread. KD
 
30-30

I have owned a lot of 30-30,s over the years. I have two right now. one, a 94 Winchester I bought new about twenty years ago, it has never been fired, the other is a canadian cenntenial I bought slightly used but not abused. I use it for shooting cast bullets.
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brownie said:
I have owned a lot of 30-30,s over the years. I have two right now. one, a 94 Winchester I bought new about twenty years ago, it has never been fired, the other is a canadian cenntenial I bought slightly used but not abused. I use it for shooting cast bullets.
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Hi brownie; Humor me and tell me why you would own a new gun for 20 years and not fire it? Is it a commemorative? I didn't think there were any 20 year old virgins left...just kidding...ST...
 
Question for all you Mod 94 30-30 reloaders. When i use new brass and reload 170gr Sierras everything works fine, but when I reload, about 20percent won't fully chamber(can't close the lever on the lever safety).
I've chamber checked them on a chamber checker and they come out OK- I thought maybe some brass was stretching, but that doesn't seem to be the case. The gun is very accurate, I put a Montana Vintage Arms vernier backsite on it and shoot cowboy sillhouette with it.
Anyone out there ever had this problem or know what it might be?
 
'94 .30-30 club

Just re-joined after a 25 year absents. Bought a '94 carbine 2161384 (1956) from co-worker today. Excellent overall condition with less than 100 rounds through it since his uncle bought it new.
Cheers
Geoff in Victoria
 
simulate said:
Question for all you Mod 94 30-30 reloaders. When i use new brass and reload 170gr Sierras everything works fine, but when I reload, about 20percent won't fully chamber(can't close the lever on the lever safety).
I've chamber checked them on a chamber checker and they come out OK- I thought maybe some brass was stretching, but that doesn't seem to be the case. The gun is very accurate, I put a Montana Vintage Arms vernier backsite on it and shoot cowboy sillhouette with it.
Anyone out there ever had this problem or know what it might be?
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Check to see that your dies are set so the shell holder kisses the resizing die solidly.
Check that you are not crimping too hard. It's easy to buckle the case a bit when crimping.
Those are the two most likely.
Some may argue that you need a small base die, but I've never seen a 94 that needed small base dies for 30-30.
 
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simulate said:
Question for all you Mod 94 30-30 reloaders. When i use new brass and reload 170gr Sierras everything works fine, but when I reload, about 20percent won't fully chamber(can't close the lever on the lever safety).
I've chamber checked them on a chamber checker and they come out OK- I thought maybe some brass was stretching, but that doesn't seem to be the case. The gun is very accurate, I put a Montana Vintage Arms vernier backsite on it and shoot cowboy sillhouette with it.
Anyone out there ever had this problem or know what it might be?
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I had a similar problem once with 110 grain sierra hollow points in my 30-30 carbine.

Seems others had an issue with the bullet contacting the rifling too, even before the round was fully chambered.

I resolved it by merely seating the bullet deeper.
Should be easy to see, at the rifle range, on the hard to chamber rounds, eject each one & inspect the copper jacket for rifling marks.
 
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I have a number of winchester 94"s. ex vancouver city 94's from the 30's. PMCR 94's from the 40's and others...
 
yep, got a marlin 93 30-30, bought it off the used rifle rack, 150 bucks, my wife hit the 200yard gong 2nd try. took me 3 trys, iron sights. boy do i love her. the wife and the gun
 
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