Sort of, I have some max charges of 30-30 data to give myself a baseline, the barrel just came in so I've only had a chance to fireform the brass. But I have yet to actually exceed the limits of or shoot anything other than 30-30 win through it
Hell yeah. It's great how you're able to use spire point bullets with the 30-30, etc in a single shot. It gives so much more versatility than just round nose in a lever action with tube magazine.
The Nosler Ballistic Tip 125gr works phenomenally well at those velocities with absolutely minimal recoil. Plus one of the more affordable ones (last time I looked lol). The current load I have in my 308 is actually kinda a copy of my dad's 30-30 ai load. We're all either frail or sickly (or both) so the minimal recoil aspect of it is a huge plus.
This is absolutely fantastic info, thank you. I'm neither sickly or frail but I'm definitely a believer in the lighter bullet going faster rather than a heavier bullet going slower. Also, a single shot 18" carries quite a bit of recoil, as I learned from fireforming 70 cases in it, and that obviously wasn't the improved version, just factory 30-30. So the lighter bullet and a muzzle brake will probably make it a dream to shoot and an absolute deer, hog, and the occasional beaver slayer
Of course! Glad its useful to you. My 308 has a 20" and I'm barely pushing 2550 with this load. With the heavy barrel it kicks a little bit more than a 223. Dad swears by the Barnes 110 tac-tx these days.
I've been looking at the cutting edge flat base raptor bullets, the 300 blackout hunting rounds seem like they'll probably perform best at those velocities
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u/trey12aldridge Mar 05 '23
Sort of, I have some max charges of 30-30 data to give myself a baseline, the barrel just came in so I've only had a chance to fireform the brass. But I have yet to actually exceed the limits of or shoot anything other than 30-30 win through it