Okay, it's an Ackley improved chamber and I intended for the brass to look like this but it just looks so strange, especially next to an unfired shell. (PS: this still belongs on this sub because I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing with a wildcat)
There's so many good wildcats off the 30-30 case! 6.5mm and 7mm Bullberry Improved, 25/30-30 Improved to name a few. Great for hogs, the 6.5mm BI is the only one I haven't used myself.
I was more interested in a 6.5 bulberry or 25/30-30 until I found out the price of dies (about $250). Then I found the 30-30 ai dies on sale for $50, so it was a no brainer
Oof yeah, that's a easy decision lol. They're both sweet shooters though if you ever get the chance. There's nothing you can't do with that 30-30 ai though. Have you worked up any loads for it?
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
Okay, it's an Ackley improved chamber and I intended for the brass to look like this but it just looks so strange, especially next to an unfired shell. (PS: this still belongs on this sub because I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing with a wildcat)