I've wanted one of these for 20 years.
For one reason or another I had to wait until today to be able to say that I now own one.
Having a wide variety of .30 cal. cast bullet moulds ( about 30 - 35 ) from an 85 gr. g/c all the way up to a 240 gr. plain base , I've got a lot of shooting and experimenting ahead of me this spring.
I've always believed that the 30-30 in a T/C was the ideal platform with the 30-30's long neck and moderate case capacity to use with .30 cal. cast bullets. It would take a reloader many years to exhaust all the possibilities with different powders and all the different .30 cal. cast bullet weights and styles in the 30-30.
If you find yourself in a town in America that does not sell 30-30 Win., you're way off the beaten path. I can't envision, anytime in the near future, that 30-30 brass would be hard to obtain.
My barrel is 99% on the outside. The bore is near 100%.
I allowed the bore to soak with old time Yellow Hoppes, ........After 4 hours , there were no signs of copper in the barrel. This barrel was either a safe queen or it belonged to a cast bullet shooter, as there isn't a trace of copper in the barrel ? ?
I pulled the target model rear sight off, and installed my Pro-Class , 2 X , tapered cross hair , dot scope.
Now I need some good weather to try this puppy out.
Thanks,
Ben
For one reason or another I had to wait until today to be able to say that I now own one.
Having a wide variety of .30 cal. cast bullet moulds ( about 30 - 35 ) from an 85 gr. g/c all the way up to a 240 gr. plain base , I've got a lot of shooting and experimenting ahead of me this spring.
I've always believed that the 30-30 in a T/C was the ideal platform with the 30-30's long neck and moderate case capacity to use with .30 cal. cast bullets. It would take a reloader many years to exhaust all the possibilities with different powders and all the different .30 cal. cast bullet weights and styles in the 30-30.
If you find yourself in a town in America that does not sell 30-30 Win., you're way off the beaten path. I can't envision, anytime in the near future, that 30-30 brass would be hard to obtain.
My barrel is 99% on the outside. The bore is near 100%.
I allowed the bore to soak with old time Yellow Hoppes, ........After 4 hours , there were no signs of copper in the barrel. This barrel was either a safe queen or it belonged to a cast bullet shooter, as there isn't a trace of copper in the barrel ? ?
I pulled the target model rear sight off, and installed my Pro-Class , 2 X , tapered cross hair , dot scope.
Now I need some good weather to try this puppy out.
Thanks,
Ben
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