bowhunter-tw

I just reloaded my first 30-30 cartridges. But I have some questions in regards to OAL and COAL. first OAL, when I measure my re sized once fired brass I measure between 2.035 and 2.04. The reloading books say to cut between 2.028 and 2.030. I do not have a trimmer yet so I omitted this step based on the slight difference in length and the info found online. Was this an incorrect assumption? second, the COAL for this load is 2.550, the factory ammo I have is at a length of 2.05 - 2.1. Why would the factory load have such a short COAL, compared to the load data? to get the bullet to the cannelure I seated to a nominal depth of about 2.35, is this going to cause a problem? I am using imr3031 powder. Rifle is a marlin 336. I did cycle them through the action, they all cycle and chamber seemingly fine.

unfortunately im in tempe, quite the drive from tucson. But I have reloaded quite a few cartridges since that post and learned a lot! I ended up buying a trimmer and headspace gauge (among MANY other tools lol) so am trimming to keep in spec and sizing to bump the shoulders between .002-.005” depending on the rifle.

What do you mean by strip the bolt?

Anybody interested in some very lightly used Zamberlan guide 960 un insulated size 8.5 boots? Tried wearing them a couple times but just dont play right wity my foot after I broke it. $200 obo located in Tempe

$175 obo or trade for kuiu 32 pants

Interesting though the secant had higher velocity for same charge

This is why I was asking, same charge, same weight bullet, different ogive and had pressure signs on one not the other (or atleast I think pressure signs) seeing ejector swipes

Broadening my search, Anybody have a Tikka, Howa, or CZ for sale (any generation) Would prefer 223 but open to other varmint cartridges

Up

A little too big a cartridge for my needs

Up, open to offers. Would rather somebody gets use out of them rather than sitting.

Anybody upgrade and have hand crank or electric sausage stuffer they dont use? looking to try and make my own for the first time.

Thats not bad at all, I’ll take a look there. Thanks

Thats cool, do you have a mill you were able to cut a gear on?

Not for me but stick around and maybe you’ll find yourself a taker 🤷🏼‍♂️😂

Shoot, just realized they are deep 6

What area of town?

Threaded barrel?

4 boxes available - $30 ea 123 gr tui solid copper Would trade a box or two for 6.5 Grendel brass

Back up; buyer fell through.

Shooting lighter bullets I could seat .005” deep and it still wouldnt touch the lands. Im guessing thats not nearly deep enough for the bullet to stay in place, so id assume there is some minimum depth youd want to hit. Sounds like it could be whatever depth feel secure

Lol well I guess maybe its non sense then. Im not sure where I read or was told that. What kind of minimum depth would you look for?

You can load light target loads with hardcast bullets out of the 30-30 also. I load 5-6grs of 700x with 150gr cast bullets, super fun soft shooting range load.

$70 on the rings $90 on the cantilever mount ttt

Yah Ive hunted it a bunch for coues and found mule deer during the rut hunt. Guess we wanted to try something different. Turning out to be a real challenge