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Message started by Roamin_Wade on Apr 1st, 2019 at 2:45am

Title: 30-40 projectile choices...
Post by Roamin_Wade on Apr 1st, 2019 at 2:45am
I’m already getting really good feedback from you folks in here. Thanks for that. This post is about the lack of choices at the store and the plethora of .30 cal projectiles on the reloading isle. I see only 180 gr for sale in stores but I would imagine some could be found with 220 gr flyers. I’m interested in using 140-160 gr bullets. I don’t know where I read it but the article said something about the distance from the end of the shell to the rifling is a longer distance than most modern 30 cal rifles, and that this is due to the longer 220 gr flyers that were originally made to shoot in Krag rifles. It went on to say that the ~150 gr bullets have to jump further to reach the threads and so they aren’t as accurate out of Krag rifles as they are out of modern 30 cal rifles. Is any of this true? Couldn’t this problem, if this a problem, be mitigated by crimping the projectile further out of the shell from where it would typically be crimped? I’ve never reloaded a single bullet in my life so excuse me if I can’t talk very intelligently about this matter.

Also, I’m having trouble even finding a ballistic chart for any other weight than the 180 and 220 gr bullets. Can someone point me into the right direction? Thanks again...

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