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Taking opinions on a 30 cal cartridge for a future build
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<blockquote data-quote="eshorebwhntr" data-source="post: 1161000" data-attributes="member: 17112"><p>My main reason for considering others than the 30 Hart was how much trouble I had finding brass for it when I was doing the load development (2013-2014) and the fire forming. Everything I found for the guy was 1x fired on the classifieds here. Hopefully those days are over for us shooting enthusiast. I'm glad to see that the link you provided to the Weatherby brass shows several options out there for that cartridge. Good to know.</p><p> </p><p>I had pretty good luck getting good accuracy out of the straight Weatherby loads before forming but only out of the Norma brass that I found for it. The RP that I found was not as accurate before forming but shoots great after. The RP would also crack the shoulder on 1-2 out of 10 during that process. So then I had to go cream of wheat method as an intermediate step in addition to annealing. Norma never cracked and shot great but the pockets didn't last as long as RP and the load is pretty mild.</p><p> </p><p>My main reasons for considering the 30-338 were seemingly good brass availability, great brass quality with Lapua that would maybe last 8-10 firings, and near 300 RUM performance. </p><p> </p><p>Just wanted to weigh out all the options and see what others had to say. I'm still far from a decision or taking action so all discussion is welcome.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eshorebwhntr, post: 1161000, member: 17112"] My main reason for considering others than the 30 Hart was how much trouble I had finding brass for it when I was doing the load development (2013-2014) and the fire forming. Everything I found for the guy was 1x fired on the classifieds here. Hopefully those days are over for us shooting enthusiast. I'm glad to see that the link you provided to the Weatherby brass shows several options out there for that cartridge. Good to know. I had pretty good luck getting good accuracy out of the straight Weatherby loads before forming but only out of the Norma brass that I found for it. The RP that I found was not as accurate before forming but shoots great after. The RP would also crack the shoulder on 1-2 out of 10 during that process. So then I had to go cream of wheat method as an intermediate step in addition to annealing. Norma never cracked and shot great but the pockets didn't last as long as RP and the load is pretty mild. My main reasons for considering the 30-338 were seemingly good brass availability, great brass quality with Lapua that would maybe last 8-10 firings, and near 300 RUM performance. Just wanted to weigh out all the options and see what others had to say. I'm still far from a decision or taking action so all discussion is welcome. [/QUOTE]
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