Apparently there is not enough demand for this in-between caliber or the ammo and firearm companies would be making one. Just reverse supply and demand, if there is sufficient demand there will be supply.
Id have to agree.
Honestly the reason we have this plethora of 2.3-3" factory rounds is because you cant cram a .308 or similar into a light, CHEAP (you can if your willing to go with something like the 300ossm), ar-15. And because gun gamers are looking for an edge to improve scores.
The current go to option is to reduce recoil by lowering bullet weight/caliber, and usually increasing velocity some. There wouldnt be a huge draw for a 150-165 class .308 at 2500fps. Unless you crammed it into a regular ar15 frame with no special parts.
Hunters in general tend to be a pretty stayed bunch when it comes to cartridges. The .308 dominates the short action 30 cal market. Anything similar to the .308 introduced at this point marketed towqrds average hunters would likely fail. The 30RAr, amd 30tc previously mentioned didnt get any traction, the 300 savage is dead, and all were good cartridges.
I LIKE the idea of a slightly more potent than .30-30, .30 cal for short/mid range work. But again im a tinkerer and cartridge guy, ill spend 200-300 bucks extra to get a cartridge for a specific task, that ill have to load all my own ammo for.
There ARE options available like the .30-30imp, or the 30-40, but rifles are scarce. As to getting wierd stuff to mag feed, like say a 30Br (which is probably where id start), a single stack mag can almost always be made to work. Even rimmed rounds arnt too difficult as long as you dont rim lock the cases.
Might be neat to have a RAR in 30-30imp or 30-40, using a single stack 5 round mag