This may sound like a no brainer, but I wanted to double check before doing anything too crazy.
I've been shooting my 30-06, and want to get into handloading ammo for it to save money and shrink the groups. I understand that the 30-30 and 30Carbine bullets fired from an '06 may not give the same performance or be acceptable for hunting, and thats fine. I'm not planning on using these for taking a deer or elk, just to give more range time with the rifle.
Since both 30-06, 30-30, and 30 carbine use a .308 calliber bullet, it sounds like I should be able to use either 30-30 or 30 carbine bullets.
I figure the way to determine the overall lenght would be to match the internal case capacity for a '06 loading of the same bullet weight.
As far as I can tell, its just basic math, but I wanted to get all y'alls input before I did anything that could end in a kaboom or senselessly waste brass.
Thanks,
Chris "the Kayak-Man" Johnson
I've been shooting my 30-06, and want to get into handloading ammo for it to save money and shrink the groups. I understand that the 30-30 and 30Carbine bullets fired from an '06 may not give the same performance or be acceptable for hunting, and thats fine. I'm not planning on using these for taking a deer or elk, just to give more range time with the rifle.
Since both 30-06, 30-30, and 30 carbine use a .308 calliber bullet, it sounds like I should be able to use either 30-30 or 30 carbine bullets.
I figure the way to determine the overall lenght would be to match the internal case capacity for a '06 loading of the same bullet weight.
As far as I can tell, its just basic math, but I wanted to get all y'alls input before I did anything that could end in a kaboom or senselessly waste brass.
Thanks,
Chris "the Kayak-Man" Johnson