.30 Tc

[mewachee]

I am considering getting a new Thomson Center rifle in the .30 TC developed by Hornady. I have two concerns:

1. Getting beyond the hype of a new load, how does it perform. Is it efficient?

2. How difficult and expensive is this going to be to reload for?

 

[Grumulkin]

At least you're smart enough to have concerns.

The load probably performs more or less as advertised with a proprietary powder not available to handloaders. This is the most ill conceived and stupid cartridge any manufacturer has come up with for quite a few years. It's no better in any respect than the 308 Winchester for which the T/C Icon is also chambered.

If you want to know how expensive it is to load for, just price the dies. Then check to see if there is ANY source of unloaded brass for it.

I wouldn't buy it unless it's very cheap and you're willing to wait for brass to become available.

 

[CBS220]

It only gets its advertised specs with the fancy factory powders.

Stay away, unless for some reason you want a watered down .30 when you could have a .308...

 

[280shooter]

the case is nothing short of the OLD 300 savage,And using the new powder,U'll never get what power range the new 30 T/C offers,
I wouldnt touch it,unless its in the 308,period,

 

[mewachee]

Thanks. They claim it gets 30-06 velocities. I have seen where short mag case burn more efficiently, so I thought this would be like a more efficient 30-06. I don't mind shooting factory to acquire brass. However, it is just another .30.

Again, thanks for your advice.

 

[rcmodel]

The .308 Winchester is a more efficient 30-06!

I predict this one, like lots of other new "wonder" calibers coming out monthly, will be a THR trivia question 20 years from now!

Like:
Q. "What was the .30TC cartridge they used to make years ago good for?"
A. Selling new guns & factory ammo."

rcmodel

 

[Z-Michigan]

Join the Hornady cartridge-of-the-month club?

I'm still waiting for an explanation of how 6.5 Creedmoor has any significant benefit over .260 Rem. Same question for .450 Bushmaster compared to .458 SOCOM or .50 Beowulf. I'm not against new cartridges, but I hate to see multiple incompatible designs that all do basically the same thing, but run up ammo prices and make things non-interchangeable.

 

[rcmodel]

IMHO: As well as unobtainable in a few years for a lot of them!

Even the WSSM cartridges are getting loadings dropped right & left from the Winchester catalog already.

Hate to see whats still avaible in a few more years.

rcmodel

 

[dagger dog]

Most of the "new" cartridges are nothing but wildcats changed just enough to be called new.

The US Army wanting a ballistic equivalent of the 30 06 ,Winchester replied with the .308 Win.. It is , in some bullet weights,and surpasses in others and falls short in the rest.

I guess the TC 30 could fill that very small performance gap the .308 Win. couldn't, but would it be worth the new barrel or rifle and the brass to find out?

 

[Der Verge]

The .30 TC shares a story like the .308

At first we had the .30-06. Some one wanted a shorter, more efficient round, keeping the .30 cal 150gr bullet. The .308 was born. Ballistically, the two are the same, or close enough. (yes, blah blah blah, if you handload, etc, etc. lets keep it simple, and talk factory ammo.)

Well, someone else decided they wanted the performance of .308, but a little shorter, and a bit more efficient, with a 150 gr 30 cal bullet. Alakazam, the .30TC.

IMO, get the rifle in .308. I do not see the need for the .30TC. I think it will be a dead cartrige in 5-10 years, as there is just no room for it in this world. It offers no benefits over .308, except is uses a few grains less powder. Big deal.

 

[CBS220]

Did anyone else think that Hornady's reasoning for the RCM series was more than a little silly?

It's exactly the same as a WSM or RSAUM, but through magical tweaking of minute case dimensions, it somehow magically can make itself perform better from shorter tubes... as if a deer/elk would ever know a 100fps difference.

 

[Der Verge]

It is not that the RCM line of cartriges is great, just that the shooting magazines tell us that they are great.

I am sick and tired of reading RAVE reviews on EVERYTHING the gun mfg.s put out.

 

[janobles14]

i got to shoot one and i liked it a lot. i have to agree with everyone else though. it isnt any better than a .308 or .30-06