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Is there a leverevolution .308 Winchester round with the soft tip or is it only in the .308 Marlin?
I have a 30-30 Marlin and was reading a post were a 336 Marlin was rechambered to shoot .308 but the shooter would only load 2 rounds in .308 Win .1 in the tube, 1 in the barrel for safety.
With a Leverevolution .308 it could load a full tube.
No gunsmith in his right mind would do it in the first place.
SAAMI Specs:
.307 Win is 52,000 CUP.
.375 Win is 52,000 CUP.
.308 Win is 62,000 PSI.
.308 Win is 52,000 CUP
The new .308 Marlin Express uses propriority propellants to provide maximum muzzle velocity at conventional pressures of 46,000-47,000.
You will not be able to match it with available powders for reloading.
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A .308 ballistic tip has the same advantages that the softy stuff gives for lever guns. There's no point to using the soft tip in a rifle that fires from a box magazine.
You are quite correct. My Bad!we need to compare apples to apples here
You are quite correct. My Bad!
And believe it or not, it wasn't intentional.
I still contend that a rear locking lever-action designed for the 30-30 is marginal in strength for the .308 Winchester.
Marlin made a few, for a very short time before discontinuing them.
But so few it is a foot-note in history now.
I have to wonder why?
So what does all this have to do with the Marlin 336? Well, it wasn't long before Marlin waded into the fray by introducing their Model 375, which was nothing more nor less than a 336 chambered for .375 Winchester. Later, they similarly introduced 336s chambered for .307 and .356 Winchester. Despite some claims to the contrary, it has been fairly conclusively proven that these are standard 336 actions, with no extra-special heat treatment nor other "tricks" to enable them to survive 55,000 psi pressures. Furthermore, there are at least a couple of gunsmiths who do steady business rechambering standard 336s to .356 Winchester, and several owners of such rechambered rifles on popular online rifle forums, and I have never yet read of any problems with these conversions.
Still, Winchester had to beef up the 94 receiver to make the Big Bore 94 strong enough for the .375 Win caliber.