Reloads for a Schmidt-Rubin 1889

[EddieCoyle]

I picked up a sporterized 1889 in beautiful condition last week and want to make some ammo for it.

I have some boxer-primed 7.5x55 brass into which I seated a 150gr .308 bullet to test the chamberability (if that's even a word) and it went in fine with about 0.010 to the lands.

I've read that this action is too weak for the GP11 ammo, but that many were rechambered for .30-30.

What's the general consensus on loading this using .30-30 data and letting her rip?

Safe?

 

[kestak]

Greetings,

I reload for K31 and 1896/11 models. For both of them, I use Ramshot TAC (fed magnum primers) with the minimum load. I have no problem with either ones.

Just in case you do not know, the K31 dies are different than the dies for the other 7.5Swiss.

That website has a lot of good information : http://www.swissrifles.com/

Thank you