Author Topic: 30-30 Basic 3 1/4 !!!  (Read 1077 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Norminator

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 39
30-30 Basic 3 1/4 !!!
« on: March 06, 2013, 04:08:39 PM »
Can someone tell me about this "30-30 Basic 3 1/4 " cartridge. Not much on google. Today is the first time I ever heard of such a round.

Offline tacklebury

  • GBO Supporter
  • Trade Count: (12)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3633
  • Gender: Male
  • Central Michigan
Re: 30-30 Basic 3 1/4 !!!
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2013, 04:15:12 PM »
I believe you are referring to 30 basic 3-1/4 which is a straight wall brass.  It's like a full length 45-120 length only in .30 caliber.  It has no shoulder, so isn't really a 30-30, but the full length pencil sized brass.  I believe there is a slight taper to it though.
 
 
Tacklebury --}>>>>>    Multi-Barrel: .223 Superlite, 7mm-08 22", .30-40 Krag M158, .357 Maximum 16-1/4 HB, .45 Colt, .45-70 22" irons, 32" .45-70 Peeps, 12 Ga. 3-1/2 w/ Chokes, .410 Smooth slugger, .45 Cal Muzzy, .50 Cal Muzzy, .58 Cal Muzzy

also classics: M903 9-shot Target .22 Revolver, 1926 .410 Single, 1915 38 S&W Break top Revolver and 7-shot H&R Trapper .22 6" bbl.


Offline quickdtoo

  • Global Moderator
  • Trade Count: (149)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 43301
  • Gender: Male
Re: 30-30 Basic 3 1/4 !!!
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2013, 04:29:54 PM »
Basic brass if full length brass that an entire family of cartridges can be made of, it comes in lots of different forms, 30 Basic is just one of them, there's also 405 Basic and 45 Basic, and another for rimless  in the form of .30-06 cylinder basic.

Tim
"Always do right, this will gratify some and astonish the rest" -  Mark Twain

Offline Dinny

  • Moderators
  • Trade Count: (268)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5524
  • Gender: Male
  • "Medics Save"
Re: 30-30 Basic 3 1/4 !!!
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2013, 04:48:13 PM »
When will they make some 35cal basic brass with a rim? Think of the possibilities. ;)

Thanks, Dinny
Handi Family: 357 Max, 45 LC, 45-70, 300 BLK, 50 cal Huntsman, and 348 Win.

"If there must be trouble, let it be in my day that my child may have peace"
Thomas Paine

Offline dave29

  • GBO Supporter
  • Trade Count: (93)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1256
Re: 30-30 Basic 3 1/4 !!!
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2013, 02:20:26 AM »
When will they make some 35cal basic brass with a rim? Think of the possibilities. ;)

Thanks, Dinny

Like a .357 super duper Maxi...   ;D

Offline petemi

  • GBO Supporter
  • Trade Count: (73)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 7386
  • Gender: Male
Re: 30-30 Basic 3 1/4 !!!
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2013, 03:34:31 AM »
"Like a .357 super duper Maxi...   ;D"

I have the same question about the .38-55.  Would a longer case match .358 performance with a larger bullet? ???   

Why'd they stop at Maxi case length...anyone know?.  I have read that the .45-90 was the most efficient of the .45-70 family.  If that is true, perhaps the same applies to the .357 and .38s. ??? ??? ???

Pete
   
Keep both eyes open and make the first shot good.
The growing Handi/Sportster/Pardner/Topper Family:  .22 WMR, .22-250. 223, Two Superlight 7mm-08s and one .243, .30-30,  .308, 32-20, 18 inch .356/.358 Win., Two 16.5 inch .357 Max., 18 inch 38-55 BC Carbine, 16.5 inch .445 Super Mag., .45LC, 16.5 and 22 inch .45-70s, .50 Huntsman SS, .410, 20 ga., 12 ga., 20 ga. Pardner Pump, Versa-Pack .410 - .22
[size=7.4 pt]PLEASE DONATE TO THE GBO SERVER FUND  We're closer to the goal but not there yet, we can still use more donations, thanks

http://www.gboreloaded.com/forums/index.php/topic,191112.msg1098959491.html#msg1098959491

Offline gcrank1

  • Trade Count: (24)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 7644
  • Gender: Male
Re: 30-30 Basic 3 1/4 !!!
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2013, 04:10:09 AM »
I have a 45-90 sitting on the bench, place a 45-70 next to it and the bullet of the 90 basically sits at the top of the mouth of the 70, so the 90 is a 'full case o' powder' type of thing.
If you work out the proportions of dia/case capacity/bullet weight, etc using that as a guide you can maybe calc that out and create the '380 Uper'?
Mostly though, I think that the advent of the more powerful smokeless powder and the move to 'small bore' calibers did it in. The old timers held onto theirs but the young turks took up the 30cal.'s and if they needed more beans, maybe went straight to the 45-70. The schuetzen target shooters moved from the 45-70 to 38-55 to 32-40, etc. because they could shoot good scores longer with smaller calibers.
"Halt while I adjust my accoutrements!"
      ><   ->
We are only temporary caretakers of the past heading toward an uncertain future
22Mag UV / 22LR  Sportster
357Mag Schuetzen Special
45-70  SS Ultra Hunter with UV cin.lam. wood
12ga. 'Ol' Ugly OverKill', Buck barrel c/w  SpeedStock  and swap 28" x Full bird barrel, 1974

Offline quickdtoo

  • Global Moderator
  • Trade Count: (149)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 43301
  • Gender: Male
Re: 30-30 Basic 3 1/4 !!!
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2013, 04:50:20 AM »
Why'd they stop at Maxi case length...anyone know?.   

Perhaps because it was a revolver round.  ;)

Tim
"Always do right, this will gratify some and astonish the rest" -  Mark Twain

Offline gcrank1

  • Trade Count: (24)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 7644
  • Gender: Male
Re: 30-30 Basic 3 1/4 !!!
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2013, 05:14:24 AM »
Stevens (100yrs' ago and more) had long, pencil like cartridges that worked well with black powder, I suspect not so well with smokeless. Anyway, they are long gone but if you have a Cartridges of the World reference they would be fun to look up. BTW, there was a cartridge back then that the 357 Max basically emulates too. Maybe that size, revolver cyl. length aside, is what gets the 'bang for the buck' with modern propellants?
"Halt while I adjust my accoutrements!"
      ><   ->
We are only temporary caretakers of the past heading toward an uncertain future
22Mag UV / 22LR  Sportster
357Mag Schuetzen Special
45-70  SS Ultra Hunter with UV cin.lam. wood
12ga. 'Ol' Ugly OverKill', Buck barrel c/w  SpeedStock  and swap 28" x Full bird barrel, 1974

Offline quickdtoo

  • Global Moderator
  • Trade Count: (149)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 43301
  • Gender: Male
Re: A .38-55 Question
« Reply #9 on: March 07, 2013, 05:27:35 AM »
Some of those are listed in the COTW link I posted, you can scroll that page.

Tim

Read my first reply and look at the 38-55 in the link I posted, its parent case is the 38-50 Ballard Everlasting. Here's a copy of the COTW with some of the old 38-?? rounds, they list a 38-35 Stevens Everlasting in which a couple 41 Colt rounds can be fired, but they're smaller diameter rounds also.

Tim

http://books.google.com/books?id=bjhy8uv196IC&pg=PA132&lpg=PA132&dq=38-35+stevens+everlasting&source=bl&ots=STLNBUyxyk&sig=xRir-q_MReT_ZqUyKCQPNMcA2-g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=g242UfCEA8TErQHJ5YGQAQ&ved=0CEEQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=38-35%20stevens%20everlasting&f=false
"Always do right, this will gratify some and astonish the rest" -  Mark Twain

Offline cwlongshot

  • GBO Supporter
  • Trade Count: (158)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 9907
  • Gender: Male
  • Shooting, Hunting, the Outdoors & ATVs
Re: 30-30 Basic 3 1/4 !!!
« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2013, 12:02:42 PM »
Stevens (100yrs' ago and more) had long, pencil like cartridges that worked well with black powder, I suspect not so well with smokeless. Anyway, they are long gone but if you have a Cartridges of the World reference they would be fun to look up. BTW, there was a cartridge back then that the 357 Max basically emulates too. Maybe that size, revolver cyl. length aside, is what gets the 'bang for the buck' with modern propellants?

I cannot remember the names, But back 100 years or so Australia had ''Kangaroo rifles'' chambered in long tapered cases simular to the 32-40 only longer, in many different calibers.

I have a couple in my collection.

CW
"Pay heed to the man who carries a single shot rifle, he likely knows how to use it."

NRA LIFE Member 
Remember... Four boxes keep us free: the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.

Offline Dinny

  • Moderators
  • Trade Count: (268)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5524
  • Gender: Male
  • "Medics Save"
Re: 30-30 Basic 3 1/4 !!!
« Reply #11 on: March 07, 2013, 12:37:52 PM »
When will they make some 35cal basic brass with a rim? Think of the possibilities. ;)

Thanks, Dinny

Like a .357 super duper Maxi...   ;D

Exactly! I would like to call it a 357 ultra max. Making some 357 Basic brass 1.8+" would be a great start. ;)

Thanks, Dinny
Handi Family: 357 Max, 45 LC, 45-70, 300 BLK, 50 cal Huntsman, and 348 Win.

"If there must be trouble, let it be in my day that my child may have peace"
Thomas Paine

Offline quickdtoo

  • Global Moderator
  • Trade Count: (149)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 43301
  • Gender: Male
Re: 30-30 Basic 3 1/4 !!!
« Reply #12 on: March 07, 2013, 12:44:19 PM »
The Maxi was first called a SuperMag, so ya'd have ta add the duper!  ;D

Tim

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_magnum
"Always do right, this will gratify some and astonish the rest" -  Mark Twain

Offline cwlongshot

  • GBO Supporter
  • Trade Count: (158)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 9907
  • Gender: Male
  • Shooting, Hunting, the Outdoors & ATVs
Re: 30-30 Basic 3 1/4 !!!
« Reply #13 on: March 07, 2013, 12:56:52 PM »
The Maxi was first called a SuperMag, so ya'd have ta add the duper!  ;D

Tim

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_magnum

Those where in Dan Wesson guns. There name IIRC...

CW
"Pay heed to the man who carries a single shot rifle, he likely knows how to use it."

NRA LIFE Member 
Remember... Four boxes keep us free: the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.