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Offline HHI 812

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30 Carbine design for a revolver
« on: January 22, 2007, 12:42:00 AM »
Hi Veral,
How you doing? Hope things are well with you. I am in the process of getting a Ruger 7 1/2" Blackhawk in 30 Carbine, and wondering what design and weight you would suggest? Not sure what the barrel twist is, but have read 150 grains was pretty much max to stabalize. Want a real thumper like the one you made for me for my short barrel 357 mag, but concerned that long range accuracy would suffer? The 30 carbine would be a long range shooter, so want to take advantage of that with as much punch as I can get.
Thanks,
Dennis

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Re: 30 Carbine design for a revolver
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2007, 08:55:13 AM »
  I haven't used a 30 carbine revolver nor had any feedback from customers, as there aren't many of them in circulation.  However, I believe I'd give my FN in 130 gr the first try, and would probably not change even if weights to 150 gr were accurate.  With the small frontal area 1500 fps is needed to get decent killing punch, and more is much better.  A 130 gr will get this velocity easily.

  I've killed quite a bit of game with a 30 carbine, 10 inch twist, in a single shot handgun which I built many years ago.  In it I favored 160 gr started at 1150 fps.  These were pure lead softnose bullets with hollow points.  I took probably around 10 deer with it, and the farthest any of them traveled was I believe less than 50 yards.  The gun would drive 200 gr cast bullets at 1800 fps quite comfortably, this with 12 inch barrel, but I shot it with my thumb knuckle pressed into the hollow of my cheek, which set the rifle scope at the proper eye relief, and steadied the back of the gun.  Recoil tolerance set my limit at 160 gr/1150 fps, as the cheek isn't the proper place for heavy recoil!

  I've wandered away from your revolver question because I give personal experiance, which is single shot with the carbine.  This is a horrible under rated cartridge when used in a strong handgun.  Your Ruger will certainly drive 150 160 grain bullets into fine accuracy if the twist is at least 1 in 12.  My single shot was a cannon breach,  which held the ctg at 0 headspace, and was capable of standing 60,000 psi without the slightest strain.  .
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Re: 30 Carbine design for a revolver
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2007, 09:01:35 AM »
Veral,
You shoot a single shot pistol!!!!! Never thought you were into handguns??? Hope things are well with you.
Dennis

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Re: 30 Carbine design for a revolver
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2007, 04:11:20 PM »
If it goes bang and sends a string of projectiles into a tiny group, I'm into it!  I also used to pretty proficient with a shotgun, but in this country there isn't a huntable small game population so I've gotten pretty rusty with my Remington 870.  Can I brag a little?  I once shot three animals with three shots and an onlooker behind me thought I fired only once!  That was three dogs who were tearing up my livestock, and they were running fast as they could nose to tail.  All landed in one stack.  No 2 magnum shot is that deadly out to a bit over 40 yards from a full choke gun.
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