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Offline 1longshot

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30-30 AI fire forming loads for 150gr cast gas check
« on: March 23, 2005, 05:36:20 AM »
Does anyone have any loads they would share with me?  I have 400 Lyman Lead Gas Checked bullets that I would like to use to fire form some new 30-30 AI brass.  I have never done this before.  I would like to burn as little powder as possible.  If I can have my cake and eat it too.  I wouldn't mind having a load I could plink with while fire forming.

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Robert
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Offline Jim S

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30/30AI fireform loads
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2005, 01:40:50 PM »
If less is better try speer 100Gr plinkers with 10.0 Unique

  With the 150 cast you can get good results with 17.0/4759 --very accurate load out of my 14' 30/30.
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30-30 AI fire forming loads for 150gr cast
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2005, 04:19:40 PM »
8.0 grains of unique to start.  See if it will blow out the shoulder.  Work up a grain at a time until the shoulder blows out.   On my 30 Bower Alaskan, I had to go up to 12 grains to blow out the 307 brass, but it has greater capacity and is thicker.

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30-30 AI fire forming loads for 150gr cast
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2005, 06:49:40 PM »
I will try the unique powder. Sounds good.  What kind of velocity can I expect out of a 15" barrel?
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« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2005, 11:11:32 AM »
looked back in my notes and 11.5 unique/150 cast (gas checked) gave me 1550 . Not a wimpy load though though but good accuracy out to 200 yards shooting at rams with it. This was the "old " unique work up to this load. Old --unique supposed to burn a little slower.
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