.30-30 question

[Mark Palmer]

I have not been able to find standard 150 gr .30-30 bullets for a while, so I have been clipping the noses off 150 gr .308 FMJ bullets to load up. My question is does anybody know of a tool designed to cleanly do this? This as opposed to flattening the bullet with a grinder or such.

These round work OK, but they are not consistent the way I've been doing the job, i.e. clipping or grinding and then smoothing.

 

[joshb]

Define “standard” and I’ll go down to my local Gibson’s and see if they have some. I bought a couple boxes of Speer Hot Core soft points a few months ago. They weren’t cheap at about $50/box.
They might have them.
I also found and bought 500 Extreme plated lead 150s online for about $60.

 

[Edd]

Have you ever considered something like these?

.308 Cal-143gr Lever Hammer - Hammer Bullets

This bullet is designed specifically for 30-30 lever action rifles with tube feed magazine. It will also work very well in any 30 caliber rifle. Recommended min twist rate is 1-14" or faster Bullet length is 1.053" Bullet weight is 140gr Recommended use: Big game hunting G1-BC= .287

hammerbullets.com