Barrel for 30BR

[Chama]

Hello, I am going to purchase a 30BR barrel from Krieger, what twist should I get, a 1-17 or 1-18 twist? I will be using Berger 115 gr. bullets. Thanks for any help.

 

[JEFFPPC]

Not sure it makes a world of difference. I have had both, both work great. Very forgiving cartridge when it comes to tuning. Only thing I have ran into was my Robinette style reamer shoots much better with .925 jackets than 1.0 in.

 

[Bill Norris]

I'm shooting the 115 Bergers and the 112 Barts out of my 30BR with great accuracy. My barrel is 24 " 1 -17 Twist.

 

[Talon]

I've used both I think I prefer the 17 which I've used for a long time.
Chad Schmidt

 

[JimPag]

I shoot both. IMO the 18 doesn't shoot as good in the cold weather as a 17, but when it's warm they both shoot about the same. Most people shoot a 17.

 

[rkittine]

My 30BR Barrel is 1:17

 

[Terry]

I have 2 17's. Very happy!

 

[WSMNUT]

Lilja 3 Groove 1-17” HV 24” Barrel.
This my #1 choice for the 30BR.
I’ve chambered several of them for guys in this forum and others and even one for myself and they’ve all done the same thing. Shoots zeros and low 1’s very consistently.
If you haven’t ordered it yet get in touch with @Hoodoo (Carson Lilja)
There’s a reason it takes 8-10 weeks to get one and they’re worth the wait. Who knows he might even have one laying around that no one knows about!

 

[jackieschmidt]

The very best 30BR barrels I have had are all 1-18 twist. But I shoot nothing but 112 bullets on .925 jackets.
Just my opinion, but the only thing a heavier or longer bullet gets you in Varmint for Score is more recoil.

 

[Bill Norris]

Finally got a hold of some H-4198 and loaded a few of Bart's 112 for my 30BR built by ODCR (WSMNUT). Although the V V powders do very good I think I may have shot my tightest group so far with it.

 

[jackieschmidt]

Finally got a hold of some H-4198 and loaded a few of Bart's 112 for my 30BR built by ODCR (WSMNUT). Although the V V powders do very good I think I may have shot my tightest group so far with it.

If someone asks me to sit down on any given day and shoot the smallest group I possibly could, I will probably pick up my 30BR.
the things are scary accurate.

 

[rangertim]

Good bullets in a 30 BR no mater 1-17 1-18 with H-4198 and a little seating depth play will produce small groups quite easily! All my 30 BR barrels have been 1-17 with 3 to 3.5 thousand neck clearance and a 324 bushing usually 4 to 10 thousand jam has never disappointed !

 

[sdean]

If someone asks me to sit down on any given day and shoot the smallest group I possibly could, I will probably pick up my 30BR.
the things are scary accurate.

At what distance Jackie?

 

[LVLAaron]

The 30BR has always been interesting to me.... I'd like to start piecing one together just for fun. I have an old hunter BR gun that I'm cleaning up and needs a barrel for the task.

What's the prescriptive barrel length for this?

 

[JimPag]

The 30BR has always been interesting to me.... I'd like to start piecing one together just for fun. I have an old hunter BR gun that I'm cleaning up and needs a barrel for the task.

What's the prescriptive barrel length for this?

Mostly all of my 30BR barrels are between 22&1/2 and 23".

 

[Terry]

Jim's response is accurate!

I had mine made at 28". Not the norm, but they shoot great.

 

[RGRobinett]

Button barrel, except PacNor, go 1:17": PacNor, or, cut barrel, go 1.18" (1:17 won't hurt ). Via either twist, so long as bullets are FB, and <1.02" long, gyroscopic stability will not be an issue.

Since 1997*, when Chris Dichter (sp?) (PacNor) made our initial 1:18" twist five-groove barrels, with a single exception, I have shot either PacNor, or, Bartlein 1:18" twist, 5-groove barrels: the sole exception, a very good Kostyshyn 1:17", chambered for 30x47HBR.

*Yes, prior to Ronnie Long having, 'dreamt up' the 30BR, yours truly and a few pals had been using AND winning with the PacNor 1:18" on 30x47 HBR Hunter Class rifles! Meanwhile, down in the South East, Ronnie and a pal of his set about kicking posterior with a pair of [1:18" twist] barrels chambered with my 30x47HBR reamer. Their success with the 30x47s moved Ronnie in the direction of the smaller, more efficient, and more readily formed/prepared cartridge - Jim Stekl's (sp?) necked-up BR case.

Though far less popular, than the 7mmBR - way back in my youth - there were a few 30BRs used in handgun silhouette shooting. Intended to knock over heavy steel plate targets, requiring energy and time-on-target, thus long/heavy bullets, those 30BRs featured out-dated, over-twisted (1:10") barrels. That is, over-twisted for use with the very short/light bullets we were migrating toward for point-blank bench-rest score shooting . . . those initial PacNor 1:18" five-groove barrels opened a whole new universe of precision. RG

 

[JEFFPPC]

If someone asks me to sit down on any given day and shoot the smallest group I possibly could, I will probably pick up my 30BR.
the things are scary accurate.

Nope....PPC

 

[Bill Norris]

24 inch on my 700 1 - 17 & 23 inch on my M 7 1 - 15 Tw.

 

[LVLAaron]

Redding makes 30BR dies - Are these good to go?