Failed Cartridges
- Thread starter Davers
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I picked up a 30 TC the other day, never would’ve thought buying the all time sales flop made me a follower
Coyotefurharvester
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I won a TC icon in 30TC. Very accurate, taken it elk hunting twice. 2 shots 2 elk. I see the brass is no longer listed on the Hornady ws. Luckily I purchased 100 brass and a case of ammo years ago. It's like loading a souped up 308 win, very easy load development.
That’s what this one is. I had an Encore barrel a long time ago and it shot really well but was busy with other projects at the time and didn’t shoot it very much. Sold it for some reason that seemed to make sense at the time. Always kinda wanted to get another one and always kinda wanted an Icon because I'm a TC fan. That cartridge is always the butt of jokes but I think people would be pleasantly surprised with it.
My barber growing up used to hunt Blacktails with one, he loved it.
butchlambert
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I'm waiting on reamers for a 222 Remington Mag Ackley Improved.
butchlambert
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The reamers are here. Barrel in the lathe just waiting on the receiver to ream and headspace. I made the sizing and seating die yesterday. I'm waiting on jhoghunter to finish profiling the walnut blank that I got from Dave Tooley.
HandgunHTR
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That one would be fun. Kinda like a modernized 7-30 Waters.
If I wasn't already swimming in Encore and Contender barrels that I don't shoot, I would think this would be a good one to build a barrel on.
Steve Donlon
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I think that would have been better than shooting the supersonic 125gr. MK bullets from the 300 BLK. I would have bought a Remington 30 AR rifle to do what I have the 300 BLK for now. To bad it was a flop.
I like the idea of a 30 grendel (30 major), Similar to the 30 AR. Good amount of punch for an AR. The 6.8spc deserves more credit as well.
HandgunHTR
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My 6.8 and the 6X45 are my two favorite ARs.
I also have a 25-45 Sharps in an AR side charging upper from Bear Creek Arsenal. I disabled the gas block so it is a straight pull bolt gun. Now Bear Creek has a bolt action receiver but mine is working fine as is. I use Ramshot Tac powder, cci 41 primers and 80 grain tsx bullets for a velocity of 2998 fps three shot average. I took my first deer with it two seasons ago with a 110 grain flex tip bullet at around 2700 fps and it worked very well. Less than 10 yards for recovery.
I have a 6x45 also, I took my first two deer with it this past season. 95 grain SSTs loaded to around 2600 fps. They only went 10 yards.
That's exactly why I handload. During the last ammo shortage I bought a 70 pound bucket of mixed 5.56 and 308 blanks from a scrap yard when ammo and components were scarce as hens teeth. Over the next few years I have turned the 308 blanks into 30-06, 8x57 mauser, 308, 7mm08, 260 and 243. I've turned the 5.56 blanks into 5.56/223, 6X45 and 25-45 Sharp's. I just last week finished working up the last of the 308 blanks and I have the last 280 of the 5.56 blanks tumbled ready to process. The 308 cases required some neck turning as they were pretty thick but the 5.56 just requires trimming off the crimp, full length resize and decap and then trim. I would have to go through and add everything up but it would be safe to say I have made over 500 rounds of usable ammo from that one bucket of scrap.
I have carried the LCP, the LCP Gen 2 and now the LCP MAX for 15 years as security for my church. It fits nicely in my dress pants pocket or in jeans. During or last qualification I scored 93 out of 100 against full size and mid sized guns from 9mm to 45 acp. That little dude is very accurate once you know how to hold it. I have a diy thumb "shelf" on the trigger guard, and I use an 80% grip with my off hand, thumb along the slide pointing towards target. This reduces the tendency to torque the pistol while pulling the trigger. I believe it is referred to as the vice grip method. Whatever it's called it works very well fir me.
The 30 Grendel would be 7.62x39. We already have that. I have an AR upper and a Howa in it and the will hammer deer! I shoot all factory ammo in them both with no issues, whether they measure .308" or .312". I handload .308" bullets and I really like the 110 and 120 grain Tac TX bullets designed for the blackout in it. Just like the 6 ARC, you can load them hotter in a bolt gun.
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