.30 Remington loads?

[Bill in Oregon]

Just got me my first Model 8. It's not a lever gun, but it came from the mind of John Browning, and that is enough for me. It's a .30 Remington, and if anyone has loaded for this old sweetie, I would love to hear your experiences.

[polardaddy]

i have a 25 remington, and have not had the chance to reload it, I asked the same question on a different forum and here was the link that someone posted
http://www.reloadersnest.com/frontpage. ... iberID=183

[Hobie]

Come on, post pics! Love those 8s! IIRC you can use the same bullets and charges as with the .30 WCF.

[barbarossa]

I just picked up a Rem 81 in 35 remington and I m currently waiting on delivery, should be here next week.I also found a lyman folding tang sight for it, and my wife bought it for me as an anniversary gift.

Will post picks of it, when it arrives.

[Don McDowell]

Way back when..... the load data in manuals for 30-30 also had the 30rem in the heading.

[Hobie]

Anyone interested in a Model 8 carbine?

[Lefty Dude]

Are you wanting to load Jacketed or lead rounds ?

If the answer is yes, I have a very nice load for my 141 remington 30 pump rifle.

The loading is the same as the 30-30, for all bullets & powder you might choose.

Factory Fodder is very hard to come by. I look for it at the gun shows. And there it has become quite pricey. $35.00-$40.00 for a box of 20 seems to be the going rate. I have found two boxes, one Winchester Silvertips, the other Remington corelocks for $5.00 a box. Both boxes were full. A Ammo collector offered me $40.00 @ and I turned him down.

I bought 100 new Remington cases and found a set of used Redding 30 Remmington dies for $25.00 W/ the shell holder.
Some try and load 30 Remmy with 30-30 Winchester dies, the cases are not the same. The 30R has a different shoulder angle than the 30W, also body size is slightly different.
I shoot only lead in my 30R 141. I passed on a Model 81 30R several years ago that was mint.
That was mistake.

Have fun with that piece, and I know you will, as my 141 is almost my favorite Rifle. Beside my Leverguns of course.

[Bill in Oregon]

Fellas, thanks. I do have an older Lyman manual with data, and have heard you can substitute .30 WCF data as well. I think I also have a chapter in Waters' Pet Loads on the cartridge. I will probably shoot jacketed bullets. Upon cleaning the barrel of 101 years' worth of copper fouling, the bore was in very fine shape expect for a mild ring near the muzzle. The gun came from New England, so it probably was fired once with a snout full of snow. I expect it will still shoot minute of deer. Will post photos when I can. Serial number dates it to 1908.

[KCSO]

30-30 data is just about interchangable, but the best data is in Pet Loads and it pushes the 30 Rem up a notch from the 30-30. I used a cast bullet load in my 30 and 35 and pushed the bullets to 2000+.

[GoatGuy]

Anyone interested in a Model 8 carbine?

Well,... Yeah!!

[Hobie]

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