30-30 brass

[93marshooter]

What do you consider the best and most consistent 30-30 brass for accurate reloading. I am assuming (and believing) that in a lever gun accurate reloading is possible. I can improve on my past efforts.

[damienph]

I prefer Remington (R-P) brass. Although all of my 30-30 brass, regardless of manufacturer, seems to last a long time.

In 30-30, the other brands that I have is Winchester, Federal and some PMC. I can't honestly say that one performs better or lasts longer than another. Remington has always been my first choice.

[Rusty]

six one, and half a dozen the other. All about the same. I never try to turn into any kind of magnum.

[93marshooter]

I don't try to magnum my loads but I want to get enough consistency to make a good 100 yard group with my Lee 170 gr gas check cast WW bullets. I have been using Lee dipper 1.9 for 26 gr. imr 4895 or 2.2 dipper for 30 grs. of same. I have separated brass by brand this time and separated bullets by weight. I plan to use scale rather than dipper for 28 grs of 4895 to see what happens.

[AJMD429]

I haven't noticed quality differences between brass brands in .30-30, but I don't shoot that much of it.

I think regardless of what brand you use, it might help to consider sorting the brass by weight, and of course trimming to length, reaming/uniforming flash holes, and neck reaming. Size them minimally just enough for the gun you're using them in, too.

.30-30 CAN be incredibly accurate; it's just that most folks don't want/need that kind of accuracy from their .30-30's, and leverguns sometimes have some weird torques and such from the tubular magazines.

If you haven't read the "Accurizing Leverguns" article on here somewhere, it's a good one.

[Lefty Dude]

Remington is my preference for accuracy Brass. I do alot of sorting by weight, and case prep before the actual loading process for my accuracy loads.

[6pt-sika]

When I was big into 30-30's I had maybe 700 pieces of WW brass and maybe the same amount of R/P . I've always preferred WW brass when i can get it , but as others have said there are no flies on R/P brass either !

[6pt-sika]

I don't try to magnum my loads but I want to get enough consistency to make a good 100 yard group with my Lee 170 gr gas check cast WW bullets. I have been using Lee dipper 1.9 for 26 gr. imr 4895 or 2.2 dipper for 30 grs. of same. I have separated brass by brand this time and separated bullets by weight. I plan to use scale rather than dipper for 28 grs of 4895 to see what happens.

Try 19 , 20 and 21 WEIGHED grains of Accurate Arms 5744 and see what you get with the Lee 170 grain GC cast bullet .

[Griff]

Use a ball or flake powder vs an extruded powder. You won't have cut the extruded powder to get exact matches on weights. Whille I've used Federal brass, it was only because I had more of it on hand. I was able to get 50 cases that all weighed thhe same and held the exact same weigh and cc's of water. I suspect in any large enough sample, the other brands would also.

[93marshooter]

These are all good advice. I will do most of these but cant get the neck turning device just now. I will weigh brass now that I have some separated by brand. However there is Winchester, WW and Winchester super X. I am grouping by manufactures not just label on the case.

[damienph]

Right or wrong, I always considered Western, Super X and Winchester all the same.

[6pt-sika]

Right or wrong, I always considered Western, Super X and Winchester all the same.

Yes I always grouped all of these together !

In what I call Remington brass I had some stamped R/P , some Peters , some UMC and some just plain REM .