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william iorg

Mine shot pretty well using the open sights and I went ahead and put a Weaver V-3 on it. The front sight is pretty tall as issued and I doubt you could get a Sourdough any taller. I’ll look at Brownells today and see. I put a pretty tall Sourdough on my .32 Magnum Marlin as the XS rear sight stands ...

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With the 100-grain bullets I stopped at 26.0 grains. I don’t remember where Dr. A stopped.
Believe it or not it is very hard to beat IMR 4320 in the .25-35 and in the .25-35AI.
Have you tried any 100-grain bullets in your rifle?

william iorg

I don’t know the age of your rifle but in my Model 94AE I push the 100-grain Speer JHP to 2,630 fps using Alliant Reloder 10X. Both Reloder 10X and Reloder 15 will push the 117-grain Hornady above 2,350 fps. Dr. A started this thread a few years ago. We had a lot of dun comparing notes. http://shoot...

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Hobie, Looking at my notes there were a number of short range loads available for the .25-35 using 87-grain JHP, JSP and LDRN bullets. Most all of the cases had deep cannelures rolled into the case neck at less than half length to keep the short bullets from setting back in the case neck. I believe ...

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Hobby, the .25-35 sure does change point of impact with bullet weight change. The 1940 Shooters Bible lists several different loads for the .25-35. Western had a 117-grain full metal jacketed load and a flat nose boat tail bullet. Western had an Open Point Expanding (hollow point) boat tail bullet. ...

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There were a number of specialty loads for the .25-35 WCF, .25-36 Marlin and the .25 Remington. I have several in my cartridge collection which include light bullets, full metal jacket and spitzer bullets. There were hollow points and “pneumatic” bullets. Horace Kephart, Charles Askins Sr., Townsend...

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Goatguy,

Yuor mount sound like my Burris forward scope mount. I put it on my Trapper just to try out and liked it so well I have never removed it.
The 10th post down in this thread has a picture of the Burris mount.

http://shootersforum.com/showthread.htm?t=22080

william iorg

Point well taken. I have posted something similar to this before but it fits here. P. O. Ackley and others of his time sold high performance. There are two excellent articles from American Rifleman magazines which explain their goals. The first article: December 1953 issue. The H. P. White Laborator...

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Personally I have no problem with the modern Model 94 and higher pressures. I believe Mr. Nonneman when he says the Winchesters show uneven or non uniform heat treatment in his tests. In my shooting with the .30-30AI I am certain I have been above 50,000 CUP regularly without difficulty. If we treat...

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Chris Cash may have his posts. I don’t know how the older guns stack up but I think I have the information. I’ll look for it. I would not convert a rifle I already had in .38-55. Too much fun to be had with the .375 and .38-55 rifles. The 1964 rifle would probably do well but I realy think I would s...

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I don’t know any more. In my opinion the .308 Marlin Express changes everything. If I were going to ream a rifle today I would probably ream it to .308 Marlin Express as the cartridge case is easier to work with than the .30-30AI case. Seattle Reloader has two Marlin 336 rifles converted to .307 Win...

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Yes, a good chamffer and the Lee belling die helps quite a bit. I mentioned this to Dave Scovill once in a letter and he commented on my use of the Lyman M die by saying if I would look carefully at my chronograph readings I would find the use of the M die would give me higher veolicty spreads. I te...

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Don has it right. Don’t use Imperial Wax on the inside of your case necks. I use both the Lyman M-die and the Lee case neck expander die on the .30-30AI. The shoulder is easy to set back slightly and bulge the case just below the shoulder. This is hard to see when looking at your loaded ammunition. ...

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With the 20” barrel .30-30AI my velocity goals were 3,000 fps with the 100/110 grain bullets, 2,700 fps with the 125/130 grain bullets, 2,500 fps with the 150 grain bullets and 2,300 fps with the 170 grain bullets. I can exceed any of these velocities with any powder from Hodgdon 322 up through Alli...

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Varget is the most accurate powder I have tried in the .30-30AI. Reloder 15 gives the highest velocity with almost as good accuracy. The Speer 170-grain bullet is my favorite for the .30-30AI and the .307 Winchester. The Speer 130-grain flat nose and the 150-grain Barnes X have given me the best acc...

william iorg

I sure like Hodgdon 4895 and H335 in the .30-30AI. Both powders meet my velocity goals and provide good accuracy. I’ve said before you could start and stop your powder search with 4895.
Have you found H4895 and H335 to be interchangeable grain for grain with your 150- and 170-grain loads?

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I left my barrel in place when I reamed my Marlin. The extension hood on the barrel will take some light cuts from the reamer as it begins to push the shoulder forward. Even going slowly and frequently cleaning the reamer it takes longer to disassemble the rifle than cut the chamber. Here is a link ...

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Is the 307 really a parent cartrige or just a similar one? I thought the cases entirely different but dont have 307's to compare to.. Yes, it is. Taylor started a thread on this. In the .307 Winchester thread I have mixed quite a bit of .308 Marlin Express load data as we compared it to the .307. M...

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The .308 Marlin Express using the LeveRevolution ammo is a very surprising and interesting cartridge.
The Marlin 308MX rifle seems to have its working parts fitted together with just a little more care. My 22â€

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The .256 didnâ€™t have a chance when it came out as most varmint hunters want to shoot long distance. There are few small game hunters because there are few places left to hunt small game. Marlin made a serious error when they cut the chamber too long on their rifles. The long chamber handles factor...

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I have a Marlin Levermatic. The Marlin chamber is long and case life is short. The way the Levermatic locks up you must full length re-siz - actualy very close to it in order for action to lock closed. Good rifle, poor chamber. Greg Mushial at GMDR had a Marlin Model 94 in .256. His rifle had a cust...

william iorg

Hobie, I certainly agree...
The one good bit of information on the Mossberg is that it uses the Weaver No. 403 base. This is the base (front) used by all but the earliest Winchester Big Bore rifles.

william iorg

Karl, I have long wanted to do exactly what you are about to do. I have studied quite a bit of .300 Savage load data and there is quite a bit of it that appears too good to be true. I have a personal attachment to the cartridge but have never been able to develop a clear understanding of its perform...

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â€œmy point is, is the difference between the 2, worth it.â€

william iorg

To be fair you cannot compare the .30-30 LeveRevolution to the .308 Marlin Express. To begin with the two bullets are different and have a different BC.
.30-30 LeveRevolution ammunition chronographed 2,087 fps in my 16â€

william iorg

Hobie,
All fine cartridges and rifles.
If your buying a new rifle the Marlin 308MX is a good one.

william iorg

A fine rifle and cartridge at an excellent price. Here are links to two rambling threads which have some .308 Marlin Express data for you to ponder. The .307 Winchester (my favorite) is dead and gone. The .308ME is easier to work with than the .30-30AI (a very fine cartridge in its own right). If yo...

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Ears flapping in the breeze,
Tongue hanging out,
Eagar look on its face,
Tugging at the leashâ€¦

william iorg

There is a thread on the Beartooth forum comparing the 16- 20- and 26-inch .30-30â€™s. Alliant Reloder 15 and Hodgdon Varget will surprise you with their performance but 2,350 fps from a 20 inch barrel is not a reasonable goal. As a side note the .307 Winchester will exceed 2,450 fps with the 170-gr...

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If you want a pair of rifles which compliment each other get a .348 or a .356 and a .218 Bee. The trajectory over 200 yards is about the same when sighted properly. Using iron sights you can use the same sight setting and bead placement. Francis sell dubbed the .218 Bee his "Understudy rifle.&q...

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Capstick is not among my favorite writers but I like his work. There is little doubt he was a hunter and a rifleman. The best thing abut Capstick was he did not take himself too seriously. I believe if you can laugh at yourself you have been around and have little to prove. I posted this on the Bear...

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For me it is the trio of the Winchester Model 64, 65 and 71. Hard to beat the rifles and the cartridges they were chambered for. If I think about the best all around hunting rifle it has to be the Model 1886 Lightweight in .50-100-450. It is probably the best of the old hunting rifles. for the moder...

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Chris, Youre close. Look for the 1985 Edition of the Gun Digest and go to the rifle review section.
The rifle has no checkering, a paddle stock and sling swivels. I put the picture up on Beartooth awhile ago but dont remember where.

william iorg

You checked the way I did. It is possible our dies reduce the case neck to a slightly different dimension or our .30-30 cases were a little different thickness â€“ I used Remington cases and both RCBS and Lee dies. The majority of the .25-35 cases I formed from .30-30 cases would not allow a bullet ...

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GTaylor, I am surprised you can chamber a reformed .30-30 at all without inside neck reaming or outside neck turning. In unreamed reformed .30-30 cases after firing my bullets were an iInterference fit. I had to inside ream the necks before I could use the .30-30 or .375 Winchester brass in either o...

william iorg

I have one of the last Model 94AEâ€™s in .25-35 and it is a fine shooting rifle.
I had a 24â€

william iorg

I certainly enjoy loading for and shooting the .307 Winchester. With Winchester gone the .308 Marlin Express, while not quite a friendly to reload due to the lower pressure restriction and the generous case capacity, is a good substitute. I intend to try the new TSX side by side in the .307 and the ...

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I have loaded quite a few of the old style smooth sided 150-grain Barnes X in the .307 Winchester and the .30-30AI. I have posted quite a bit of this on the Beartooth forum so I wonâ€™t bore you with repetition here. In general I can say the 150-grain Barnes-X is tied with the Speer 130-grain flat n...

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