30-30 Winchester History

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In this week’s article summary the required reading was an article the explained the History and Performance of the .30-30 Winchester. The article began with a detailed overview of the history of the cartridge. The article also detailed the performance characteristics of the round. The next topic that was reviewed was the factory offerings. The article also reviewed the options for handloading the cartridge.

The article began with the author giving us the reader a history lesson over the .30-30 Winchester. The author explains that in 1886 the French adopted the first military smokeless cartridge the 8mm Lebel. This led to other countries to also adopt smokeless cartridges to military service. While the military started adopting these smokeless cartridges most hunter where more hesitant to commit to smokeless and abandon the larger bore black powder cartridges. In 1894 Winchester entered into the hunts market with the model 94. The model 94 was initially chambered in popular black powder cartridges but in 1895 Winchester changed the chambering to their own offering the .30 Winchester centerfire. The cartridge was the first smokeless jacketed hunting round in America. The early loading for these cartridges was comprised of a 160-grain bullet and 30 grains of black powder capable of traveling 1960 feet per second. The round gained in popularity because of flat shooting nature. One of the major drawbacks from the round was its inability to effectively kill larger game.
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Due to the tube magazines that the guns that employed this cartridge the bullet must either be a flat nosed or rounded to prevent the round from discharging under recoil while still in the tube. The necessary shape of the bullet limits the potential of the round. The round it capable only to about 200 yards. Due to the limited nature of the round the shooter must focus on delivering well-placed shots to effectively stop the intended