Most Consistent 30-30 Winchester brass.

[pondskipper]

I'm trying to figure out exactly who makes the best and most consistent 30-30 win brass and before its asked or questioned, yes, it's definitely relevant to ELR especially with how far I plan to take it. So far I've tried Nosler brass because I had decent luck with it in the past in other calibers but am seeing as much as 30" of vertical at 1320 yds due to wildly inconsistent neck thickness with a lot of them having as much as .005" runout from one side to the other or more in neck wall thickness which I'm checking with my Starrett tube micrometer, it also feels like some of the brass is actually physically harder than others and requires a considerable amount more force to seat some of them on top of the runout issues. Rifle is an 1885 High wall replica and its currently pushing palma 30 cal bullets 2650 fps with no pressure signs so far and has around 414moa of elevation available and 88moa windage from the XLR tang sight so its got the potential to go very far so long as my eyes hold out.

 

[98s1lightning]

I like it.

1885 is pure classic. I haven't had a chance to shoulder one but would really like to!!!

Is yours a Sharps?
I noticed Sharps is only chambering in period correct calibers, I think they were all rimmed.
No 30-06 parent cases like Browning did.

Are the rifles too heavy to walk with all day as a hunting rig?

I thought 30-30 would be nice to share w my kid. Ammo is everywhere, single shot to learn on, we can hand load from one end of spectrum to the other.

I hope this is not too much thread derailment.

 

[pondskipper]

It is, it weights 12.2 lbs so it's not horrible weight wise.

 

[Taylorbok]

Quick google shows starline makes 30-30 brass, that'd probably be my choice from what I quickly found.

Mark and Sam have done a couple videos with a 30-30, likely find some good info there.

 

[pondskipper]

Quick google shows starline makes 30-30 brass, that'd probably be my choice from what I quickly found.

Mark and Sam have done a couple videos with a 30-30, likely find some good info there.

I talked to Mark last week about it and he's using old run Winchester brass that's been very consistent for them but the new stuff from them isn't anywhere near as good so I'm still at square 1.

 

[dk17hmr]

Norma makes 30-30 ammo.....maybe better quality brass?

 

[Greatgrandad]

Much of the newer factory from Win, Fed, Hornady, etc tends to vary more than in the past, so I would try Starline first and go from there. I like the fact you are reaching out with the old 30-30 cartridge, as I have played with a 30-30 AI in a 14" Contender to some crazy distances for a pistol. However, nothing like you are doing with the 1885.

I'm still running some old stock Federal and Winchester brass that performs rather well and is fairly consistent, but those cases came from a different era.