From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hmm, I wonder if a .307 Model 94 could be converted to a box feed
.308. That could be interesting.
Steve.
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As the Model 94 action is the one where the floor plate is hinged and
forms part of the action, you would have to carry out a major
redesigning work to convert it to box magasine feed. I am enclosing an
exploded drawing in case you don't have one.
You might also have dificulty in finding any flat point bullet in 30
calibre that is not a soft point and, if I am not mistaken, you need
permit to use them, so most dealers do not stock them. Unless there is
some very special reason why you want to use this oddball calibre, you
could nearly duplicate the balistics with 30-30.
As regards the use of pointed bullets in tubular magazines, I expect
that you know that the 8mm Lebel rifle had tubular magazine and used
pointed bullets, but the shape if the Lebel round is such than when
resting on the rim and shoulder the point of the bullet is below the
primer of the round ahead. If you lay 303 round on a flat surface you
will observe the same, but with the "fatter" shoulder of the 307 this
many not be the case.
Nevertheless, I would not recommend that you try shooting pointed
bullets in a tubular magazine rifle, but the French did and throughout
the Great War too.
Alex
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Well, you wouldn't need flat points if it was converted to box
feed. Who says the box has to go on the bottom, it could be
side fed. You can't duplicate the ballistics with a .30-30,
that's specifically why it was invented.
My Winchester brochure lists .307 Winchester with a 180gr
bullet at 765 m/s and the .30-30 with a 170gr bullet at
671 m/s - that's not even close. With the same bullet
weight you're talking at least a 300 fps difference.
The Winchester factory ammo is SP but it's pointed.
Steve.
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