Anyone Loading the .30 Remington?

I have been lusting after a model 8 or 81 and I ahve ound a good deal on one in .30 remington. I can gather the .30 remington is basicly a 30-30 with a rimless case. I also read that manuals no longer include the .30 rem but 30-30 data works fine as they are the same case capacity.

I am hoping that brass is now more readily available with the 6.8 spc based off the case. Are there good sources for brass, and what are experiences with the cartridge - especially if someone shoote them in a model 8 or 81?

.30 Remington brass is current manufacture by Remington and should be available at your local dealer.

For loading data:
http://stevespages.com/308_18.html

Graf & Sons has .30 Remington brass listed on their website. They also have loading dies, either RCBS or Redding. They do cost more than those for more common cartridges.

See http://www.grafs.com

You can find loading data in the Lyman reloading manual, 46th edition.

That's cool. I was perusing some ohter online sources and .30 remington is not one that semed at all readily available. As long as there is a resonable source, I will be fine. I went ahead and bought the rifle today anyway, so I am stuck with her.

Even if it is more expensive than other cartridges, it will not be too bad. I almost bought a Martini until it looked like you could spend about $3-5 per round to put them together in the original calibre.

I load for a .25 Remington (Model 14) using necked down .30 Remington brass. There's no particular trick to loading for these rounds. Your biggest challenge may be in finding the right shell holder head, but absent one made specifically for the Remington round, there are a couple that can be "made" to do.

Although the .30 Remington is often described as a "rimless .30-30", the case has a somewhat different shape, with less taper and a sharper shoulder. The internal case capacity of the Remington has to be a tad greater than the Winchester, but not enough to make a significant difference in loading data. Since .30--30 data is conservative to begin with, you can count on working up to "maximum" .30-30 loads and being okay on pressures.

The date for 30/30 works fine. Get a shell holder and use 30/30 dies as neck sizers. Usually works fine but check in your chamber. The old Remingtons
should be saved and used. That way people will be
able to see guns made from steel and walnut with actual machining.
Good luck!

I took a trip out the chop that normally stocks the best selection of Reloading gear here in town and they didn't have anything. About as I expected though, I really just wanted a good excuse to go to the gunshop.

Reloading this cartridge is going to be a mail order propositon. Huntingtons, Buffalo Arms, and Graf's all had 30 rem brass and dies. Buffalo arms also had loaded ammo, 170 gr Corlokt, so I snagged a coupel of boxes of those at $31 per each - ouch. Makes handloading this cartridge seem a lot cheaper all of a sudden.

I was surprised with midway, they have 25 and 32 remington brass, but no 30! How does that work?