I recently ran across this round. Actually a drilling chambered for it. I can't find any reloading data for. Is there a more modern cousin to this? I would purchase the drilling, if I could simply get the rifle tube rechambered to some still in production.

Also, does any one have any history on this round? When it was used?

Do a Google search.....lots of information there.

My first drilling was this caliber. Pritty weak for a meadium boar but good for light game. I got tired of looking for ammo and dumped the gun probably the biggist mistake I ever made on a firearm transfer. Contact old western scrounger for ammo they used to have it but Dangerus dave has sold out and I've not dealt with the new owner. There somwere in Virginia now.

Well, here is what I have run down so far.

Midwayusa sells the brass, something like $45 for 20.

RCBS makes a set of dies that will reform 30-30 brass into 6.5x58R Sauer.

A friend found that in the 10th edition of cartridges of the world chapter 9 page 404 this round is listed. The heaviest bullet listed is 127gn. They compare the 6.5X58R to the Winchester 25-35.

With modern components it should be possible to load a 140 grain bullet. The question becomes how much pressure the original barrel was designed for.