I wouldn't mind that, but...

by AaronB, Friday, May 08, 2026, 06:47 (3 days ago) @ RayLee
edited by AaronB, Friday, May 08, 2026, 08:13

...but I'm not going to use my store-bought bullets for reduced loads. That's what cast bullets are for.

Of which, I've got a box of 50 of those (my Heavy Thirty 220-grain FPGC) already loaded in .30-06, not to mention 30 more of a 173-grain Lyman RNGC loaded in .30-30 brass. Both of those loads use 4198, and in both cases I'm attempting to launch the bullets at 1800 fps.

I'm using the .30-30s for plinking, function testing, and for making .30-30 AI brass in my Marlin.

That Marlin 336 with the AI chamber has turned out to be something of a gem. A 1968-era gem, but a gem nonetheless.

-AaronB