.30 Remington

Infobox Firearm Cartridge
name=.30 Remington


caption=
origin=USA
type=Rifle
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designer=Remington Arms
design_date=1906
manufacturer=Remington Arms
production_date=1906-1980s
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parent=
case_type=Rimless
bullet=.308
neck=
shoulder=
base=
rim_dia=.421
rim_thick=.045
case_length=
length=2.525
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max_pressure=
max_cup=38000
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detonation=
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is_SI_ballistics=
bw1=150
btype1=Core-Lokt Round Nose
vel1=2123
en1=
bw2=150
btype2=Core-Lokt Round Nose
vel2=2364
en2=
bw3=170
btype3=Core-Lokt HP RN
vel3=1893
en3=
bw4=170
btype4=Core-Lokt HP RN
vel4=2114
en4=
test_barrel_length=22"
balsrc=http://www.chuckhawks.com/30_Rem.htm

The .30 Remington cartridge was created in 1906 by Remington Arms. It was Remington's rimless answer to the popular .30-30 Winchester cartridge. Factory ammunition was produced up until the late 1980s, but now it is a prospect for handloaders. Load data for the .30 -30 Winchester can be used safely for the .30 Remington.

Although the cartridge has dwindled into obscurity to hunters, it lives on by being the parent case of several modern rounds: The 10mm auto, .40 Smith & Wesson, and 6.8 mm Remington SPC. Unlike the .30-30 the .30 Remington can utilize standard pointed bullets rather than round nosed ones when used in rifles with box magazines (Remington model 8) & ones with special tubular magazines (Remington model 14). This gives it a possible advantage over the .30-30 cartridge which is most often chambered in lever-action rifles with standard tubular magazines (in which using a conventional pointed bullet could lead to cartridges being ignited in the magazine tube).

NOTEWhile the .30 Remington is ballistically equivalent to the .30-30 Winchester cartridge, the cartridges are not the same and are not interchangeable. The dimensions of the brass are different.

ee also

*List of rifle cartridges

References

*http://www.chuckhawks.com/30_Rem.htm