7-30 Waters Rimless

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Hardrada55
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7-30 Waters Rimless

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Anyone been able to do a 7-30 Waters Rimless conversion on a Model 8 or 81? I would think 120 grain bullet at 2500 fps out of a Autoloader would be a fine goal.
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Well, guess that could be done but have to wonder why would you unless just for the novelty. If the idea is to push 30cal bullets faster out of a Model 8 seems there is a much easier way to do it than converting an existing rifle. I`ve loaded spire point bullets for a Savage 340 bolt action and a Savage 99 in 30-30 for years. The 30 Remington is basically the same case capacity as the 30-30 Win so don`t see why it would n`t work. A 130 spire point can be loaded pretty fast depending on choice of powder. The last bunch I loaded was with Hornady #3020 bullets and their Leverevolution powder. These Chronographed out of the 99 Savage carbine (20 inch barrel) 2350/2400fps. I don`t have the data in front of me but recall that the powder charge was not max nor compressed. When I get to the bench next time I`ll load some 30 Remington with same data and see how they do out of my 8`s.
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Thank you. That's very interesting information. The think I worry about a little with the Model 8 and 81 ( it being a recoil operated gun) is the pressure.
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This may be of help, the 7x30W could be reamed in a 30R barrel lined to 7mm, the 30R is slightly smaller per SAAMI.
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