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taylorce1 · March 20, 2010, 07:37 PM

The real advantage to bolt action .30-30 IMO was the fact that you could use a far wider variety of bullets. Spitzer, flat nose, or round they were all able to be used in these rifles. So for the handloader the variety of ammunition that they could cook up would be amazing.

March 20, 2010, 07:37 PM	#7
taylorce1 Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 2005 Location: On the Santa Fe Trail Posts: 8,248	The real advantage to bolt action .30-30 IMO was the fact that you could use a far wider variety of bullets. Spitzer, flat nose, or round they were all able to be used in these rifles. So for the handloader the variety of ammunition that they could cook up would be amazing.