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Old May 3, 2013, 07:54 AM   #7
dahermit
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Is it really true?
My question has always been:
The .30-30 has a rim and the the bullets DO NOT line up with the primer. Has there ever been a M94 Winchester .30-30 that has blown the magazine tube?
I understand what you are saying. Logically inasmuch as the rim is the only thing in contact with the inside of the tube, and the rim is not likely to support and orient the round straight ahead (nose should droop down from the primer in front of it), the question should be; Is the "droop" enough so that the pointed bullet does not contact the primer in front of it? I do not know, but remember their were tube magazines on some old rifles that had twisting grooves impressed into them to off-set the bullets from the primer in front of it. As for a Winchester '94 magazine tube, I guess we will have to section one to see if the bullet noses contact the primers. Anyone have a spare '94 we can butcher?
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