.30 Remington | ||
---|---|---|
Type | Rifle | |
Place of origin | USA | |
Production history | ||
Designer | Remington Arms | |
Designed | 1906 | |
Manufacturer | Remington Arms | |
Produced | 1906-1980s | |
Specifications | ||
Case type | Rimless | |
Bullet diameter | .308 in (7.8 mm) | |
Rim diameter | .421 in (10.7 mm) | |
Rim thickness | .045 in (1.1 mm) | |
Case length | 2.06 in (52 mm) | |
Overall length | 2.525 in (64.1 mm) | |
Maximum CUP | 38000 CUP | |
Ballistic performance | ||
Bullet weight/type | Velocity | Energy |
150 gr (9.7 g) Core-Lokt Round Nose | 2,123 ft/s (647 m/s) | 1,500 ft·lbf (2,000 J) |
150 gr (9.7 g) Core-Lokt Round Nose | 2,364 ft/s (721 m/s) | 1,859 ft·lbf (2,520 J) |
170 gr (11 g) Core-Lokt HP RN | 1,893 ft/s (577 m/s) | 1,350 ft·lbf (1,830 J) |
170 gr (11 g) Core-Lokt HP RN | 2,114 ft/s (644 m/s) | 1,682 ft·lbf (2,280 J) |
Test barrel length: 22" Source(s): 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 the 10mm auto[1][2] and the 6.8 mm Remington SPC cartridge. 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) and 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 by in the magazine tube by recoil into a primer).
While 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.