Headoftheholler wrote:Remington still makes non +P in 257 in their corelockt, its a RN bullet and chambers like silk , the spitzers always hang, have been wondering if I could mess with the feed ramp to facilitate loading the spitzers. I own no safe queens, all my rifles get used, that is precisely what has me borderline ready to sell my Model 8, I cant find any 30 rem to feed it.
Well, Andrew, don't get rid of the 8, since you haven't gotten into reloading with the 30 Remington and apparently (from what I've read ONLY since my 8 is a 35 Remington) it is a "given" that rolling yer own is about the only way to keep that particular round in stock.
I may be telling you something you already know, that the .30 Rem is pretty much a reload/roll yer own round only, but I bet you'll one day get into doing that for yourself. I know I'm looking forward to gathering up my own loading bench setup when we move to another home a few (or more) years from now, when my wife and I have both met the minimum time in with our school district so we keep our retirement with the county, and can move to teach in a different area.
For me, the limiting factor has always been the physical space I need for a workbench and small workshop. This is for several of my "vocations" - fixing small mechanical things for the home, car, as well as guns. Another workshop favorite that I always have somehow adapted to whatever home environment I find myself in is setting up a table area for my plastic model hobby work. If I couldn't build or tinker with the model kits I make, I'd like to go crazy!
So, the point I'm making is this: don't give up on that Model 8 just yet. Soon as you do, man, then it's never coming back, and you'll regret it for sure. Especially if it's only the ammo holding you back. I believe that you are probably a younger guy (I know you made mention of having a new baby so that's my guess) and even though I'm not as old as some around here, I can tell you I've lived long enough to have plenty memories of guns I wished I had never traded/sold off that I had really put some personal investment in.
Anyways, after all that long-winded ramble, thanks for informing me on the .257 Roberts rounds. So, the issue is that the 1888 chamber doesn't allow spitzer bullets to feed - and they are available in a "non" plus P - OK, got it! I also had read that the .257+P was not "really" hugely different from the regular SAAMI specs; but that due to older actions (your 1888 falls into that category) the current manufacturers and their lawyers don't endorse using the +P.
I don't know much about the 1888 Commission rifles, in terms of max pressures. Just don't go hurtin' yourself out there! And if you lived in my neck of the woods - yes, right here in Northern Virginia, way too close to the Federal Gub'ment, you would not believe the deer population. Amazingly under-hunted, and over-populated. I GOTS to get me into local deer hunting!
take care
Adam
I am a regular joe, consisting of 78% coffee, 12% hot air, 9% organizational abilities, and 1% luck.
