30 Caliber Carbine Pistol
Designed as a U.S Military cartridge and
adopted along with the
30M1 Carbine
in 1941 by the Army, the .30 Carbine is nothing more than an offspring of
the old vintage 1905 ,32 Winchester Self Loading cartridge.
A reader who fondly described his much used Ruger Blackhawk in .30 Carbine
as a "poor man's
.32-20" hit
the nail on the proverbial head. Although the little .30 is no great shakes
as a rifle cartridge, it is an excellent candidate in the Ruger for paper
punching, varmint ventilating, and hunting game up to the size of javalina.
When the topic of conversation turns to revolvers, the .30 Carbine can be
accurately described as a three in one cartridge. For starters, it can be
loaded down to duplicate the performance of the old
.32-20. Push
its throttle forward another notch and the .30 Carbine becomes the ballistic
equal of the better publicized
.32 H&R
Magnum. Shove the .30 Carbine to full steam ahead and it will leave the
.32 Magnum choking on its dust.
The various 110 grain round nose bullets are fine for target practice, but
they won't expand on small game at .30 Carbine impact velocities. The best
all around choice for this cartridge is the Speer 110 grain Varminter, a
bullet of flat hollow nose design with plenty of soft lead exposed at the
front of the jacket. Close behind the Varminter are the Speer 100 grain Plinker
and the Hornady 100 grain Short Jacket.
H110 and H4227 are the powders for full power .30 Carbine loads.
HS6 and
HP38 are great
for reduced loads.
Source: Hodgdon Data Manual, 26th Edition
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