The 30 carbine is a 110 grain bullet at 1600 fps.
The 7.62X39 is a 123 grain bullet at 2200 fps.
The 30.06 is a 150 grain bullet at 2700 fps.
More or less....
Factory loaded 110gr .30 carbine ammo is all listing 1990 fps to 2025 fps.
My Lyman reloading manual lists loads in that neighborhood too, so the rounds are a lot closer to each other than I thought.
I'd like to pick up a .30 carbine, but unfortunately it's pretty far down the list of things I can't afford right now. I'd still take the 7.62x39 in a fight if I had the choice.
I've been playing around with a Savage bolt gun in 30 Carbine the last few weeks, amazing what an easy swap it was with a .223 bolt head.
Accuracy has been surprising too.
That sounds like a lot of fun!!!
Along the lines of the older Ruger rotary-magazined (Deerslayer?) carbines in .44Mag... I think that a similar rifle in .30 Carbine would be FANTASTIC.
-J-
How much of a difference is there between these two size loads?
I can tell there is some difference, but I am wondering what the biggest difference there is.
Sorry for the stupid ?
I've been playing around with a Savage bolt gun in 30 Carbine the last few weeks, amazing what an easy swap it was with a .223 bolt head.
Accuracy has been surprising too.
Why we're at it...how about a .30 Carbine AR upper. If for no other reason than there appears to be uppers coming out in just about anything anyways...LOL
That upper came out a decade or more ago, and was dropped for slow sales after a supposed contract for a foreign agency was filled.Why we're at it...how about a .30 Carbine AR upper. If for no other reason than there appears to be uppers coming out in just about anything anyways...LOL
The only redeeming quality of this round is that it was offered in a light firearm and has negligible recoil. It's an excellent choice for just plinking, but other than that, has little practical application. Back when surplus ammo could be had for a song, I really enjoyed going out and shooting several hundred rounds through mine, just for fun. Now that the only affordable way to shoot it is to load your own, and with the inherent performance limitations, my 30 Carbines don't get shot nearly as much as they used to be.