There was a recent thread about this combination.......
Anyway, today I reloaded a box of .30-30 Hornady brass I acquired from someone on the forum, and found the CCI Large Rifle primers to be very difficult to seat in the pockets. I've got one of the little Lyman primer pocket reamers which I used once I realized that I was having a problem. It allowed the primers to enter (still with difficulty) but they didn't seat deep enough that I'm comfortable enough with them to load them in a lever action's tubular magazine. I finally got them flush with the surface of the cartridge's base, but not below it. Guess I'll use them for target practice, single loaded, or as the first round up in the magazine. Next time around I'll try some Winchester primers and see if I get a better fit. I really don't think it's the fault of the CCI primers, as they fit well in everything else, so that leaves the brass. Since I'm the second owner of the brass, which arrived in a sandwich baggie, I don't have a lot number to refer to, but I think I'll call Hornady anway and chat with them. FYI