.307 Hornady bullets

[Blammer]

I have some they are flat nosed .307 Sierra (yea I goofed!) 3030 bullet, at least that is what is says on the box.

anyone have any experience with them?

Were they made for a special gun or something?

[texassako]

Interesting find, the .30 Remington rifles(8, 81, 14, 141, 30) were designed around a .307 bore, and it was the Remingtons answer to the .30-30. Maybe it was intended as a component for them and worked in the larger market of .30-30s as well? How old do you think they are?

[Blammer]

30yrs is my guess

[phonejack]

I remember back in the early 70's Sierra had flat-nose bullets for 30/30 (said so on the box) that were labeled .307 diameter.

[texassako]

A little google-fu turns out I was wrong about your bullets. Hornady and Sierra used to make their .30-30 bullets .307" because, internet legend has it, the bores long ago were supposedly that size.

[Pepe Ray]

Sierra's yes.
Hornady? If so, they were kept a secret.
Prepe Ray

[rintinglen]

Supposedly, some, if not most, pre-war (as in WW II, not the Gulf War) 30-30-s were made with .307 bores. Bullet Manufacturers made the smaller size to accomodate these tight bores, while still shooting ok in standard .308 bores. I base that on hear-say, having no pre-war 30-30's on which to test this hypothesis.
I know I used to buy the Hornady .307 30-30 boolits at a gun shop in Oceanside for 2.95 a hundred. When I moved a couple years back, I came across a couple of the old, empty, boxes, one of which still had the price tag. They were ten cents cheaper than the Speer, IIRC.

[Blammer]

well I got 4 boxes of 100 of them, I'm probably going to sell them

yep, they are sierra's I goofed.

[Baron von Trollwhack]

Hornady has been selling a variety of their .308 jacketed bullets that are actually smaller in diameter for years. It ain't the printing the box that counts.

BvT

[Blammer]

Ok I'm stupid, it's Sierra bullets. :)

[TXGunNut]

Still an interesting bit of history, Blammer. Can almost guarantee someone's looking for them. You're not red-green colorblind, are you? :kidding:

[Blammer]

not yet! Just can't remember it right that's all. :)