7-30 Waters

[6pt-sika]

Anybody got a lever action in 7-30 Waters that they shoot cast in ?????????

And if so elaborate please [smilie=1:

[730win94]

I had one. cast bullets with the lee mold.
never got it to shoot good. oh yeah it was a win 94 AE 20" tube.
Found out i dont like the AE winchesters. fell out of love with the rifle. I have a winchester 94 26" rifle from 1908 that i hope to get custom barreled in 7-30 waters one day. one day.

[Bret4207]

I've seen precisely one 7x30W since it came out in, what?, the mid-late 80's? I should have bought it but the price was just out of my range IIRC. \Love the idea, always thought it needed a buulet 20-25 gr heavier.

[frank505]

I gots a 24" Model 94 and like it much with Hornady 139 grain flat nose. It is a cast project for this spring, Lyman 287346, Saeco 140 gr fp, rcbs 168 gr fp and the two saeco two diameter gas checks are the molds I have. This rifle will put three Hornady's under an inch at one hundred yards so maybe I can get it to like some cast boolets.
It is a very nice carrying rifle, although it gets used more for coyotes than anything else. Just too many gizzies around to pack something that small.

[C A Plater]

It is on my to do list. I snatched up a 24" barreled 94 in fine shape last year when it showed up at a local gun shop and have the Saeco 140 grain mould for starters. I also have a nice 11" Virgin Valley custom Contender barrel in 7-30 and really like shooting it too. There is some load data on the for the 7-30 on TCBunch 7-30 Waters Reloading page (http://tcbunch.com/home/index.php5?title=7-30_Waters_Reloading)

[6pt-sika]

I've had a Marlin 36G "Glenfield" laying on the shelf for about a year now as a donor for a 7-30 Waters rebarrel job . But just haven't gotten around to it yet !

I have laid in about a 1000 of the old Hornady 139 FP's , about 1200 of the old Nosler 120 FP's , another 1000 of the Sierra 120 FP's and a few hundred of the Speer 130 FP's .

As far as moulds are concerned I've had the Saeco 7mm FN GC mould for awhile and got in on one of the 7mm Soup Can moulds as well .

So I am set for moulds and components [smilie=1:

[35remington]

I now have a Model 94 20 inch 7-30 Waters, and have done some load development using the 7mm Soup Can and the Lee 7mm roundnose, now discontinued. I am trying, probably in vain, to get the bullet to group (Soupcan) at around 2200 fps in the interest of trying to duplicate the 25-35 with cast bullets.

The 1-9 twist makes this high speed doubtful with AC wheelweight bullets. Three inch groups at fifty yards are typical, which isn't what I've been looking for. I may have to accept lower velocities and stick to the 35 for cast lead deer loads.

[mroliver77]

Good reading on 7-Waters
http://www.leverguns.com/articles/paco/waters.htm

J

[6pt-sika]

Good reading on 7-Waters
http://www.leverguns.com/articles/paco/waters.htm

J

Yeah , I had printed that out and put it in my reloading log book in the 7-30 section [smilie=1:

[frank505]

there is a 7/30 waters winchester 24" sale at dons pawn in cody, only 1250 american dollars but maybe thats what they go for................

[6pt-sika]

there is a 7/30 waters winchester 24" sale at dons pawn in cody, only 1250 american dollars but maybe thats what they go for................

I think they may very well be bringing that to collectors . I seem to remmember one selling on gunbroker right after Winchester closed the doors for about $1200.

I however would prefer one on a Marlin action . Very much along the lines of the "old" 336A . 22" or 24" barrel with half mag and no barrel bands !

Actually if truth be known I would like a pair of them in that configuration but one at 22" and the other at 24" . And then I would shoot jacketed in the 22" one and cast in the longer barreled one [smilie=1:

[LazyJW]

I really liked the idea of the 7-30 Waters when it came out but have never been a 94 fan. I had a Savage 99 re-barreled with a Douglas Premium chambered for 7-30. Have always used the Speer 145 gr Hot-Cor spitzer with a max listed load of WW-748. With a 6x42 Heavy Duplex Leupold scope it hasn't moved zero in over 12 years; this is the gun I grab when something really, truly needs killing and I don't know how far away it might be.

Never shot cast in it, the only thing wrong with this rifle is it works so very well it's hard to convince Mama I "need" another gun.....
Joe

[6pt-sika]

Never shot cast in it, the only thing wrong with this rifle is it works so very well it's hard to convince Mama I "need" another gun.....
Joe


I expect once I get around to having the first one built I will shoot jacketed in it since I have somewhere around 4000 variouse jacketed bullets for it .

But since I also have a couple good 7mm FN moulds I might just have to have a pair of rifles built before all is said and done !

However I need to quit procrastinating over the rebarrel job and "just do it" with the first one !