7-30 Waters, All Mine.....

[Dak47]

You bet, the 7-30 is not a cast boolits viable candidate but I thought it a interesting find. BNIB from 1990, will have it in my mitts by this time tomorrow........

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[dangitgriff]

Very nice find, are you going to ream it to AI?

[Shawlerbrook]

Very nice ! Always wanted a Marlin rebarreled with a 24” 7-30 . Congratulations !

[MT Gianni]

My contender bbl shoots good groups and has never seen jacketed. There are several molds that might serve you well, Saeco had a 140 gr that I believe was designed for the 7-30. https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/product/productId/16908. I am not sure if NOE's hunter has enough meplate to shoot in a tube but you could take a look.

[Rick Hodges]

My Contender Carbine with 22" Bullberry 7x30 Waters barrel shoots the Lee 7mm soup can 135gr. boolet very well. I use Jkt. to hunt with but practice and case forming (I use 30/30 cases) is done with the cast.

[garandsrus]

The 7mm THOR bullet shoots very well for me in a 7-30 Contender.

[Dak47]

Thank You for all the valued input, much appreciated. My BNIB 7-30 arrived yesterday....
I have enough heavy hitters, time for a bit of finesse.

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[ShooterAZ]

Congrats on your "New" rifle! I absolutely love the 7-30 Waters cartridge. I have a Contender super 14 barrel in it that has won me several "Sillywet" matches, and have actually taken a several deer and one elk with it. I also choose to hunt with jacketed bullets with it though, and to be honest it was a real booger for me (at first) to get it to shoot well with cast. After a bit of frustration and a lot of persistence, I was finally able to get pretty decent results with cast boolits. The moral of the story is that it is actually a viable CB cartridge.

[onelight]

Nice what a great find , looks like a fun rifle.