I was thinking of the Accelerator loads as well. I don't think tracing had very much to do with it being discontinued. It was never a good seller and accuracy suffered horribly from the sabots. If I was going to use my .30-30 in this manner, I would carry some of the 125gr and plan on head shots. Yep, too much gun, but I don't reload anymore. Even when I did, I would stick with published loads. I am fearful of lodging a bullet somewhere in the bore and not realizing it. Almost happened once with a smokepole I had.
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Light 30-30 loads for small game.
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If memory serves the biggest reason the Accelerator didn't last was they were expensive, they were also not as accurate as a dedicated varment rifle.
Your scope needed to be resighted each time you switched between Accelerator's and standard ammo.
the Accelerator came in 30/30-223 sabot
308 win.-223 sabot
30/06- 6mm & 223 sabot
I remember the 30/06 at nearly 4000 fps being very impressive when hitting water filled gallon milk jug's
Your scope needed to be resighted each time you switched between Accelerator's and standard ammo.
the Accelerator came in 30/30-223 sabot
308 win.-223 sabot
30/06- 6mm & 223 sabot
I remember the 30/06 at nearly 4000 fps being very impressive when hitting water filled gallon milk jug's
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Never mind- near duplicate of BoT's post.
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I have used the round balls in a 45-120- using both corn meal and dacron as filler to locate the powder directly over the primer for consistant burn. Fun but not somethign I would do alot of, twist rates and rifling are designed for jacketed bullets or at least lubed hardcast bullets with gas checks. Leading gets bad with soft naked round balls- I even used greased wads to soften the black powder residue.
Lighter weight FMJ bullets with starting velocity loads listed in manuals make good small game rounds.
Bill
I have often thought a scaled down Rolling Block in .357 would make a wonderful long term bush rifle for versatility and durability. .357 in a 20" barrel packs a wallop for medium game and light 148gr wadcutters are nice small game medicine.
Lighter weight FMJ bullets with starting velocity loads listed in manuals make good small game rounds.
Bill
I have often thought a scaled down Rolling Block in .357 would make a wonderful long term bush rifle for versatility and durability. .357 in a 20" barrel packs a wallop for medium game and light 148gr wadcutters are nice small game medicine.