Any love for the .30 Carbine as a pistol round? Got pics to prove it?

[GOG]

Somewhere back in primordial days I fell in love with a .30 Carbine Super Blackhawk I had for a while. It's a fun round, not outrageously expensive and it provides lots of flash and noise. It's also a soft shooter which is fun for new shooters.

I've had three pistols in the caliber, (a couple of Inlands too) the first was the SBH already mentioned, the second was an Automag Mk III and now finally this one, the replacement for the first.

The Automag was ultimately reliable, but it took a trip to an Automag Magician and time and cash.

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[Medic!]

I love the 30 carbine as a rifle.

But I can get 1650FPS from a 7.62 X 25 in my CZ52 autoloader with it's less than 5'' barrel.

 

[CountryGent]

I have yet to play with a pistol in .30 Carbine, but, I have to admit, it is intriguing. Particularly considering I have hundreds of rounds of ammo in said, but nothing to shoot it in. (The AO M1 carbine so didn't work out.). An auto-loading pistol in said or a single-action wheelgun look like fun for some applications.

 

[Norwestr55]

I sold mine a few months ago. It was a lot of fun but I don't like the plow handle grip. I wish they made one with a Bisley grip frame. I looked into converting it but that was more money than I wanted to have in it.

 

[Certaindeaf]

The .327 Federal Magnum is made for revolvers..
a 5" throws a 115 grainer at 1700fps

 

[Medic!]

The .327 Federal Magnum is made for revolvers..
a 5" throws a 115 grainer at 1700fps

So still not fast enough to stop a frozen Korean.






I never did understand how all those frozen Koreans were charging our soldiers anyways?

 

[Mark W.]

I have a Blackhawk in 30 carbine. I load a 125gr Sierra FPHP not sure of the velocity but its up there compared to factory rounds. The thing is its almost scarry accurate compared to my other handguns even ones with similar length barrels. And yes not a big fan of the factory grips.

 

[Brutus57]

So still not fast enough to stop a frozen Korean.

The frozen North Koreans weren't the problem, it was the half million Chicoms.

Brutus Out




I never did understand how all those frozen Koreans were charging our soldiers anyways?

 

[GOG]

I know there's plenty of other calibers out there if I was looking strictly for performance or whatever, but I have an affinity for this round in a handgun. I just enjoy the idea of it.

I picked up a few boxes of this Buffalo Bore 125gr. Hardcast that looks like a good performer. They load some pretty stout .30 Carbine rounds. It won't hit 2100 fps though, they claim more like 1600fps. Here's a link to their .30 Carbine rounds: Buffalo Bore Ammunition | Strictly Big Bore - Strictly Business

 

[Mark W.]

As to the silly Frozen Koreans thing. Tests have been done with authentic uniforms from the Korean war soaked in water and frozen that clearly showed the .30 carbine round would punch right through and create a very satisfactory wound channel. Its a myth that the .30 carbine failed as a combat round. Granted it is no replacement for a .308 or 30-06 but then neither is the 5.56.

 

[Certaindeaf]

frozen fish sticks is the new turtles

 

[old11bravo]

A good friend of mine let me shoot this last week. It was my first time ever setting eyes upon an AMT .30 Carbine pistol much less shooting one. I got some pictures of the pistol. It was truly a kick in the pants to shoot! I swear the trigger on this thing would give any 1911 a run for it's money. So much fun!!

 

[GOG]

Sweet, they're a hoot to shoot.