New Ammo --Made For Lever Guns

[Superglide]

Thought I'd share this. I hope Federal will also sell the bullets for reloading.
Looks interesting.

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[2Wheels4Ever]

That's awesome. It would be cool to see it go head to head with leverevolution.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Now if it only was in stock....
( Well some is , just not in a caliber I need )

In any event...nice to read of new ammo being made.
Andy

 

[Bon Sauvage]

I wouldn't mind seeing this ammunition in .35 Remington.

 

[RVTECH]

That's awesome. It would be cool to see it go head to head with leverevolution.

Given LEs record of inconsistency and inaccuracy I suspect this ammo (with conventional bullets) will vastly exceed it.

Never 'bought off' on the 'flex tip' concept. Interesting idea but the poor accuracy reports kind of negated any performance advantages.

 

[Ginocide]

Pretty cool but over $3 a piece for .45-70, ouch.

 

[Kruel J]

Pretty cool but over $3 a piece for .45-70, ouch.

Definitely.

 

[WAYNO]

Actually, the only difference I see with this ammo as opposed to their other ammo chambered for lever guns, is the graphics on the package.

 

[RVTECH]

Pretty cool but over $3 a piece for .45-70, ouch.

And &1.65/Ea for .357 is another ouch !

 

[Superglide]

Actually, the only difference I see with this ammo as opposed to their other ammo chambered for lever guns, is the graphics on the package.

I shoot 327 and have not seen a bullet that heavy before in a hollow point. But I agree it is expensive. I am not familiar with other calibers, but guessing they are toward the heavy for caliber side as well.

 

[2Wheels4Ever]

I reloaded my own ftx in .357mag; these were loaded hot. I can't comment to their lethality on game, however, I was getting consistent 2-3in groups at 100y out of a Rossi M92. That's on par with other loads with that rifle.

 

[WAYNO]

I shoot 327 and have not seen a bullet that heavy before in a hollow point. But I agree it is expensive. I am not familiar with other calibers, but guessing they are toward the heavy for caliber side as well.

In fairness, I am speaking only of my beloved .30-30 chambering. The .30-30 version of this cartridge has the same weight soft point bullet, at the same velocity, as their standard offering.

Whatever it takes, I hope they sell tons.

Better yet, I hope they make some to actually sell.

 

[RVTECH]

I was getting consistent 2-3in groups at 100y out of a Rossi M92. That's on par with other loads with that rifle.

You were lucky and probably the fact they were reloads is what resulted in your good accuracy.

Lots of poor reports with factory ammo over the years. Heck i have heard of 6 - 8" groups out of .30-30 with it.

 

[osprey]

Not really seeing enough innovation here to justify the price in my opinion, especially as a reloader. Good to have options though!

 

[2Wheels4Ever]

You were lucky and probably the fact they were reloads is what resulted in your good accuracy.

Lots of poor reports with factory ammo over the years. Heck i have heard of 6 - 8" groups out of .30-30 with it.

Interesting. Makes you wonder if it's a design flaw of the bullet, or inconsistent charges from the factory.

 

[RVTECH]

Interesting. Makes you wonder if it's a design flaw of the bullet, or inconsistent charges from the factory.

A good friend of mine who is an excellent machinist and has a good 'eye' for anomalies or potential faults he potentially sees in things were discussing it a while back and I showed him some of the bullets.

He came up with a theory that the longer some of the bullets remained 'nutz to butz' in the mag tube it was possible for the flex tips to become slightly deformed and it might have affected their 'flight' enough to alter the accuracy. Heck, made sense to me !

 

[2Wheels4Ever]

A good friend of mine who is an excellent machinist and has a good 'eye' for anomalies or potential faults he potentially sees in things were discussing it a while back and I showed him some of the bullets.

He came up with a theory that the longer some of the bullets remained 'nutz to butz' in the mag tube it was possible for the flex tips to become slightly deformed and it might have affected their 'flight' enough to alter the accuracy. Heck, made sense to me !

That could also explain my results. I was at a bench, top loading them one at a time.

 

[RVTECH]

I was at a bench, top loading them one at a time.

And thats how I'll shoot up the box of 160's I have yet to load for .30-30 - when I decide on a load for them but according to some data I have about 10 grains of Unique ought to make for a nice, quiet and easy on the shoulder load!

 

[Nosferatu]

The Leverevolution shoots quite well out of my Marlin 336 ~2" groups @ 100. I don't load the rifle to full capacity though, one in the pipe and one in the mag.

I saw these Federal loads a few days ago. The 30-30 was in stock for a day or so.

 

[Bon Sauvage]

When available I'll test a box of the .44 Mag and a box of .357 Mag in my Ruger No. 1's.