This has probably been addressed before, but I thought I would ask.
I was just shopping ammo online and I saw a deal for Remington's 30 Carbine load of a fmj round nose 110 grain bullet. The load data accompanying the listing indicates that it should do about 1990 fps.
That got me thinking that that is roughly equivalent to the fps you can expect from a regularly loaded (not exceptionally hot) 357 mag 125 grain bullet out of the 18 inch barrel of a lever gun. Checking ballistics by the inch seems to support that.
So . . . are 30 Carbine and 357 mag from a lever gun roughly equivalent?
And if that is the case, you would think someone might start producing a semi-automatic rifle in 357 mag? I know I would be interested. Thoughts?
I was just shopping ammo online and I saw a deal for Remington's 30 Carbine load of a fmj round nose 110 grain bullet. The load data accompanying the listing indicates that it should do about 1990 fps.
That got me thinking that that is roughly equivalent to the fps you can expect from a regularly loaded (not exceptionally hot) 357 mag 125 grain bullet out of the 18 inch barrel of a lever gun. Checking ballistics by the inch seems to support that.
So . . . are 30 Carbine and 357 mag from a lever gun roughly equivalent?
And if that is the case, you would think someone might start producing a semi-automatic rifle in 357 mag? I know I would be interested. Thoughts?