Yeah, you are right, thanks for pointing that out. I am posting in on breaks in between loading some .38 Specials and cleaning some guns for tonights shooting session. And, math is not one of my strong suits. For that matter, I don't know if I really have any strong suits.
"Apparently facts don't exactly fit your's either"
See, this is what I am talking about. When you dare to question the .30 Carbine, the replies are usually venomous.
FWIW: that load I referenced earlier (that is no longer published by Alliant) showed the .357 110 grain at 2100 fps. I never got that out of my handguns (I got that and more out of my Marlin lever action), but I did come very close to 2000 fps. Again, this is no longer a published load, so it is sort of a red herring, but, it was published at the time the other thread took place.
Don't get me wrong here. I am not saying that there is anything wrong with owning and enjoying the .30 Carbine. But the thread title was: Is .30 Carbine the Round of the Future. Again, I say no. And my bad math skills aside, I think it is clear that the round is mediocre at best. SIMILAR to a .357 handgun. Now a .357 handgun is a very desirable thing. But, when you put something with similar ballistics into a 5 pound, 35 inch long platform.............
.30 M1 Carbines are a lot of fun. Let's leave it at that.
"Apparently facts don't exactly fit your's either"
See, this is what I am talking about. When you dare to question the .30 Carbine, the replies are usually venomous.
FWIW: that load I referenced earlier (that is no longer published by Alliant) showed the .357 110 grain at 2100 fps. I never got that out of my handguns (I got that and more out of my Marlin lever action), but I did come very close to 2000 fps. Again, this is no longer a published load, so it is sort of a red herring, but, it was published at the time the other thread took place.
Don't get me wrong here. I am not saying that there is anything wrong with owning and enjoying the .30 Carbine. But the thread title was: Is .30 Carbine the Round of the Future. Again, I say no. And my bad math skills aside, I think it is clear that the round is mediocre at best. SIMILAR to a .357 handgun. Now a .357 handgun is a very desirable thing. But, when you put something with similar ballistics into a 5 pound, 35 inch long platform.............
.30 M1 Carbines are a lot of fun. Let's leave it at that.
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