Safe to use 30-30 data for 32 winchester special

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Mattj4867

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Would it be safe to use 30-30 data for 32 Winchester special. My book only gives me data for jacketed bullets, but want to use cast. AI’ve seen it mentioned but am still unsure. Thank you
 
Lyman's Cast Bullet Handbook 4th Edition has all the cast bullet loads you would ever need.

Sells for about $20.
 
Lyman Cast Bullet #4 has data for one bullet RCBS #32-170-FP
which is a 170 grain flat point. That's it !

Lyman Cast Bullet #3 has data for three:
Lyman #321427- a 137 grain RN
Lyman #321317- a 164 grain RN
Lyman # 321297- a 184 grain FP

RCBS Cast Bullet Manual #1 has a few loads with the RCBS 32-170-FN
but even fewer than Lyman.

Give me some powders and I will post start and max loads if they list any ...Warning , very few powders and not much data on this old boy.
Gary
 
If I were in that situation, I would't mind starting with 30-30 data if I had a chronograph. That way, you can just gradually increase your charge weight until you get to normal velocity maximums with appropriate powders, then back down again until you achieve best accuracy. Since I don't currently have access to a chronograph, then I would put greater effort into finding multiple sources of reliably published data, and work within it. There is no point in pushing the limits of these rifles with a steady diet of red-line loads. It's a good caliber for what it's good for, and should be appreciated as such without trying to get more out of it than it can reasonably deliver. While it's a good idea to use properly head-stamped cases, if you have difficulty obtaining proper brass you can simply resize 30-30 cases and trim to correct length.
 
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I'm probably not as knowledgeable as others on this forum, but I would do a lot of research before I loaded one cartridge with another cartridge's data. First look-see gave me Hodgdon's site that had data for 160 and 170 gr bullets with Hodgdon, IMP, and Winchester powders...http://www.hodgdonreloading.com/data/rifle
 
All I can tell from my experience was that accuracy with lead was terrible. Shooting lead and jacketed at the same time showed a great difference. Maybe could have gotten better with some testing but I just bailed.
 
For cast lead to be accurate, you have to remove ALL of the copper fowling from your barrel.

Generally, do not shoot jacketed or plated in your cast boolit rifle.
 
I tried cast it just is not for me, my friend just loves his cast boolits, target shoots with them hunts with them, he is always trying something new !!!
 
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