I recently purchased a Winchester 94 in 30/30 mfd 1903. It is in good shape and I looked down the bore at the gun show and looked like decent rifling. I loaded up some 4895 powder in 20, 22, 24 grains, with a .310" bullet. It shot badly, probably 12-18"group at
50 yds. I slugged the bore and it's .312' in the grooves. I thought about relining it but my gunsmith doesn't have the drill bit, and
Redmonds don't make a 30 cal. liner, track of the wolf lists 10-1 instead of the original 12-1 twist rate. I loaded some more rounds
20 gr shot 10" group, 18 shot 4 1/4, 16 shot 2 3/4" at 50 yds, a lot better but I'm hoping to use this gun to shoot long range ncows
matches. I got a few 32/20 bullets that are .313" which I think should fit the bore, but they won't fit through my 30/30 seating die. Would a 7.62 die work for this?, they show a bullet diameter of .313. I have also thought of trying a 7.62 bullet, though they are
a pointed bullet and I would have to single load. Would that bullet in a 30/30 case chamber in the gun? Any ideas will be appreciated
BTB