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dnovo1 Ex Member	Which Cartrige 30-30 Wesson or 32 Miller Sho Oct 12^th, 2005 at 6:05am	Print Post
	Dithering between the two choices listed above, 30-30 Wesson or 32 Miller Short. I am told the Wesson is easier to load, but the Miller is slightly more accurate. I am not planning on breech seating, and shoot more for my own pleasure than in competition. Your thoughts? Dave


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40_Rod Frequent Elocutionist Offline Extremism in the persuit of accuracy is not a vice Posts: 4285 Location: Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 20^th, 2004	Re: Which Cartrige 30-30 Wesson or 32 Miller Sho Reply #1 - Oct 12^th, 2005 at 9:26am	Print Post
	Dave a lot will depend on what action that you use the 32 miller short or the 32X357 Dell is a great cartridge but they can be a pain to load in some actions. The High wall of Borchardt for example, In this I would go with the longer 30-30 Wesson case. If access to the breach face is not an issue for instance the Cody Ballard or the 44 1/2 action the point is moot and I would go with the 32 Miller. Another case that you might consider is the 32-30 Remington. 40 Rod


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Green_Frog Frequent Elocutionist Offline "It ain't easy being green" ASSRA Life #281 Posts: 3998 Location: Lynchburg, VA Joined: Apr 18^th, 2004	Re: Which Cartrige 30-30 Wesson or 32 Miller Sho Reply #2 - Oct 12^th, 2005 at 11:15am	Print Post
	Dave, Another consideration might be bullet availability (moulds, actually.) The number and variety of .30 cal bullet moulds on the mass produced market is probably somewhat greater while the .32 moulds we see are largely from the custom and semi-custom sources and tend to be directed more toward schuetzen and (frequently) breech seating. Of course, you only have to buy one mould if it is the right one, but that sometimes doesn't work out as well as we would like. BTW, I shoot a .32-.357 (Dell's variation) breech seated, but he designed it so it could be shot fixed and even made up a form and neck ream die to make cases...this in a Peregrine bench gun. FWIW, I wouldn't hesitate to use the short .32 fixed in one of my high-walls if I were building a FIXED cartridge rifle. JMHO, YMMV! Froggie


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singelshotman Ex Member	Re: Which Cartrige 30-30 Wesson or 32 Miller Sho Reply #3 - Oct 12^th, 2005 at 1:00pm	Print Post
	Why not a 30-78, that's a wildcat based on the 30-30 case, less powder room of course. My dad built one in 1979 on a high-wall action with a .30cal stainless steel barrel and it shot very nice.Unfortunity it was stolen about six months later, but it was a very nice shooting rifle.The funny thing about this rifle was the gunsmith throught the barrel "needed some sort of finish", so he sent it off to a shop to be AIR-BLASTED, they did not understand him and SAND-BLASTED IT.When we got it back, it looked like it had SMALLPOX.So if you see a 30-78-or 30-30 high wall with a stainless steel barrel that has smallpox, let me know, it's stolen.


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MartiniBelgian Ex Member	Re: Which Cartrige 30-30 Wesson or 32 Miller Reply #4 - Oct 12^th, 2005 at 1:21pm	Print Post
	My - very selfish, admittedly - reaction would be - do either 30-30 Wesson or 32-30 Remington. Make sure you spec a good reamer, and afterwards I would know who to contact to chamber my next project rifle, a 12/15 CF Martini...


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dnovo1 Ex Member	Re: Which Cartrige 30-30 Wesson or 32 Miller Sho Reply #5 - Oct 19^th, 2005 at 8:50pm	Print Post
	Ended up ordering the 30-30 Wesson barrel. Final items in the choice were the advice of a bunch of good people (and some chimed in on both sides, including several here and I thank you for that) plus better bullet selection in 30cal and one perhaps silly thought: I have several VERY accuarte single shots in 32-40, and have other rifles in several chamberings below 30 and in 32 and above, but in a single shot, no other 30s at all. So, 30-30 Wesson it is. Again, thanks to all for your thoughts and advice. Dave


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dnovo1 Ex Member	Re: Which Cartrige 30-30 Wesson or 32 Miller Sho Reply #6 - Oct 19^th, 2005 at 8:52pm	Print Post
	By the way, this is going into an extra barrel Paul Shuttleworth is building me for one of his Steven 44 1/2 gems. Should be fun. Dave


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