.30 Mauser

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Patronen

BTW Postino, Interesting about Edition 4 of Cartridges of the World and the explenation of making cartridge cases from .38 special and .223....

It's actually The Handloaders Manual Of Cartridge Conversions by Donnelly that lists/suggests what to make the cartridge cases from; COTW is where Donnelly got the measurements/dimensions from.

I've formed 30 Mauser from 223 Remington for years; I still have a stripper clip full from the 70's in my display case...Slightly under diameter, but fireforms quite well. I did a couple/10 made from 38 Special just for S&G. I didn't see any appreciable benefit to using the 38 Spec, so I kept on with the 223 Remington.

30 Mauser was impossible to find back then; Tokarev wasn't available yet.