Hi guys

I'm a big fan of Chas Newton and his cartridges. The man was a ballistic genious and way ahead of his time. His First Model Newtons are also very good rifles.

I have built a .30 Newton on a Ruger Hawkeye action. I'm still in the early stages of load development, but so far I get close to 3200 fps with 180 grs North Fork bullets and 71 grs Norma MRP.

I'm interested to hear if anyone else has any experience with the Newton cartridges, not only the .30 but the rest too.

I'm currently building a .40 Newton, it wil be interesting to see how it performs. 2400 fps with 400 grs bullets is what I hope for. Newton supposedly got 3000 fps with a 300 grs bullet...

Last edited by Linge; 03/13/10.