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This thread is a real case study about how we gun-nuts think...,

the original thought - "how can we keep shooting our 303S if we can't find ammo?"
next - what "make-do" ammo will really work if SHTF occurs?
then - what we can do if OUR particular SHTF
ultimately - Why did they even invent what cartridge we'd "really like to have", or "wished they made"

- If all I can find is 30-30 ammo, then I need to start hording 30-30 rifles, instead of 303's...,
- I just need more brass and powder, then I'm ready
- I have always been suckered in by the odd-ball/one-of-kind mystique in every thing/one
- I'm not qualified,... at anything really,.. so I'm not gonna try to re-think long&well-established firearms and ballistic engineering, K.I.S.S. , me

...so, our questions seem to boil down to;
,what REALLY trips Your trigger?
(..,what's stashed in your bunker?
.., OR,
..what are You hunting with this season?!)

A blunder bus full of nails.

I thought the 30-30's shoulder was a bit farther forward than the 303 Savage.

Yah, it is. Ya just gotta squeeze the lever a little harder to close the action.

It's just crazy enough it might work!

LOL

I knew a guy in Texas that did it when the .303 brass and ammo was unobtainium. Never had a problem.

I discovered Bertram mfg. down under and bought a couple thousand .303 cases directly from them. Shared with the folks here at the fire and life was good.

I have shot 30-30 cases in a 303 with cast bullets and light charges of 4198.
It worked fine, cases swelled but no failures. Accuracy was the same as the same load in 303 cases.