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#6814594 - 08/27/12 04:26 PM Re: Using pointed lead tipped bullets in a tube fed Lever action Rifle. [Re: boomtube]
Plinker Campfire Tracker Registered: 11/22/06 Posts: 6883 Loc: Kalifornistan	You can load one in the chamber and one in the tube if you are worried about using pointed bullets. Quote: I believe it is a Mike Venterino book where he points out the Marlin 1881 in 45-70 failed in military testing due to detonations in the tube. I believe they were using round nose bullets. Remington 30-30 ammo is round nose. Never had one detonate a round in front of it in any of my guns. Somewhere in my pile of gun books, I have one article where tubular magazine guns were put through a drop test. Pointed soft point ammo was used to see if it was really a problem. When dropped from a warehouse roof, one instance caused one round to fire off the primer in the round in front of it. The case simply burst in the tube and no other rounds in the mag detonated. I don't think two instances indicates a trend. Tubular magazine accidental discharge Has there ever been a pointed bullet/magazine tube cartridge detonation ?
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#6814726 - 08/27/12 05:08 PM Re: Using pointed lead tipped bullets in a tube fed Lever action Rifle. [Re: Plinker]
Huntz Campfire Guide Registered: 10/28/07 Posts: 4239 Loc: N.E.Wisconsin	Originally Posted By: Plinker You can load one in the chamber and one in the tube if you are worried about using pointed bullets. Quote: I believe it is a Mike Venterino book where he points out the Marlin 1881 in 45-70 failed in military testing due to detonations in the tube. I believe they were using round nose bullets. Remington 30-30 ammo is round nose. Never had one detonate a round in front of it in any of my guns. Somewhere in my pile of gun books, I have one article where tubular magazine guns were put through a drop test. Pointed soft point ammo was used to see if it was really a problem. When dropped from a warehouse roof, one instance caused one round to fire off the primer in the round in front of it. The case simply burst in the tube and no other rounds in the mag detonated. I don't think two instances indicates a trend. Tubular magazine accidental discharge Has there ever been a pointed bullet/magazine tube cartridge detonation ? Thanks for the links.
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#6826899 - 08/31/12 05:06 AM Re: Using pointed lead tipped bullets in a tube fed Lever action Rifle. [Re: Huntz]
Secret_Squirrel Member Registered: 08/30/12 Posts: 83 Loc: Franklin, TN	I just found some 35 Rem for my 336 from Remington. They are pointed. I will have one in the camber and 1 in the magazine. Hopefully I can find some rounded bullets later on, but for right now I will not load more rounds in my gun. Better to go on the side of caution. _________________________ Take a child hunting, fishing or trapping. They are the next generation of outdoors people.
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#6826931 - 08/31/12 05:17 AM Re: Using pointed lead tipped bullets in a tube fed Lever action Rifle. [Re: Huntz]
AFTERUM Campfire Guide Registered: 09/10/07 Posts: 3676 Loc: CENTRAL FLORIDA	I load those hornady flex tip bullets with the red soft plastic tip (same ones they use in the leverrevolution ammo) in my winchester 30/30. They are very accurate and are no danger in the tubular magazine. Their performance on a doe I shot last year has made me consider using them in some of my bolt action "06's or maybe a 300 mag.
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#6845801 - 09/06/12 04:18 AM Re: Using pointed lead tipped bullets in a tube fed Lever action Rifle. [Re: boomtube]
Sherwood Campfire Regular Registered: 08/24/10 Posts: 448 Loc: Lancasster County, Pennsylvani...	I load one in the chamber and one in the magazine for a two shot rifle. Never has handicapped me and is perfectly safe. This Sierra bullet turns my 30-30 into a 225 yard deer rifle! Sherwood _________________________ FIRE UP THE GRILL - Hunting is NOT catch and release!
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#6951181 - 10/08/12 06:13 PM Re: Using pointed lead tipped bullets in a tube fed Lever action Rifle. [Re: Sherwood]
Micro_Groove Member Registered: 04/22/12 Posts: 220 Loc: NC	I have heard of a few folks rebarreling a 336 into 250 Savage and running one in the pipe and one in the mag.
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#7058866 - 11/09/12 09:34 AM Re: Using pointed lead tipped bullets in a tube fed Lever action Rifle. [Re: Micro_Groove]
safariman Campfire Kahuna Registered: 06/18/05 Posts: 21008 Loc: Walla Walla USA / Zimbabwe	Several articels and tests done recently in RIFLE,HANDLOADER and AMERICAN RIFLEMAN magazines debunked the idea that pointed bullets were unsafe in tube magazines. As was pointed out above, IF one could get a round to detonate, the lack of confinement in the wide, thin magazine tube caused minimal damage to the rifle and none to the shooter. I am going to run then in my soon to be finished 30/30AI model 94. In a rifle and cartridge that fast, and with the peep and globe sights I will be running, the high BC bullets will make a real difference. Specifically 130gr Barnes TTSX's in this case. _________________________ LOVE God, LOVE your family, LOVE your country, LIKE guns and sports. There are things in this world to get emotionally invested in. Guns, cartridges and sports are not among them. Mark Claiborne, Humble Servant of the most high God.
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