i have a few of these rifles, couple of the long originals, a real carbine, and what i think is a bannerman cutdown carbine. Those bannerman's are kind of collectible too.
I found it in a pawn shop in northern nevada, was primarily interested in it at the time for 175bucks, because it had a period sling on it, the muzzle cover, and in the buttstock was the cleaning kit.
I figured i got the rifle for free.
I had to have one as my dad had one when i was a kid, he loaned it to a family member who pawned it. He considered it one of the better deer rifles ever made.
I have never pushed them leaving the 220's at 2000fps or most often less.
Lyman i think makes about a 210grain mould that someday i might be able to steal one.
mostly it's cast loads on a 170grain roundnose that i have used in a lot of the .30weapons.
A buddy of mine who is big into these rifles has told me they were never .308, always were bigger diameter. Which means slug the barrel
if you want to zone it in.
i think seafire mentioned it, but unique pushing a slug to around 1500fps works pretty good on a light load.
Last edited by RoninPhx; 11/12/17.
