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748 has been good for me in the 30-30. That cartridge was the first rifle round I ever loaded for. I used Sam Fadala's load back in the day, and still do. Puts a 150 grain out of a 20" M94 at 2300+ FPS. The modern made 748 performs identically to a jug I have left from 30 years ago. Winchester did a good job of keeping it consistent.
That's not to say there aren't plenty of new powders that are also great. 748 having worked great for me in no way means other choices won't. Failure to recognize these kinds of facts are one of the most common "behaviour problems" here on 24CF. ;oD
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I've had great success with 748 in the decades I've been loading. I bought some TAC when 748 was scarce here, but never got to do any extensive experimenting so far. It does look pretty good though. Just me- I never had the great success with Lever that everybody reported. It was ok, but not as consistently accurate as 748 for me. Good Luck
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Leverloution does both 223 heavier bullets and all 30-30 well. If you want temp stability and better with lighter 223 go 8208xbr but you'll give up a bit of speed on 30-30.
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H335 is spherical powder that will measure about as good. It has a burn rate close to 3031 and that is all I ever used in a 30-30.Years ago 335 was sold as a surplus powder same as the old 4831. It came in a plastic lined paper bag. I loaded a lot of it in the 30-30, but also in a 30-06, .308, 7.65 Argentine Instructions that came with it said to use 3031 loading data. As mentioned BlC-2 will work too.
With today's short supplies, you might have to use what you can find. Work on finding primers first. , Bullets are a lot easier to find, and you can compromise on the powder type
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