307 win and heavy bullet loads

[Rocky Raab]

This is a pure guess, Danny, but I'm going to say that somewhere between 2100 and 2300 fps sounds about right.

That may sound wimpy to somebody who owns one of today's superultraholymoley magnums, but it ain't chicken feathers. Those big slugs don't seem to notice when they hit something at moderate speed - they just keep right on truckin'. If that "something" is the boiler room of a big Swedish elk (that's moose to us Yanks), the result will be a full meat locker.

The difficulty may be in finding load data, and also fidning bullets that can be crimped correctly for overall length. Since the .307 is a lever-action rifle, you MUST crimp the bullets, and you also MUST have an exact overall loaded length to cycle the action. My suggestion would be to buy a Lee Factory Crimp Die for the .308. It'll work perfectly with the .307, and will put a crimp wherever you need one.

And, it's probably not needed, but I'll also remind you to stick with roundnose bullets for that tube-fed design. Some of those famous "blue whistler" 220's originally meant for the .30-40 Krag would be perfect.