For a C-note Accurate can produce you any number of excellent ones, or a custom one of your own design.
NOE might have some IF they are in stock.
The Lee 311-100-2R is very good for light-duty loads in my .30-30s, but not recommended for tubular magazines unless you blunt the nose with a flat top punch in a lubrisizer.
I would have zero qualms about taking a 5/16” drill bit and removing the gas check shank on a two cavity Lee 309-150-F.
At $25.00 for the mold, and ten minutes at the drill press. It’s about the cheapest option out there. I did this to a Lee 324-175-1R, and it shoots fine.
I know that Ben has drilled out the shank on many molds and has reported great results.
I have done several like Josh, 8 mm and 30s, it works best for me to leave the power off and turn the chuck by hand. The 8 mm shot a 295 in a milsurp match with 8.2 grains of clays, the 5 that missed the 10 ring were close 9s so yes cheap easy and accurate
As much as I love Accurate moulds, "reasonably priced" means in a non-Accurate price range. The thing is, I don't even own a 30-30, and I just want to be able to load for it for someone who does. I picked up a set of used Lyman dies for $22, so this whole thing is being done on the cheap.
Bill,
I pull the belt off of the front pulley, and turn by hand.
Don,
If you already have a flat nosed bullet you could load up ten w/o gas checks and see how he likes them. They won’t be as accurate w/o. But, if all he is doing is taking the grandkids out and shooting cans at 20 yards then what does it matter?
Josh
SAECO, RCBS and Lyman both made "Cowboy" moulds for 30-30. Lever-action silhouette shooters are required to use non-gascheck designs for competition. I think Lyman discontinued their design, but RCBS & SAECO still list theirs.
uh oh, I used a GC design for lever action silhouette.
I also look back on things and realize the load of 2400 I used was showing position sensitivity and I wasn’t smart enough to realize it. Lots of vertical at 150 and 200.
Will be buying Cherokee's mould, since he no longer uses it. Without a gascheck, I'm thinking loads in the 1300 - 1400fps range. Anybody got any ideas as to load data?