Any owners warmed up to 30-SC

[Funflyer]

Wanting to hear from those of you who jumped on the latest chambering and how you like it so far. Don't really care to read any more about the pros and cons compared to 9mil, that's been beat to death on nearly every forum. I picked up some ammo and a die set while I'm waiting for the Shield Plus that I ordered to ship, and being optimistic I look forward to more manufacturers offering pistols chambered in the cartridge.

 

[cgt4570]

It's not for me, but I can appreciate its merits. Beyond 9 and 45, I'm a wheel gun guy. I jumped on the .327 Fed Mag bandwagon early (2 custom Smiths and a Ruger SP101) and love it.
Sounds like the .30 SC is roughly a rimless version.
Since I'm not 'supposed' to carry at work, I'm limited to a Ruger .380 LCP. I can't imagine the .30 SC ever being put in an equal or smaller package.

 

[ralph7]

Wanting to hear from those of you who jumped on the latest chambering and how you like it so far. Don't really care to read any more about the pros and cons compared to 9mil, that's been beat to death on nearly every forum. I picked up some ammo and a die set while I'm waiting for the Shield Plus that I ordered to ship, and being optimistic I look forward to more manufacturers offering pistols chambered in the cartridge.

I wish you luck, but if nothing else, the things that don't sell well today become the collector pieces of tomorrow.

 

[CorvZ061]

I enjoy shooting and carrying my Shield EZ. It'll sit in the safe until spring/summer comes around. But I have put a few hundred rounds through it and it is very accurate and pleasant shooting

 

[BC38]

I'm waiting for them to come out with something like a Seacamp in 30-SC.
Like a 32ACP on steroids.

 

[Funflyer]

Picked up the Shield today. Lubed and range ready with 200 rounds of ammo. I'm planning to get out Thursday, then workup various reloads and exercise it again over the weekend. Full report next week.


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[sipowicz]

I'm waiting for the Super Duper Carry.

 

[gdogs]

I'm definitely interested in the 30SC, but until S&W puts it in the CSX, or Beretta introduces it in that new 80X (not holding my breath) then I'll just have to wait.

 

[Lonestar57]

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Wow, proud of that chamber stamp aren't they.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

NO.........NEVER gonna happen here.

 

[keithhagan]

Like the cartridge, not stoked on the available firearms.

I want to see (1) a superlight carbine; (2) a super slim all metal (steel?) double-stack SAO pistol with a longish barrel (something like a Sig P210 would be nice); and (3) the 43/43x/48 family

Also second the 80X.

 

[waffles]

I've still yet to meet anyone that owns one. I think I posted something to this effect in one of the other threads, but 30SC is going to quietly dissappear only for internet gun contrarians talk about how it was an amazing round in the coming decades and getting upset manufactures stopped chambering firearms in it, just like .327 fed mag.

 

[Sixgun100]

Not sure about the .30 Super Carry, but don't think the .32 H&R Magnum/ .327 Federal Magnum is dead yet…….

 

[BC38]

Not sure about the .30 Super Carry, but don't think the .32 H&R Magnum/ .327 Federal Magnum is dead yet…….

Agreed. Ruger still makes a 327 magnum, so does Taurus, and Henry is still making their lever carbine chambered for the round.
Ammo is hard to find and expensive right now - but that is true for all of the other less-common calibers too.

 

[martyd]

Not me, I have too many calibers already.

 

[biku324]

I'm waiting for the Super Duper Carry.

That's in 33 caliber.

 

[Funflyer]

I hit the range today and can say I'm now a fan of cartridge. Fired 100 rounds and didn't have a single problem. Best part is that I found all my brass. From the reviews I've seen, they say there isn't much noticeable difference between the 30SC and 9mm as far as recoil, but now that I have compared it to my Shield 9 I can say there is, so far anyway. Slow fire feels similar, but rapid fire is where the 30SC has the advantage IME. It doesn't have quite the muzzle rise of the 9mm so during semi-fast fire it's much quicker to get back on target between shots which helps with accuracy. I'll be able to do a better comparison when I load some 30SC 100gn XTPs to achieve the same energy as I was getting with my best 115gn XTP in 9mm.



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[Bill Lear]

Bottom line: The round is going to deliver approximately 1/3d one-shot stops to "any part of the body," and up to 60% one-shot stops" to the chest and head. Why does this seem familiar? Because it's in-line with other handgun cartridges regardless of caliber.

The 9mm is an anachronism. A victim of it's highly tapered, thick-walled case, as well as beneficiary. It simply can't hold as many in a mag as the .30SC and that's a straight-wall design.

What astounds me is how the current 9mm crowd never stopped pointing out the benefits of the smaller, less-potent round compared to the .357 mag and even proper .45ACP loads, yet now want to claim the same thing the so-called "heavy bullet" crowd did back when.

While you were all thinking they wanted to replace your 9mm with the 5.7x28, the REAL enemy finally showed up - the .30SC - narrower, holds more round, is ballistically IDENTICAL and certainly no less capable of producing one-shot stops approximately 60% with hits to the chest and head.

Whoda thunkit!

 

[Bill Lear]

I'm waiting for them to come out with something like a Seacamp in 30-SC.
Like a 32ACP on steroids.

Impossible to "magnumize" a non-locking breech system. There's nothing holding the slide closed as the bullet goes bounding down the barrel as with LOCKED-BREACH systems. That's why non-locked blow-back systems have very short barrels - or VERY heavy slides/bolts.

But don't worry, the Seecamp .32 auto can/has the same probability of inducing a one-shot stop as any of the larger rounds assuming a chest or head hit.
If the shooter is incapable of putting the bullets in the right spot, well then, the .32 has the same probability as the larger calibers of NOT stopping anyone.

 

[OldGoat]

The 30 SC is clearly an interesting option providing the desirable, but marginal, additional capacity over 9mm. Great to have another option, but the controversy reminds me of the heated ongoing discussion among trap shooters: use 7 1/2 shot or 8s?