I hope that the .30 Super catches on

[Dave DeLaurant]

I think it looks like it should be in an 1960's planet of the apes movie.

To my eye, the Hi-Point doesn't have enough wood for the proper POTA look -- my vote would be for one of the Dutch M95 carbine variants with the wooden patch over the magazine :

 

[someguy2800]

30SC in a carbine is an interesting idea, but to what end? You can shoot the +P 9mm of your liking and I doubt you'll get similar performance from 30SC. Does 10% extra rounds in a mag really matter if you have 17 or 30 round magazines? Unless 30SC costs less, which I doubt it ever will - it is fine, interesting, but - in a carbine I don't see it doing anything unless there is some magical ballistic phenomanon I'm unaware of. In a small/medium sized handgun I think it is a particularly good idea, we'll see if it catches on.

I was going to say that a 115 grain .308 bullet will have a much better ballistic coefficient than a 124 grain .355 bullet, but after looking at a few 30 carbine bullets it looks like it actually won't. That's a disappointment.

 

[Remington1911]

To my eye, the Hi-Point doesn't have enough wood for the proper POTA look -- my vote would be for one of the Dutch M95 carbine variants with the wooden patch over the magazine :

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Agree that is why I love the little marlin. Wish they would have picked a different mag to use however....but thinking back when the thing was made....who would you have picked.

 

[Seedy Character]

Works like a Ballistic Tip in .30 Carbine @ carbine velocities

 

[Dr T]

To properly respond: I don't think that this cartridge will catch on fire unless it is adopted by some major military or police organization. With the 0.313 bullet diameter, I do not think that this is very likely.

 

[unspellable]

Today, in Scheel's, I found Federal 30 Super on the shelf. A minor surprise given the general ammo situation. A bigger surprise was the Remington 30 Super next to it.

 

[someguy2800]

Works like a Ballistic Tip in .30 Carbine @ carbine velocitiesView attachment 1067972

Would be too long for the magazine

 

[Ohen Cepel]

Dave,
I had one of those M95's! Neat rifle for what it is.

Back to the 30SC. Why not buy a Henry in .327 and be done with it? Not semi-auto but exists today and it can eat 32mag as well.

I'm not sure the 30SC will make it. Maybe in a certain competition space if it gives the shooter an edge there. Maybe......

 

[Archie]

The April 2022 issue of American Rifleman has a write up of the .30 Super Carry. After all the hype, sales pitch and glamour, the round is at basis a high pressure version of the .32 ACP or perhaps an update and straight walled version of (what in the U. S. is called) .30 Tokarev. Bullet is .312" diameter, weights offered so far run from 100 grains to 115 grains and features a jacketed hollow point bullet at muzzle velocities between 1150 and 1250 fps.
So it does out run the 7.65mm Browning (.32 ACP) by some and has the expanding bullet advantage over the bottle neck .30s of Mauser, Luger and Tokarev. Chambered in a Government Model size pistol it shoots as well as a .45 ACP. (But doesn't hide nearly as well as a Beretta M1935.) And the pistols holds 13 rounds in a single stack magazine. Real handy for shooting in competition requiring lots of shots in a short time frame or missing a lot.
As a pistol caliber carbine, it would not recoil a lot (but more and at higher expense than a .22 long rifle) and lacks a significant amount of velocity compared to an M1 Carbine or such.

Not enough to replace my .38 Special revolver (or any caliber) for self-defense, and not enough to replace the .22 Hornet for small critters. Or .22 for just goofing off.

I'll pass.