180 gr 307 Winchester Rifle Ammunition

The 307 Winchester was introduced in 1982 in a beefed-up version of the Model 1894 Winchester. It is (loosely) based on a semi-rimmed version of the 308 Winchester case, and although it has never been popular it greatly exceeds traditional 30-30 ballistics, with a 150-grain bullet at 2760 feet per second and a 180-grain bullet at 2510. Downrange ballistics are impaired by the requirement to use flat-nosed or blunt-nosed bullets in tubular magazines, but with its higher velocity it shoots much flatter than the 30-30 and delivers more energy; it is thus adequate for elk out to perhaps 200 yards. No new rifles are chambered to 307 Winchester, and Winchester has always been the sole source of ammuntion.  -- Craig Boddington