I am dallying in with the idea of buying my first bolt rifle - if I do, I will be yet another victim of this website. But regardless, I'm curious if any of these old rifles are notably better suited for .30 caliber bullets than any of the others. Are the .30-40 Krags, for instance, more suited to lead bullets than a .30-06 1903 Springfields (presuming original barrels and chamberings)? Perhaps it is more about the cartridge, but again, I don't know much about any of the cartridges of this era. I'm pretty strictly a blackpowder cartridge guy and maybe th e.30-40 come closest to that, but I don't know why that would have any bearing on the use of lead bullets.

Anyway, if one was looking for a good rifle for use with lead bullets, what direction you tend to bear?

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