It’s tempting to say that it’s a cartridge that deserved much better – a fine round that was not appreciated in its day and allowed to fall into obscurity through no fault of its own. Tempting, but hardly true. The only good reasons I can come up with for attempting to load the .28-30-120 are (a) you are a masochist, (b) you love a challenge, and the trickier the better, or (c) you have acquired a fine old .28-30 rifle that is too nice to alter, but you still want to shoot it.
In my particular case, there’s a bit of all three. Getting involved with the .28-30-120 was never on my list of ambitions, but I chanced upon a rifle named “Lucile,” succumbed to its charms, picked up a second rifle in the same chambering almost by accident, and here we are: Embroiled in the most complicated reloading project I can remember.
First, a little history. The .28-30-120 (usually abbreviated to .28-30) was introduced by the J. Stevens Arms & Tool Company in the fall of 1900, intended (and expected) to become the latest hotshot Schützen cartridge in a target-shooting game that was then at the height of its popularity. It was a straight-taper, rimmed case similar to the king of them all, the .32-40, scaled down to .284 and was America’s first commercial 7mm. Like the .32-40, it was intended for black powder, which then ruled the target ranges even though smokeless had been around for a decade and was making significant inroads at all levels of shooting.
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OEHLER's New System 89 Chronograph
Measuring Bullet Performance Downrange
The Problem with Low Pressure Loads
Bullets & Brass
Measurements for Rifle Handloading
Handy Techniques for Accurate Ammunition
THE BRASS RING
In Range
Semi-custom Bullet Moulds
Mike's Shoot in' Shack
REVISITING THE 6.5 -06 A-SQUARE
Loading New Bullets and Powders
Cimarron Stainless Frontier .45 Colt
From the Hip
9x18mm Makarov
Cartridge Board
Alliant 20/28
Propellant Profiles
.224 Clark
Wildcat Cartridges