Thread: 300 Ham'R or 30 Apache

I have been chewing on the idea of a switch barrel rifle based on a Howa Mini Action with a 223 bolt face and I think the 300 HAM'R/30 Apache/30-223 is a good option for a .30 cal in this platform. From what I have read you can duplicate 30-30 performance from reasonably short barrels.

I was trying to figure out what the most economical cartridge possible would be for deer sized game and below and I think the 300 HAM'R is pretty close.
-Easily available brass
-Small rifle primers
-Pretty much the smallest caliber to effectively use cast bullets, or a good selection of cheap factory projectiles.
-Small high pressure case so you can use smaller amounts of faster powder for the same velocity.

A cast 160gr HP going 2000-2200fps would be a sweet load.

This cartridge does nothing new, but it's still interesting.