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Graf & Sons (grafs.com) shows .30 Remington brass in stock. Available in lots of 50 pieces for right at $1 per piece. They also have the 6.8 SPC brass in several varieties including 6.8 basic (not formed or necked) if you need the brass full diameter and full length.
A bunch of folks on this forum love the 30 Remington cartridge and the link details how to make the brass from 30-30 cases. If you are desperate for brass -- 6.8 SPC was originally formed from 30 Remington brass but necking up that cartridge would leave you with just a .1" neck after the shoulder was formed and a huge jump to the rifling...
The OP clearly stated 30 Remington AR. The 30 Rem AR started a large rim 284 Winchester case not the normal rim diameter of 0.473 inch. They shortened the case to 1.53 inches, gave it a 0.304-inch-long neck and a 25 degree shoulder.
Or, starting with new or once fired .30-30 Winchester brass: using a lathe, turn the rim off and cut an extractor groove. Size that in a 32 Remington full length resizing die. Test those for feed and extraction then fire form into 32 Remington using the lowest published charge. Some would fill the case with cream of wheat or a light .32 bullet.
6. Insert bullet in case neck and chuck in drill press. The bullet lets you tighten your chuck securely without distorting the brass. 7. Turn base using jig. Again, HSS lathe tool and a drill bit just large enough to fit in the primer hole. Tool is ground so that only a tapered section of brass is removed above the point where the base ends.
I was watching the 7.62 > 35 Remington thread and figured out my process, then low and behold I ran into 3 boxes of factory Remington 200gr Core-Lokt, later in the same trip I found 100 Hornady factory brass. I have a bolt action 35 Remington project in my head that I had given up on, but now it is full steam ahead. Any way here goes,
Quite a few years ago the RP 30 rem brass was available from Midway I think ,and I had just gotten my Grandfathers old Stevens in 30/30 rem. I loaded them up in 2011 I think and a few months ago I shot them finally. About half of the brand new older brass got very fine splits in the neck. I was disappointed to say the least .
30/30 brass when properly formed, trimmed and sized makes fine ammo. As noted by pmer above, uniform trimming makes for uniform crimps and thus uniform groups and velocities. If you have a lot of 30/30 brass, it's worth the effort to use. To be honest, I've never loaded for my 32 Special in anything but 30/30 brass.
Mk42/Trails4u are correct, 35 Remington is a completely different case. 32 Rem, 30 Rem and 25 Rem are derived from the same case. Lube and run any of theses cases (25/32) into a full length sizing die and your in business. Overall length is the same for all three cartridges. For 30 Remington, use 30-30 data for reloading purposes.
Since Santa dropped-off a nice Marlin 336SC in .35 yesterday, I find I need .35 Remington brass. Midway doesn't list it in either the Master Catalog or the January flyer. Ken Howell's fantastic book on forming custom cartridge cases says the .35 can be made from .30-06 brass, and that led me to believe the .308 case might even be better, since ...