Looking at 30-30

[6gun]

I have been know to do lots of plinking with my 30-30's and have used them a lot hunting jack rabbits, it's still over kill but you have to practice some how can't become a good shoot without running lots of rounds through them, but I didn't buy any of my 30-30's just for plinking.

I wish one of the many bullet casting outfits would make a copper plated 150 grain with a cannelure for plinking.

Berry's makes them without the cannelure which you don't need with a plated bullet anyway or you could add one yourself.

http://www.berrysmfg.com/products-c34-Berrys_Preferred_Plated_Rifle_Bullets.aspx

I asked Barry's to send me some samples of the bullet about 2 years ago so I could see if I could crimp them without breaking through the thin plating and they refused to send samples, so I refuse to buy from them.

 

[Jim Puke]

Any of y'all that think that a 358429 out of a lever gun ain't a pretty good huntin' round...well, ya showin' that you just don't have any experience with them.

 

[Bucks Owin]

To be honest, a .300 Win. Mag. across that canyon has dropped down to the level of 30-30 velocity at the muzzle!
Paul B.

Fixed it for ya... :wink:


ETA...Maybe the USMC should adopt the .30 WCF for sniper use instead of the .300 Winnie huh? :lol:

 

[pps]

I like the 30-30, and just picked up a Marlin 30-30 from the gun store/range that just moved in across the street from my office. (I hope I don't need to go to Betty Ford clinic as a result of this move)

Cast boolits shoot quite well in this caliber, and it's easy to hand load.

 

[Chief 101]

no disrespect Bucks, but I have harvested Wapiti across the canyon and I have harvested Wapiti from as close as 20ft...Archery, Revolver, and long range magnum rifle...30WCF is not my choice, but a good hunter will make it work...

 

[Bucks Owin]

I wanna get my hands on a RCBS 30 150 CM that drops a barefoot bullet for 30/30 plinking use. Bet I can get some surprising fps without a gascheck...

If anyone has one for sale... :wink:

 

[blueroan]

Lever guns can be a little finicky about boolit types. 358156 feeds good in my 357 MARLINS; 358429 not so good if crimped in the crimp groove in magnum brass. A round nose/flat point of varying weights works better for me...358667(?) or my NOE 360-180-WFN. Similar designs for my 44 magnums and similar results.

I am getting started in 30/30 and cast. 311041 gas check and a plain base clone.

Watch gunbroker for once fired brass. (One vendor showed a grain bin, complete with scoop shovel, full of 45/70s.) Talk to co-workers and relatives; they all pick up their brass even if they don't reload. Since I retired and joined the gun club...lost my private range in the divorce...I've been picking up range brass...mostly 9 mm, 40 S&W, with some .223 and 45 ACP.

Go visiting over at castboolits. Do a search for gmdr and access a ton of reduced lead boolit load data in multiple calibers.

 

[Tom W]

Go to the local gun range before deer season. There's a LOT of people who will be sighting in their rifles and leaving their brass lay... Once fired brass, free for the picking....