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Got out to send a few rounds downrange today. Kinda windy but mostly clear and I managed these groups. The first is with my Winchester 100 year Commemorative and this is three shots at 50 yards benchrested - like 3/8" of an inch! Next is six with my BBB .357 also benchrested. Not as good but it was getting windy. I made a slight change which I think improved my groups - I changed to .093 aperture diameter from a .125 on the Williams sights on both rifles and it gave me a sharper view of my front sights.

Very nice shooting, that's for sure! Peeps on both rifles? Or a scope on the 30-30?

Or a scope on the 30-30?

That would be sacrilege on this particular rifle!
Williams receiver sights on both.

Very impressive groups, especially with that 30-30. Love it.

Impressive .... I'd be happy with either target ...

Very impressive groups, especially with that 30-30.

This is literally the tightest group I have ever shot with a 30-30.
I attribute it to the ammo, gun, narrower aperture for the sight and maybe not particularly important but I have been figuring a way to increase the LOP on this rifle as the stock was a bit short for me.
Well i have been thinking of ways to 'lengthen' the stock but in the meantime I was scrounging around through my gun junk and found an older Winchester plastic buttplate and it fit perfectly over the top of the steel one the stock so it added about a 1/2" which really helped.
I could still use about another 1/2" so this winter I'll fab a piece of 1/2" brass flat bar into an extension and with the plastic Winchester butt plate will be about right.

Looks like pine cones and forest targets could be in trouble. Cast or jacketed in the 30-30

Cast or jacketed in the 30-30

The Speer 100 Grain half jacket 'Plinkers' - an absolute great bullet for light 30-30 loads.

Looks like pine cones and forest targets could be in trouble.

And Jackrabbits on the desert this winter!!

Good day indeed!
I'd take that. Jackrabbits beware.

Looks like they are all touching to me, closer to .308 inches center to center.

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Very impressive groups, especially with that 30-30.

This is literally the tightest group I have ever shot with a 30-30.
I attribute it to the ammo, gun, narrower aperture for the sight and maybe not particularly important but I have been figuring a way to increase the LOP on this rifle as the stock was a bit short for me.
Well i have been thinking of ways to 'lengthen' the stock but in the meantime I was scrounging around through my gun junk and found an older Winchester plastic buttplate and it fit perfectly over the top of the steel one the stock so it added about a 1/2" which really helped.
I could still use about another 1/2" so this winter I'll fab a piece of 1/2" brass flat bar into an extension and with the plastic Winchester butt plate will be about right.

A slip on or lace on recoil pad might be another option. I use the leather lace on style on my Contender carbines to get a bit more LOP I like. I get these from Buffalo Arms. Do a great job of reducing recoil, too, when shooting one of the big boomers on the carbine.

Very good shooting. Well done.

A slip on or lace on recoil pad might be another option.

I m seriously considering fitting a brown, hard rubber solid style butt pad on it. The stock is not the original (nor is the steel butt plate) so its not like I will be dealing with any value issues. I wont be altering the stock so if I ever wanted to put the steel butt plate back on for any reason I could.
Maybe something like this.

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Looks like pine cones and forest targets could be in trouble.

And Jackrabbits on the desert this winter!!

Do you eat jackrabbit? I know some do and most don’t. I’ve never eaten it but should try it sometime. Although that’s dependent on what the jackrabbit has been eating lol.
BTW, great shooting!

Do you eat jackrabbit?

No but like you I know a some who do and they claim its pretty good in a stew - but I'll leave them for the coyotes and vultures!