Squatch wrote:Nice rifle. Good ole 30-30 close to 150 years old and still going strong!
And it's still not a bad cartridge for hunting in the brush!
Plus it's a lot of fun to shoot.
Happy New Year All!
.30-30 At The Range
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Frank V
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Re: .30-30 At The Range
And it's still not a bad cartridge for hunting in the brush!
Plus it's a lot of fun to shoot.
Re: .30-30 At The Range
I agree. While it's not a soft shooter, neither is it anything that will leave you thinking you have a broken shoulder after a trip to the range. At 100 yards, it's a hoot to shoot. At that distance, it shoots plenty fast and flat. Compared to a little 55 grain .223 projectile, that 170 grain .30 caliber slug really thumps a target with authority.Frank V wrote:Squatch wrote:Nice rifle. Good ole 30-30 close to 150 years old and still going strong!
And it's still not a bad cartridge for hunting in the brush!
Plus it's a lot of fun to shoot.
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Frank V
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Re: .30-30 At The Range
Yes & if you handload you can load it down to .32-20 levels.
Years ago Marlin reintroduced the 94 in .32-20 I wanted one so badly I could taste it, but just couldn't swing the money. I thought heck I've been handloading for years I can turn the .30-30 into a .32-20. I researshed some of my OLD loading manuals & came up with a load. I got the load I wanted, a 100gr Speer 3/4 jacket bullet at just over 1400fps, & with iron sights three shots would almost be touching at 50yds. I took a lot of small game with that load.
Years ago Marlin reintroduced the 94 in .32-20 I wanted one so badly I could taste it, but just couldn't swing the money. I thought heck I've been handloading for years I can turn the .30-30 into a .32-20. I researshed some of my OLD loading manuals & came up with a load. I got the load I wanted, a 100gr Speer 3/4 jacket bullet at just over 1400fps, & with iron sights three shots would almost be touching at 50yds. I took a lot of small game with that load.