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Offline dogtagg88

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anyone try hornady leverevolution in 30-30 Handi?
« on: April 16, 2010, 12:12:17 PM »
Have a newly aquired 30-30 on the way, have several boxes of Hornady ammo for my Win 94, wondered if anyone had tried this ammo in their handi?

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Re: anyone try hornady leverevolution in 30-30 Handi?
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2010, 01:36:30 PM »
I still have to JB weld my front sight back on mine and then I have a box to try out.

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Re: anyone try hornady leverevolution in 30-30 Handi?
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2010, 02:32:24 PM »
My 45 BC likes it
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Re: anyone try hornady leverevolution in 30-30 Handi?
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2010, 02:59:24 PM »
I used them in my 30-30 handi until I started reloading.

I was satisfied with their accuracy and killed my first deer with one it.
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Re: anyone try hornady leverevolution in 30-30 Handi?
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2010, 03:19:36 AM »
Hey Daman, If that sight is a ramp you can wrap it down with black plastic electricians tape to try it out. I used one a whole season that way before getting the 'shop time' to really fix it.
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Re: anyone try hornady leverevolution in 30-30 Handi?
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2010, 04:03:28 AM »
I tried some in my Marlin 30TK.  It was accurate and made quite an exit hole on one of our small So. Jawja WT's.  I don't see why it wouldn't work just as well in a Handi with 4 inch's more barrel...  :-\  Probably better...  ;D 
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Re: anyone try hornady leverevolution in 30-30 Handi?
« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2010, 05:12:48 AM »
My 357, 44mag, and 45-70 seem to like it well enough haven't tried it the 30-30 yet
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Re: anyone try hornady leverevolution in 30-30 Handi?
« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2010, 05:23:27 PM »
We have killed 6 or 8 deer with Savage 340's in 30-30 with the Hornady round you asked about.  all one shot kills between 50-150 yards.  I am impressed with the accuracy and the downrange performance.  I use Remington core lokts for practice now and save the LeverEvolutions for deer season.  I'm sure they'll work great in your Handi. 
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Re: anyone try hornady leverevolution in 30-30 Handi?
« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2010, 10:08:57 AM »
They work good in my .30-30 Handi.  Hornady LE ammo is my go to ammo for hunting.
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Re: anyone try hornady leverevolution in 30-30 Handi?
« Reply #9 on: April 26, 2010, 04:52:07 AM »
I have a Marlin 336 and a Handi in .30-30, and I have LEs for them, but haven't tried them yet.  I have had superb results with them in my .45-70 and .44 mag Handis.

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Re: anyone try hornady leverevolution in 30-30 Handi?
« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2010, 06:09:42 PM »
i shot the leverevolution in my 45/70 this past year for whitetail.  was not impressed with the terminal performance at all.  yes it killed magnificently. but the bullet comes unglued to easily as i found bullet fragments  from entrance to exit hole in two deer.  one was a clean broadside shot i found a large chunk of brass and lead lodged in the exit side skin and many jacket fragments throughout the chest cavity. and the other was a neck shot that did not touch the spine i found many pieces of the jacket throughout the wound channel, to include a piece of the jacket about 1/2" in on the entrance side.   i started finding these pieces as these deer were skinned out, so naturally i looked for more.  needless to say i wont hunt with these any more in the 45/70,   they sure are accurate bullets though
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Re: anyone try hornady leverevolution in 30-30 Handi?
« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2010, 05:44:06 AM »
Hay lucky.Would you PM me your load in the Savage 340-30-30 using leverevolutions?.I have one and i sure would like a start somewere.If you have anymore please let me know, Thanks pan.
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