Went to the range with the Handi 30 30 today

[handi243]

Got to shoot my handi 30 30 i put together couple weeks ago. I added a lam stockset and floated the barrel. Added a VX3 2.5-8x 36 leupold scope had shot some of the 160 hornady lever evolution bullets. They shot well but i wanted to see if i could duplicate them.

[xhare]

Very nice!

[tacklebury]

Sweet.    Bout to load some up for my .32 special to try.  Those at 100 yards?

[handi243]

yep 100 off the toolbox of my truck they shoot very well

[yukondog]

Nice, I should be getting my receiver back from H&R soon with a new 30-30 barrel, they say I should see it this week, hopefully.

[handi243]

maybe so i need to send this one in for a trigger job its about 6-7 lbs lot of creep. Are they still doing them for free?

[demented]

 Did you Chrono these?  Using the same powder, 36 grain weight with a 150 Nosler Ballistic tip I'm getting an average of 2300 fps from my Handi Rifle.  Accuracy not quite as good as yours, but good enough for deer in the 200-225 yard range.  I Was going to do more work with load development and perhaps try fine tuning the rifle a bit more but decided that good enough is good enough.  I may yet try upping the powder charge to see what speed vs accuracy I can get

[handi243]

i dont have a chrono (need to buy one) i was thinking the same trying to work it up some more. I did buy a box of 125 BT thinking about trying them to see. I also have a set of Ackley dies i may rent a reamer and open it up. Was  hoping Midway put them on sale (they do that every so often).

[yukondog]

Dont know if they still do the free trigger job or not, I requsted it when I called and the gril said she would wright it on the order, I'll see if comes this week and let you know.

[quickdtoo]

Ilion's trigger policy is in the FAQs, IIRC, if it's over 5½lbs, it's free, under is $20.

Tim

[handi243]

thanks Tim