Hornady 140 30-30 Leverevolution & 40 V-Max 223 14" Contender 50&100yd grps/spd

[jem44357]

33-35 degrees, no clouds, bright sun and no wind what more could you ask for!

The 30-30 is an Armor Alloy II with a 2.5X T/C scope. The 223 is SS with a Leupold 2.5x8X Vari-x EER scope both are bull barrels. The frame is AAII with the T/C ambidextrous cushioned grip.

I had some strange values for a few of the shots but I think I have enough good data points to call it as the 30-30 at 2300 fps and the 223 at 3200 fps. I think the chronograph was to close as it would move from the muzzle blast, especially the first shot that clocked at 7600 fps , it almost toppled the unit, it was only a couple of feet out. I was able to move it out to about 10' after that but it was still moving.

Tossing out the odd balls I get 30-30 7 shot avg. 2322fps w/ 2’ 100yd groups and the 223 7 shots 3253fps with 1” groups at 100 yds.


This is the 50 yd target. 10 shots 5 ea. I shot the 223 first and my first 2 shots with the 30-30 went in the same pile so the top group is 7 shots. You can see one is from another day of shooting it has a faint x over it on the right side. The bottom group is 3 30-30 and one old one you can see where the dot jumped off on the left side. The POA for this group was at the bottom edge of the target.




50 yds 30-30 _ _ _ _ _ 50yds 223

1 1971 ? _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 7600 ?
2 2304 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 3285
3 2305 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 3211
4 2348 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 3276
5 103.4 X? _ _ _ _ _ 5 3245

This is the 100yd 30-30
 


This is the 100yd 223



100 yds 30-30 _ _ _ 100 yds 223

1 2315 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 2653 ?
2 2295 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 3318 ?
3 2348 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 3230
4 3660 ? _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 3268
5 2336 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 3303 ?XX
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 3253

? = unsure what happened?
X this one I noticed the decimal point maybe the other odd numbers were the same.
XX this was a called flyer hence # 6 to confirm!


With some time on the reloading/shooting bench I am certain I can reduce my 100yd 30-30 groups to 1” or less and the 223 to sub ½”. This will give me my 200yd 30-30 deer slayer load and my 300 yd. ‘yote poker!

Jim

[Charlie-SA]

Interesting, you are seeing a 100 fps more than I did in the 30-30.  That may be not an unusual variance in factory ammo.
Thanks for posting the info.
Charlie