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Offline dave hall

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load for 30-30 win.
« on: December 08, 2004, 05:37:29 AM »
i'm looking for a good load for 125gr. or 130gr. bullet for my mod. 94 1967 "classic". i'm going to use them on whitetail,and varmits.anything you can tell me would be appreciated.i'm going to play around with some loads this spring.thanks guys. :-)
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« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2004, 01:08:12 PM »
Try 31.5 grs. 3031 with Hornady 130gr soft point

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« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2004, 04:20:30 PM »
I tried those 110 grain varminters for a while. I was using a near max load of RE7 according to the Speer book. It was very messy, but didn't penetrate enough for deer. I also tried the 130s and found no advantage for my hunting ranges. I also like 3031 for a good go-to powder. RE7 is a pretty close second.

There is a company called Loadbook USA that sells little books for each caliber, which are compiled from most powder/bullet/ammo makers own data. If you only reload a few calibers these are great. I often find one set of data has a maximum recomended load somewhere near the midrange of another makers data with essentially the same components. It really helps to know the "maximum maximum" when working up loads.
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Re: load for 30-30 win.
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2004, 11:30:03 AM »
Quote from: dave hall
i'm looking for a good load for 125gr. or 130gr. bullet


I'm confused.  Are you looking for a "good" load for your 30-30, or are you looking for a load that uses 125-130 grain bullets?  Those are mutually exclusive criteria. :)

Seriously, IMHO, good loads for the 30-30 are topped with a 170 grain flat nose.  Decent deer loads can be made with the 150 grain bullets as well, but the 170 is the bullet that really gets the most out of the round.

If you're looking for a pure varmint round, I could see going with lighter bullets, but why not just shoot some reduced velocity lead bullets?  They're cheap, accurate enough, and you can cast them yourself or purchase ready-made from lots of sources.
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« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2004, 12:53:09 AM »
I have been using 37 1/2g  of H335 and a Remington 125g psp in a bolt action .30-30 with very good results. It shoots flat enough to hit a coyote at 250 yards, and drops whitetails fast. My wife has been using this load for about 7 or 8 years now. It is traveling at 2630 fps, depending on the brass, some is a lot heavier than others. You might want to try the Speer 130g FN, Paco Kelly highly recommends it. I tend to use the 150g bullets most of the time.  This year I finally tried the 170g bullet in my model 94, and I was not impressed at all. I shot a buck at 125 yards, through both lungs. He went  off into the trees, and I had to finish the job 15 minutes later. He was bleeding out, but in my experience, the 150g bullet would have done enough damage to his lungs to have him dead a lot sooner.
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« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2004, 02:09:22 AM »
i shoot the remington sp 150gr with the max load of win 748 powder
it will stay on a nine inch paper plate out to 200 yrds easily.
i used that same load to drop two nice deer in their tracks opening day
shot both straight thru the shoulders neither took a step