Bullet choice for 30-30?

[lar45]

Hi Guys, A friend of mine brought me a bunch of bullets that look to be all remington, most of them are 30 cal, I sorted them by weight and nose profile and came up with a couple that looked like they might work in the 30-30.
The two in question are both 170gn, one is a round nose and the other is a JHP.
I took a pic of them next to a factory Rem JSP. The round nose bullet looks almost identical to the factory load.
What do you guys think, would either or both of these be useful and safe for a Win94 30-30?

http://www.lsstuff.com/pics/guns/30-30/30-30rem-01.jpg

[Bookworm]

I would think either could be used in .30-30.

Although I have my doubts that you can drive it fast enough to expand the hollow point at any distance. If it were me, and it's not, I would use the soft nose in 30-30, and trade off the hollow points.

[quail4jake]

I would measure the diameters, the old .32 WS Remington 170 gr look like the cal..30 ones....308 vs .321.

[Bazoo]

That hollow point is a Remington corelokt HP made for 30-30, part number B22780. Discontinued and with a reputation for good penetration on large deer or larger than deer sized game. Provided it's .308 diameter of course.

[RickinTN]

If they are .308" diameter they both appear to be bullets for the 30-30. They should work well.
Rick

[Winger Ed.]

I've only had two .30-30 lever actions, and they were both very accommodating to about anything.
Neither one was a finicky eater.

[lar45]

They both measure .308"

[Texas by God]

I absolutely would use either or both on deer. Trainloads have been killed with those very bullets. They are especially deadly in .308 and .30-06 as well.

[Bazoo]

How many of them CLHP ya got?

[oconeedan]

Try both of them on a rib cage! They look like useful 30-30 bullets to me!

[lar45]

How many of them CLHP ya got?

I have 72 of the CLHP bullets, PM sent.

[lar45]

I loaded 35 and 36 gns of LeverRevolution with the 170 Corelokt soft points seated to 2.564" in Fed cases with Win LR primers. 35 gns gave 2255fps from a 20" Win 94 30-30, some of the 36gn loads had slightly cratered primers, so I'll stick with 35gns as a max. Hodgdon's lists 36.3gns as max with a 170 Sierra.
My eyes are getting old, but I squinted real hard at the Buckhorn open sights and shot this group. I drifted the front sight a little to the left, shot a couple more to center it up and called it good.

http://www.lsstuff.com/pics/guns/30-30/30-30rem-02.jpg

[Edward]

I"d trade them off and get a Lee 170 grain FN mold and get casting . I could get you started with some examples 170/150 grain just cover the shipping PM me if interested/Ed

[tankgunner59]

I have a Winchester Model 94AE in 30-30 and I would definitely load both of those styles for mine and use either for dear. I'd like a friend like him! :D