Howdy
I know this subject has been beaten to death, but I am having trouble finding specifics regarding my question.
I am looking for a few stories about the very best, most accurate loads you guys have shot out of a micro-groove marlin 336 chambered in 30-30, using the lee 150 gr flat nose mold. I want to stick with 2400 for powder, but am not dead set on that. Unique, reloader 7, imr 4227, varget, and Lil gun would be the other possible powders that I have on hand.
Based on a lot of reading of previous posts, I should prob get my hands on some 4198, but that ain't happening soon. Got what I got.
What I am hoping to hear about is: GC or not? Lube choice? Ideal velocity range (I now understand that the 1600 fps ceiling is garbage)? Ideal boolit diameter?
This last one is an issue because my mold is dropping .307-308 from one cavity and .309-310 from the other. And neither one is round, both are out of round by about 2 thousandths according to my cheap calipers.
I know that each gun is unique, but I figured that this long standing popular gun is more consistent than many out there. Maybe I'm wrong. I should slug the barrel again but I did it once and pretty sure it came out around .309 outer diameter. I don't trust my slugging measurements that much since I don't have a nice micrometer.
Thanks