Marlin 336 30/30 with Winchester 748 Zeroed at 100 Yards

[johnnyastro22]

As the title says, this is my Marlin 336 30/30 with Winchester 748 load data, use at your own discretion.
As a new a caster I've taken all kinds of good stuff from this forum and I now have a pet load worth sharing.

I melted various wheel weights, skimmed the junk off the top and poured a Lee ingot mold. No specifics for lead...
Cast with a LEE 2-Cavity Mold C309-160-R #90367 dropping an actual cast boolit at 163 GR.

Load data is as follows:
163 GR RNCWW with Hornady gas check
Brass is once fired WIN FC 30/30
23 GR Winchester 748
COL @ 2.4945

Marlin 336 with Micro Groove Barrel Tru Glo Green & Red "iron" sights
Very accurate zeroed at 100 yards.

Learning to do this has been outstanding, maybe this will help another guy.

[gordie]

748 is one of my " all round " favorite powders...

wish i could find some on the store shelves... ... i'm down to 2lbs.

[TXGunNut]

Good job, thanks for sharing your pet load with us. And of course, welcome to the affliction!
748 is indeed a versatile powder and the thutty-thutty seems to like a wide variety of powders and boolits. I used to think 30-30 factory ammo was too cheap to bother reloading. At least I was smart enough to save my brass.