To all 30-30 WCF Shooters Looking for your favorite mold

[reddoggm]

Need some Input on your favorite 30-30 mold for my new/old 94 Looking to get ready to start casting for this and wondering What mold is a good weight I know it,s got to be a FP mold GC no GC maybe good for other guns say like a Rem 700 BDL in 30-06 or my Garand ???
I put my trust up to You knowledgable Lever Heads for I know The Peeps here at CB are the Gods of Cast
Sorry about the Title It,s not the way I wanted it to appear as if I Had some molds anyone tell me how to edit this and I will do so
The DOGG!!!

[Echd]

Most in the 150 to 170 range will work very well.

The Lee 155gr SKS bullet and Lyman 311440 are some of my favorites.

The SKS boolit, however, is pointed. I shoot mine from a Contender with no issues. There are plenty of other options, though.

[Larry Gibson]

Hands down favorite is the Lyman 311041.

It will run 170 - 180 gr depending on alloy.

It is "the standard" for the 30-30 and is excellent in the '06 also, including M1s.

Larry Gibson

[popper]

Accurate 31-165A, FP, GC, big front band like a bore rider. Works well in my 308 & MG 30/30 (pretty good sans GC at reasonable fps). Tom has the 041 & Lyman versions as well. Moulds are top notch

[reddoggm]

That sounds good guys I,m gonna get a mold here real quick so I can start figuring out what the 94 likes and what I like too
The DOGG!!!

[blixen]

I have been getting good results with the Lee 303 mold, sized to.311 in my old 94. It's a little pointed but you can put one in the chamber and a backup in the tube.

[detox]

The RCBS plainbase 150gr Cowboy shoots verygood in my Winchester 94.

[guicksylver]

+1 on Larrys' But don't pass on the 311407, the 30-30 and 407 were made for each other.

[Dan Cash]

I highly recommend an Accurate Mold rendition of the 311041 sized for your rifle. It is the one for .30 WCF and works well in other .30 rifles.

[dualsport]

My post '64 M94 30-30 is not picky about boolits and shoots better than it oughta.

[357maximum]

If a 94 will not shoot the 311041......bury the gun it has been infected with something reallllly bad.

[geargnasher]

If a 94 will not shoot the 311041......bury the gun it has been infected with something reallllly bad.

Amen to that. The Winchesters I've played with all had pretty tight throats and the 311041 is just about perfect, unlike my worn-out Marlin, which dotes on the Ranch Dog designs that the Winny won't even think about chambering.

Gear

[btroj]

I shoot the RD 165 in my Marlin. No winchesters here.

[cbrick]

13 posts and nobody mentioned the RCBS 180 FP. My Win 94 30-30 loves that or the RCBS 150.

Rick

[DLCTEX]

My Marlin likes the Lee 170 FP. My mould drops them at .311, which is what I size them as I lube and gas check them. If you want to pass 1600 fps you will want a gas check. The Lee 150 FP I got recently drops at .310 and seems to shoot as well as the 170, but I haven't really proven that yet.

[CPL Lou]

My favorite so far:
http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/product_info.php?cPath=30&products_id=583&osCsid=ddh09s1l3mtlc97n0b30q9jh15
Using Hornady LVR Powder.

CPL Lou

[bhn22]

13 posts and nobody mentioned the RCBS 180 FP. My Win 94 30-30 loves that or the RCBS 150.

Rick

My favorite too!

[462]

Lyman 308291/311291 in my pre-'64 Model 94.

[Terrence Clarke]

My Marlin XLR likes the Accurate molds 31-165D but changed to cast .312

[rintinglen]

+1 on the RCBS 30-180 fn. For a Winchester, they are nearly perfect. Sometimes too small for Marlins though. I also like the 311-041, the 311-291, and the 311-465. That last makes a great varmint/small game boolit. I have also achieved solid results at short , <50 yards, range with the 311-245.
However, just about any reasonably flat nosed boolit of 130-180 grains will work ok. It's hard to pick a loser.

[Blammer]

311407 is my pick.