David LaPell
03-21-2016, 05:58 PM
It's been a couple of years since I have cast any bullets, between my injury at work a few years back having gotten to the better of me at time and not really shooting like I had, I had made so many bullets that I still haven't had to cast any new ones to make up for the supply I have. That is going to change with my latest gun, something I had been thinking of for some time, a .30-30 rifle to cast bullets for.
The .30-30 was the first round I ever killed a deer with and I decided to go looking for another deer rifle. I have seen a few .308's and other bolt action rifles, but with one good arm I have a hard time with a bolt action, a lever I can kind of fan-angle better. I spotted a nice Winchester Model 94 pre-64 carbine but on Saturday I went to a local gun show to visit a buddy of mine who I have bought many, many good guns over the years and he didn't disappoint. He had a 1970 vintage Glenfield Model 30 with the half mag that just has the nicest look to it and is in excellent condition. If it was used, it wasn't used much. I have been looking at the Lyman #311041 mold but having no experience with cast bullets in a .30-30 I was wondering what others use. This would be a whitetail deer load and here in parts of the Adirondacks we get some good ones so I am probably going to want something in the 160 grain set up and better up to around 170 grains or so.
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss57/Smith29-2/marlin3030a_zpsrlccwvs6.jpg (http://s561.photobucket.com/user/Smith29-2/media/marlin3030a_zpsrlccwvs6.jpg.html)
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The .30-30 was the first round I ever killed a deer with and I decided to go looking for another deer rifle. I have seen a few .308's and other bolt action rifles, but with one good arm I have a hard time with a bolt action, a lever I can kind of fan-angle better. I spotted a nice Winchester Model 94 pre-64 carbine but on Saturday I went to a local gun show to visit a buddy of mine who I have bought many, many good guns over the years and he didn't disappoint. He had a 1970 vintage Glenfield Model 30 with the half mag that just has the nicest look to it and is in excellent condition. If it was used, it wasn't used much. I have been looking at the Lyman #311041 mold but having no experience with cast bullets in a .30-30 I was wondering what others use. This would be a whitetail deer load and here in parts of the Adirondacks we get some good ones so I am probably going to want something in the 160 grain set up and better up to around 170 grains or so.
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss57/Smith29-2/marlin3030a_zpsrlccwvs6.jpg (http://s561.photobucket.com/user/Smith29-2/media/marlin3030a_zpsrlccwvs6.jpg.html)
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss57/Smith29-2/marlin3030b_zps5fdqdyxt.jpg (http://s561.photobucket.com/user/Smith29-2/media/marlin3030b_zps5fdqdyxt.jpg.html)
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss57/Smith29-2/marlin3030c_zpsg9kobiam.jpg (http://s561.photobucket.com/user/Smith29-2/media/marlin3030c_zpsg9kobiam.jpg.html)