View Full Version : 30-30 woes ???
Hootmix
05-09-2022, 04:13 PM
I have a 67 94 Candian Centennial rifle (26"), using a PC'd, 158gn. (Ordered from supplier), and a Lyman 311466, (coated & lubed). Used IMR-3031@ 22.5 w/ 158gn. OAL 2.552
Used IMR-4198@18gn. w/158gn.OAL2.510
Used IMR-4198 @18gn. w/158gn. OAL2.530 -----------------NONE, of these could find 3" bull @ 50yds !!!!!
All shot's "LOW LEFT", were talk'n 8-10" low & 5-6" left, but not as a groupe.
Got up early, drove to range, fired 1 factory 150gn., Bulls Eye (well the barrels not bent), then fired 1 rd. 158gn w/ 18gn. IMR-4198 (shooting West), (it should be about New Mexico by now), hit low left corner of target, (maybe the targets don't like coated bullets???) Ya' think i need to up the charges? Chrono showed 1750's
hav'n coffee, Hootmix.
Thumbcocker
05-09-2022, 04:23 PM
Boolit diameter?
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Hootmix
05-09-2022, 04:45 PM
OOpS, .309 dia.
more coffee, Hootmix.
Thumbcocker
05-09-2022, 04:50 PM
Try .311. I bet it will do better.
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Thumbcocker
05-09-2022, 04:56 PM
Gas check boolits? If not you are pushing them too hard. 1500 fps or less.
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Hootmix
05-09-2022, 05:38 PM
Hey Thum, just loaded a couple @ .311 w/ both Imr-3031 & IMR- 4198, and yes sir they are GC'd., we'll see, thank you for holler'n.
coffee's ready, Hootmix.
Bazoo
05-09-2022, 06:40 PM
Uh, I’m no expert on the 30-30. But I’ve found good success with full charges of 3031. My ‘70 made 94 does well with 26-28 grains 3031 and the 31141, checked and lubed and sized .310. I’d say start running full speed and see what happens.
Trapper-Jack
05-09-2022, 08:02 PM
I'm with Bazoo. My 30-30s do well with about 27 grains of 3031. I'm shooting the Lee 150 and 170 boolits with gas checks.
Hootmix
05-09-2022, 08:08 PM
I have 3-4 .308 molds (30-40 &.303 brit), problem seems to be if, the "nose" of the bullets are bigger than .302 they hit the Landes, and i have to seat them deeper to get a good fit, so the bolt closes smoothly. I know it will all fall in place , when i (we) find the right combo. Baz, i like 3031, use it in my 40-60 win., with a pinch of Dacron filler, i get good groupes @ 50yds.
coffee time, Hootmix
Eddie Southgate
05-09-2022, 08:15 PM
You can get a good load in just about anything with 3031 and good bullet fit.
Texas by God
05-09-2022, 08:42 PM
You can get a good load in just about anything with 3031 and good bullet fit.Yes, I remember 3031 fondly.....
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Landy88
05-09-2022, 09:01 PM
But how were the groups?
Finding a good load is not the same as finding one that shoots to the same POI as another; and finding both in one is, yet, another challenge.
Some rifles are a friend jn such a challenge, and some an inquisitioner.
Hootmix
05-09-2022, 10:50 PM
I'm one of those people's that likes to know stuff, so i looked up SAMMI drawings for the Win. 30-30. Un beknown to me, the 30-30 has a 15* slope at the end of the chamber, from .333 down to.300 bore & groove @ .308 dia. That is why my fat nose bullets gave me problems, and i had to keep seating them deeper. A 150gn. (158gn.) bullet should be traveling about 2000-2205fps, so Baz may be right, i need to up my load of 3031, maybe tomorrow if all goes well.
coffee time, Hootmix.
Leverguns, due to the barrel bands and dovetails, rarely shoot different velocity loads to the same POI.
Soundguy
05-11-2022, 10:37 AM
I still didn't see if this was a GC or not? My flat nose run great in my leverguns..
MT Gianni
05-12-2022, 10:00 AM
How does it shoot with a box of factory?
truckjohn
05-12-2022, 10:56 AM
Cast boolits always shoot to a different point of impact than jacketed. That's normal.
Often, the reduced cast loads will print quite a bit lower. That's expected. Focus on tuning the load adjustments to tighten up the groups, and then adjust your sights as needed.
Bazoo
05-12-2022, 06:33 PM
My cast 30-30 loads hit the same spot as factory. The 748 load I have, hits nearly exactly the same and groups are similar in size, around 1.5” at 70yards for 3 shots. The 3031 load I have shoots similarly but not as tight but I don’t remember now except that 28 grains shoots to the same sight setting and 27 was lower and needed a notch more elevation. Both were similar in group size but it’s been so long I can’t remember and I just plink with it. I can hit a coke can at 75 yards, so I never tried to improve my load farther and subsequently got sidetracked with other shooting and loading.
Hootmix
05-13-2022, 01:01 AM
Yup, back, MT see post #6, they are GC'd, & shoot to point of aim w/ 170gn. factory ammo. Been tied up w/ "need to get done stuff".
Landy88, a "Groupe", if i remember correctly there were 2rds.out of the 5rds. that were on the same side of the target. Thank everyone for the questions & advise, I'll be back when i get this other stuff done.
coffee's ready, Hootmix
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