Favorite 30-30 loads--?

[rockrat]

For those of you that shoot the 30-30, think I might pick one up this weekend. what are your favorite boolits and loads for them. Have some plain base boolits I bought and a 31141, 311284, and 30-165sil moulds to try. Thanks

[versifier]

Rockrat,
You will definitely get a lot of good replies on this thread. Also check out the Gunloads Home Page for the Favorite Loads section and add your own to it.

I like Lee Soupcans with RE7 and Lee 150FN's with RE7 & IMR3031. Bothe have shot well out of my rifles for hunting, cast of WW's and sized .310 and up.

[hivoltfl]

I have good luck with the 31141 bullet with about every powder I have tried in it, IMR 4198,3031,4895,4064, and win748. Rick

[Glen]

311041 over 26.0 grains of H335, for about 1950 fps and very good accuracy.

[rmb721]

I use a Lyman #311041 with 25 grains of IMR-3031 (1775 fps) for silhouette, sized .309 in a 336 rifle (24 in) and a 36 rifle (24 in), both with ballard rifling. In a 336 SC (20 in) that load is 1675 fps.

[Char-Gar]

The 30-30 is a fine cast bullet round, but I have a question...Is your rifle a levergun, bolt or single shot. This makes a difference in which bullets you can use.

311284 and RCBS 165 SIL are to sharp pointed to be used in a tubular magazine.

311284 is right on the bubble in terms of weight/length for optimum stabilization in the 1-12 twist in 30-30 barrels. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

That leaves 311041 as the best choice for a 30-30 levergun.

16.5 grains of 2400, 4759 or 4227 will all give you good results over an approriate bullet.

[NickSS]

I use the 311041 bullet cast from WW and lubed with 50-50 alox and beeswax over 8 gr of Red Dot for a plinking load and the same over 18 gr of AA 5744 for two hundred yard target shooting.

[corvette8n]

I use Lee 150fngc tumble lubed with liquid alox over 8-10 gr. of Unique
nice plinker

[rockrat]

Just picked up a Savage 340 (pics to follow--cleaning out all the copper). and have a glenfield 30-30 that I bought for a project, that is apart now, but might get rebored to 38-55.
Have 4227, 3031,4895, 4064,322,RL7,5744, 2015, 2495 and data 68.

[Jon K]

rockrat,

+1 for AA 5744 18-19 grains/ RCBS 165 Sil/WLR or Fed 210 primer.

Jon

[Chuck 100 yd]

311041 over 18 gr. IMR 4198 for 1550 fps. A very accurate load with the recoil of a .22Mag. Target / small game / deer . If you are one of those who hunt with Pistol caliber levers, this load will do everything a .357 Mag will and more.

[pdawg_shooter]

31 gn of 30301 behind any 150 gr cast, sized .301 and patched with 2 wraps of 16lb bond. any soft lube will do.