30-30 light loads

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I am looking for some loads with 100-120ish gr bullets that are between 1800fps and 2000fps. These will be jacketed 30 carbine bullets so no need on leading crap. I just need something cheap cause the earth wants its lead back. Thanks in advance
 
here are some of my 30-30 loads that might help you.

1950 marlin 336 waffle top 24 inch barrel and 336 cb 24 inch barrel.
these loads also work well in a 20 inch marlin 336 and winchester 94 with a 24 inch barrel. these are my silhouette match loads.

varget powder, standard large rifle primer, winchester brass, sierra bullets

125 gr hp - 30.0 grs, 1,977 fps. no kick and groups under 1/2 inch at 150 meters
150 gr fp - 33.0 grs, 2,081 fps. same as above.
170 gr fp - 33.5 grs, 2,188 fps. feels a little under factory load ammo and groups 1 inch at 200 meters.

buffalo rifle (shooters world) and 5744 powder, extreme 150 gr plated bullet (berry's 150 gr plated works the same), standard rifle primer, winchester brass.

aa 5744 - 17.5 grs - 1,566 fps
buffalo rifle - 17.5 grs- 1,462 fps

aa 5744 - 18.0 grs - 1,621 fps
buffalo rifle - 18.0 - 1,469 fps.

buffalo rifle - 18.5 grs - 1,555 fps. second best.

aa 5744 - 20.0 - 1,841 fps
buffalo rifle - 20.0 - 1,651 fps

buffalo rifle - 21.5 - 1,766 fps. best load, best group.

buffalo rifle powder, no kick, shoots very lite and groups under 1/2 inch out to 150 meters. at 50 and 100 meter it is one hole.

buffalo rifle is the better powder over the 5744. he reason i jumped on buffalo rifle was the price of 5744 jumped well over $250.00 dollars plus. buffalo rifle is around $149.00 for 8 pounds in my area. i talked with ken johnson of shooter's world and found that buffalo rifle was/is the old 5744 powder and a one of one powder weight drop would work.

these are my loads that are tested across my 1982 chronograph and works in my match rifles. rcbs charge master powder dropped. bullet seat is a hair off the lands (longer than book oal) for max grouping. i don't think you will find this data in any book.

you need to do your own testing and research.
 
H4895 (not IMR 4895) is a powder that can be downloaded to 60% of the max published charge. Looking at the Hodgdon data, a 110gn bullet shows a max charge of 37.0gn, so 22.2gn would be 60% of that.

I did some experimentation using the 150gn FN plated bullets from Xtreme. I loaded down to as low as 20.5gn, where I got 1350 fps. The load I finally picked was 22.5gn, where I saw 1500 fps. I was looking for an inexpensive, low-recoil load that I could shoot at the local indoor range (25 yards max).
 
I use 13GR of blue dot and a 110 fmj.
This is not a book load, so use at your own risk.
I am well on my way to 1000 rounds using this method.
Use a Dipper and scales if you do this and seat each bullet after charging the case.
 
With 110 JSP carbine bullets in 30-30 I used a starting load of H4198, then worked my way down until I got the accuracy and low recoil I wanted. 4198 burned nice and clean well below the starting load and gave good group all the way down to around an estimated 1800 fps.

I always wanted to try 5744.
 
What would happen if anything if i would use h4895 and go below that 60% point, say down to 50% at 18.5 grains
 
Dunno, but you would be going against the sellers recommendation, and they cut it off at 60% for some reason, and I assume a good one.

Stay safe.
 
Dunno, but you would be going against the sellers recommendation, and they cut it off at 60% for some reason, and I assume a good one.

Stay safe.
I was just wondering if anyone knew cause it wouldnt be for pressure reasons so maybe hangfires or misfires
 
Some years ago. I won a Cast Bullet Association championship shooting a Contender with a ten inch .30-30 barrel. The load was a 120 grain cast bullet and 8 grains of Unique. ES was very low...something around 12 fps.
I know that the intended use here is a rifle and at higher velocity but this might be worth a look. 11 grains of Unique will give you the velocity that you are looking for

note: for those fellows who are writing "no recoil" for some of the loads cited above....a few of those loads are pretty much standard as opposed to reduced....saying that they have no recoil is silly. I suspect that you are experienced shooters and not at all recoil shy. For a new shooter, the feeling may well be different.
 
Some years ago. I won a Cast Bullet Association championship shooting a Contender with a ten inch .30-30 barrel. The load was a 120 grain cast bullet and 8 grains of Unique. ES was very low...something around 12 fps.
I know that the intended use here is a rifle and at higher velocity but this might be worth a look. 11 grains of Unique will give you the velocity that you are looking for

note: for those fellows who are writing "no recoil" for some of the loads cited above....a few of those loads are pretty much standard as opposed to reduced....saying that they have no recoil is silly. I suspect that you are experienced shooters and not at all recoil shy. For a new shooter, the feeling may well be different.
That sounds like a great load.
I don't like the term no recoil, but if they are shooting a scoped Marlin it's nearly true.
 
This is the cast bullet reduced load page from the Lee book. You could extrapolate from there.
 

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