GeoDudeFlorida
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Hey Harry, you never did say exactly what kind of lever gun or what you were planning on shooting in.30-30. Or maybe I just missed it? I think it does make some difference. I load a lot more stout for my Marlin lever guns than for the Stevens bolt action. And while the Contender is plenty strong I only have the 10” barrel for it so I load more like a magnum handgun load for it.The "Pick your favorite rifle bullet manufacturer poll" thread started up some interesting side conversations. One of them concerned bullet choices for reloading .30-30. In order to avoid de-railing the poll thread too badly I'd like to move the .30-30 discussion here.
I don't have a particular direction in mind for the thread - it's just that I'm just now adding .30-30 to the list of calibers I reload for, and thought I'd pick some brains a bit. Here's the side conversation from the Poll thread:
Just to status where I'm at, I have a few boxes of Hornady's 150 grain InterLock RN (#3035) that I'm going to be loading up tonight in a test ladder. I have some Winchester Large Rifle Primers and some H335 to use. I understand H335 may not be the BEST choice, but I have quite a bit of it on hand for 55 Gr. .223 loads. So it's what I have. I'm curious if others have used it in .30-30? What sort of down-sides should I expect to see? Dirty cases? Heavy Recoil? It looks like it's a bit faster-burning that most of the powders listed in the Hornady manual for that bullet, but it's not the fastest... This will be used in a lever gun with a 20" barrel.
Any other bullets that people suggest trying besides what GeoDudeFlorida mentioned above? I like the idea of a 110 grain bullet for light, cheap plinking loads. Particularly because I'd like to pick up an M1 Carbine some day, and it would be handy to be able to use the same bullet for both .30-30 and .30 Carbine loads.
Thanks in advance!
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