Terry Vincent
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I just loaded five Remington Brass cases with 37.7 grains of Hodgdons new LVR over a Nosler 150 grain Ballistic Tip. 38.5 is the max load. I shot the ammunition through a Thompson Center G2 with a 21 inch Custom Shop light weight barrel. No freebore in this barrel is an over all length of 2.789" so I seated the bullet to 2.759" giving the bullet a .030" freebore. Here is what the Chrony recorded for the five shots: 1. 2537, 2. 2530, 3. 2517, 4. 2524, 5. 2523. I don't recall getting this close of a maximum spread with any other powder with these velocities. There are no excessive pressure indicators, and case extraction was effortless.
At first blush, it appears this LVR powder will really bring the 30-30 to a new performance level. My ballistic chart shows this bullet, velocity, BC combinations still has more than 1,000 ft/lbs of energy at 400 yards! 200 yard energy figures demonstrate 1,500 ft/lbs of energy, so I may just use this rifle for my Montana elk hunt this fall.
At first blush, it appears this LVR powder will really bring the 30-30 to a new performance level. My ballistic chart shows this bullet, velocity, BC combinations still has more than 1,000 ft/lbs of energy at 400 yards! 200 yard energy figures demonstrate 1,500 ft/lbs of energy, so I may just use this rifle for my Montana elk hunt this fall.
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