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jr1968":189fa10b said:I lined up 6 one gallon water jugs. Set at 50 yrds, bullet exploded jugs 1 and 2 went through
3 and stopped in 4.
Exp. dia. .536 and wght. 108.0 grs.
Should I stay with this bullet or move up to 150's for WT's?
jr1968
dubyam":274ugl9x said:I don't think you can go wrong with any of the Speer offerings suitable for the 30-30WCF, as far as white-tail go. The one caution I'd place on any bullet in the 30-30 is to know where you drop below 1000lbs of energy. That's my floor for a deer bullet, and with my 150gr load, it's right at 200yds (actually, around 198yds, to be exact) but I figure that's well enough for a 200yd gun. By my calculations on the "best case 2500fps" 130gr load, that bullet is running 1000lbs of energy out to about 190-195yds, and is pushing 990+ at 200yds. If you slow it down a bit to 2400fps, it still carries 1000 out to 160yds. The 150gr will carry 1k a bit better, though no 30-30 bullet is carrying it out beyond about 200yds in a 20" barrel. I can't speak to any velocity gains with the new Leverevolution powder as I haven't tried it, but I get 2335fps with 748 and 150gr Speers as is. That's just my opinion on the subject, take it for what it is.
dubyam":3qf182iw said:Scotty, at 2300fps, you should just get a good hunting peep sight and practice out to 200yds. Couldn't be much more difficult than qualifying with the open sights on your service rifle, right? And a 170gr @2300 is carrying 1000lbs out to 270. Heck, you could sight in in with a PBR of 220yds and be all set. Might be time to get another Win94 or dump the 4x off the top of mine...nah! I like that little rifle just the way it is. Besides, recent developments have put a nice, open sighted rifle in my safe. More on that later...