Range report -Old school 3030Win

[mjcmichigan]

Son called Wednesday and says, need a doe patrol rifle for first timer.. what’cha got?
3030, 243, 270, 3006.

So made some 15 loads for 3030 using Sierra Pro Hunter Flat nose 150’s.
Varget 34.0 grains
GM210M
Starline Brass
Mandrel sized necks to .307
Used dry lube on necks and bullets during seating (Redding Die)
OAL set to 2.595” (yes, cycles nicely in my 336xlr)
Got the Garmin out.
2324fps
2327fps
2327fps.
ES 3
SD 1.6
Made a small adjustment on scope to compensate for the lean left. I think she’s going on doe patrol on Sunday!

 

[mjcmichigan]

243 was loaded with 45 grain of StaBALL 6.5
Averaged 3191 sd 23.
It’s less than MOD(Minute of Doe)

3006 is a 2770 fps SPH 180 RN
2784 sd 11.

Bang on at 100

I didn’t take 270 out.
If I did, 130 NBT over H4831 at about 3000.

 

[JD338]

Nice work Mark. That 30-30 load will keep the freezer full

JD338

 

[RL338]

Took a pair of does last year with the 30-30 , and it did the job.

 

[Orezona]

Son called Wednesday and says, need a doe patrol rifle for first timer.. what’cha got?
3030, 243, 270, 3006.

So made some 15 loads for 3030 using Sierra Pro Hunter Flat nose 150’s.
Varget 34.0 grains
GM210M
Starline Brass
Mandrel sized necks to .307
Used dry lube on necks and bullets during seating (Redding Die)
OAL set to 2.595” (yes, cycles nicely in my 336xlr)
Got the Garmin out.
2324fps
2327fps
2327fps.
ES 3
SD 1.6
Made a small adjustment on scope to compensate for the lean left. I think she’s going on doe patrol on Sunday!

Have you seen an improvement with dry lube on the necks versus no dry lube?

 

[mjcmichigan]

Have you seen an improvement with dry lube on the necks versus no dry lube?

Yes, I’ve had good success with it.
I double clutch the seating, so raise the ram just until the bullet engages the neck, lower it, rotate the case, then finish the stroke.
Concentricity is typically 0.0015 or less. Before using dry line on both neck and bullet, depending on a variety of things… concentricity was from 0.003-0.005.
I can usually get most powders and bullets working well, ie ES under 20 and SD’s under 10. 3 is a pretty small sample, I’m using the imperial dry lube and applicator beads. I see there are others out there that work
Well.