30-30

Because that's what I do. Never bothered because I assumed I wouldn't be able to fit enough N555 in 30-30 especially with the 160gr ftx bullet sitting so far down in the case. Plus I was running low on N555 for about the last 3 years, not any more. Well I took some N555 and filled a sized case...

Need help with a load. I need to see what a 160gr ftx bullet does or doesn't do at 1,400 to 1,500fps. I have everything from full power down to about 1,700fps covered. Less than 1,600fps gets tricky. For full power 2,150 to 2,200fps I'll use leverevolution. To get 100yd velocity of about...

I found some 30-30 head stamps that are clearly not 30 cal. They appear to be 7-30 waters with a 30-30 head stamp. So it would appear they started out as 30-30 brass. What do you think will happen if I run them through the 30-30 FL die? This is the first time I have found 30-30 brass that had...

I loaded thsee about 20 years ago. Knew they were normal accuracy for a 30-30 lever gun. I burned up about a hundred 30-30s loaded with 120gr bullets over 7gr of unique. They were shooting about 1 inch at 25 yards. When I have been able to find load data for unique and a small bullet like that...

Hey folks - bit of an oddball question here. I'm still fairly new to this, when when I started loading .30-30 a year or so ago .223/5.56 was the only other rifle round I was loading. I was well aware that it was not necessary to crimp 2.23/5.56 rounds. Based on that limited experience, and a...

A friend of mine is selling a Winchester model 94 100th anniversary trapper model 30-30. I don’t have a picture but it is in like new condition with saddle ring roll stamped 1894-1994, no checkering or fancy engraving. He wants $500 and I’m tempted to “pull the trigger”. Am I over paying? Any...

Want to start annealing brass I have been reloading for a long time, but I have never annealed my brass. I have a decent amount of fired brass for 223, 30-30, 270 Win, and 7.7x58 Japanese. The 223 brass has been loaded and reloaded several times. I want to start annealing to get more...

Been working on some 30-30 loads. Got them down to about 1 moa with rcbs 2 FL die set I bought used 20 years ago. The next logical step is get a bushing neck sizing die or collet die. My problem now is most of the brass I have is remington. The problem with remington brass is I get a variance of...

I had assumed I could just cut 5/8-24 threads on there, so I measured one of my rifles that has 5/8-24 because I figured it probably wouldn't be precisely 0.625'' nope, 0.620 inches. Then I measured my barrel on my 94AE, well it's right about 0.600", well there goes that plan. I don't want to...

I have seen that the only powder available to a lot of people is pyrodex and people starting to load stuff with black powder and pyrodex. Pyrodex is the only powder available it seems like. Midway has it, limit of 5, so you can get a big pile of it and it seems like they have plenty of it. A...

I'm going to try and load up a batch of 160, 140 and 135gr ftx bullets. I got the 135gr ftx bullets because they are flat base and some rifles just don't like boat tails for some reason. But any how I couldn't help but notice that the leverevolution load for the 160gr bullet is 37gr in the...

Hey all, Seen it mentioned a few times but no thread directly addressing this. All ammo prices are high right now as we all know, 30-30 seems to be especially high and in great demand. I can understand that there are a lot of deer rifles that may be the only gun someone has and they want some...

Just starting load development for my Mossberg 464 and looking for some bullet and powder suggestions. Deer is the game and prefer jacketed bullets.

Hey all, I'm having some trouble here, I'm not an experienced bottlenecked cartridge reloader- I pretty much stick to straight walled cartridges. I have loaded for my 30-30 before and I could easily repeat the loading again but I'm trying to do this right and only move the shoulder minimally ...

A concept I considered around 20 years ago when I started reloading. Thought about loading up some heavy subs, then I saw the prices on heavy 30 cal bullets, they were all specialty big game bullets. So I scaled back and just loaded up some cheap 124gr .311'' AK bullets on top of something like...

Hey all, I have a novice question. I've been handloading about three and a half years and i'm very comfortable loading straight walled cases , no concern with that at all. I have loaded for my marlin 336 (30-30), but not extensively - about 50 rounds or so, mostly as load development and that...

I hesitate to post this after reading through the "Scout Rifle" thread below, but I'll go ahead and dive in anyway. Nobody ever said self-preservation was one of my strongest points... :eek: This is a JM-stamped Marlin 336BL I purchased not long before the Remington takeover and factory move...

Hey all I'm from WV where shots are almost always under 100 yards, I've been using a 30-06 with nosler ballistic tips and getting good results. My question is at this range are my bullets even expanding or using their potential or would I be better off with a 30-30 or slug shotgun?

My 94AE likes to shoot about a 3 to 4 inch groups at 100yd, which is fine for the thick forests on the east coast, not so good for the wide open spaces of NM. Some of that is my cheap simons scope which I'm going to replace here soon with something from leupold. Problem with the scope is I can't...