.30-30 and 200yrds, have you tried it?

[trigger45]

3 inches high at 100 and 6 inches low at 200. At 200 it was 4" 3 shot group.
what do you think?


made with my 30 year old new to me win mod 94 with a 20" barrel.

 

[Wil Terry]

THESE RUSULTS SOUND PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE TO ME.

I have always believed the 30/30 to be a most viable hunting cartridge out to 150 yards and stretching it to 200 yards could be done in a pinch.
Now, for rock busting in the Rockies my pals and I have hit stuff out to 800 yards [ or so the GEOVID said ] once we got the range and 300 to 500 yards was pretty easy actually. NO, THIS DOES NOT MAKE THE 30/30 A 500 YARD HUNTING GUN !!! Remember, we were rock busting and nothing more.

 

[Dr.Rob]

Iron sights or a scope?

I don't recall getting six inches of drop at 200.. but 3-4 seems about right.

You shooting 150 or 170 gr ammo?

 

[Mulliga]

Hmm. According to Chuck Hawks' excellent site (http://www.chuckhawks.com/index2.guns.htm):

Set up a scoped .30-30 so that the Winchester Supreme 150 grain factory load strikes dead on at 200 yards and the trajectory looks like this: +3.3 inches high at 100 yards, +2.8 at 150 yards, 0 at 200 yards, -5.7" at 250 yards, and -14.7" at 300 yards

Sounds like the drop at 200 is a lot.

 

[bernie]

I have a 12" gong hung at 475 yards at my private range. I friend of mine from church came out to shoot with me one day to shoot his scoped .30-30 and wanted to try shooting the gong as a lark. He held waaaaaaay high and squeezed the trigger and hit the gong. He could not do it again to save his life, but it sure makes a good story!

 

[Gewehr98]

I've done it several times.

But it was a Savage Model 340, with a 3-9x scope, using my Nosler 120gr Ballistic Tip .30-30 handloads. My ex-wife has the rifle now, there was never any real discussion after she methodically exploded gallon milk jugs full of refrigerated Jell-O at 200 yards with it. So yes, the .30-30 isn't too shabby.

 

[mondocomputerman]

I got my last deer at 200+ yards. The first two shots went completely under the deer. It was still standing broadside to me, so I aimed a bit above the deer and the third round found it's mark. I think I'll leave that distance to a 30.06 next year!

 

[trigger45]

well

170gr. win power point.

should i change to 150gr. for my central TEXAS exploits?
Deer or wild boar?

 

[foghornl]

My longest .30/30 shot on a white-tail was 176 Yds, with the Rem 170-Gr core-lokt bullet.

Thought I had missed, 'cause Bambi Sr. just stood there for about 10 seconds before going down like the proverbial 'sack of spuds'.

 

[Sarge111]

238 long steps...

Winchester 94 with the same brand 150 grain Silvertips; target was a nice forkhorn buck, with the rifle rested on a wheat-field terrace. Bullet centered the shoulders, and knocked a chunk of bone about the size of nickel upon exit. Deer didn't go three steps.

I had fitted the rifle with a Williams Foolproof peep that year, and a fine front post. I also shot it quite a bit to 200 yards with the aforementioned ammo, before I took it hunting. You groups are just fine at the distance you're shooting.

 

[roscoe]

Prone, I have hit within a 6" circle, three for three at the 200 yard range, with my Winchester 94 many times. I have an XO ghost ring, threaded to accept a Williams peep site, and that made a big difference. I held about 6" high, and I think I was using 150 grain commercial loads.