Has Hornady turned my 30-30 into a long range rifle

[Semmerling]

Based on what I've read here, anything you think you would be doing with a 30-06 you would be doing better with a .308.

I think you have quite a bit of work and research before you run off and buy this next rifle. If you do the work, I doubt very much you will be buying a 30-06. I love mine, but it doesn't hold a candle to a whole host of other long range calibers.

Slow down, do the work, get it right.

 

[Arkel23]

Where I hunt in SC there is alot of open space and and swamps and gulches like you said.

 

[Oldtrader3]

Actually I have never found anything that I could do with a .308 better than with a .30-06. I have owned several of each over the years. Shoot 180 or 200 gr bullets at elk and change your mind about the .308 being better than the .30-06.

 

[natman]

Based on what I've read here, anything you think you would be doing with a 30-06 you would be doing better with a .308.

I think you have quite a bit of work and research before you run off and buy this next rifle. If you do the work, I doubt very much you will be buying a 30-06. I love mine, but it doesn't hold a candle to a whole host of other long range calibers.

Slow down, do the work, get it right.

If I understand this post correctly, you are saying that a 308 is a better long range cartridge than a 30-06.

If that's the case you are going to have to explain to me how shooting the same bullet 100 fps slower makes the 308 better.

 

[P. Plainsman]

Before this mutates into a .308-vs.-.30-06 thread --

Just wanted to note. While the LeverEvolution 160 gr may or may not be a significant boost to the long range capacity of the .30-30, it does do two things within the traditional 150 yard envelope:

1) Deliver more energy than many factory .30-30 loads.

2) Group very well!

My Marlin loves the stuff, much like cyclopsshooter's Marlin above. I buy a box when I can find it on the shelves. I guess I'm laying in a supply. I'm not a good enough shot to tackle game past 100 yards with an iron-sighted rifle, so I don't care too much about long range. But points 1) and 2) are enough to make me a fan of LeverEvolution .30-30.

 

[Lloyd Smale]

ive shot some scary accurate 3030 loads at 200 yards. One of my guns will shoot 150 corelocks into 2.5 inches at 200. Personaly i think all that leverevelotion ammo is just hype. A 3030 will take care of deer sized game with corelocks with a proper sight in. Out past 200 yards you probably should step up to a more powerful gun. It may be a tad flatter shooting but it shouldnt be used as a crutch. Go out with your 3030 and learn its trajectory and where it hits at different ranges and worry more about which loads shoots the best then about which is an inch or two flatter shooting.