R.W.Dale
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I had a real eye opener at the range today while chronographing various loads. The real shocker was when I ran some 170grn Remington factory loads through my Savage 340 with a 20" barrel.
Now before you say I was getting erroneous readings I had also chronographed some remington bulk .22LR ammo. Remington claims 1280 fps for the 36grn HP ammo. I got
It would appear as though those threads that place 30-30 in the same class as .357 magnum carbines could be very factual.
A max load of H-335 under a sierra 150grn FP according to Hodgon yields 2308 FPS I averaged a respectable 2240 fps. I wonder what's up handloads appear to be fairly close to claimed velocities in the manuals so why are these factory loads almost 300 FPS slower than the mfg's claims
Shot
1. 1863 fps
2. 1879 fps
3. 1828 fps
4. 1838 fps
5. 1888 fps
1. 1863 fps
2. 1879 fps
3. 1828 fps
4. 1838 fps
5. 1888 fps
Now before you say I was getting erroneous readings I had also chronographed some remington bulk .22LR ammo. Remington claims 1280 fps for the 36grn HP ammo. I got
1. 1250
2. 1222
3. 1243
4. 1240
5. 1268
2. 1222
3. 1243
4. 1240
5. 1268
It would appear as though those threads that place 30-30 in the same class as .357 magnum carbines could be very factual.
A max load of H-335 under a sierra 150grn FP according to Hodgon yields 2308 FPS I averaged a respectable 2240 fps. I wonder what's up handloads appear to be fairly close to claimed velocities in the manuals so why are these factory loads almost 300 FPS slower than the mfg's claims