30-30 ammo

[Cedar Creek]

I've used .30-30 rifles a lot over the years and just love lever rifles. I also love accurate bolt rifles. My experience with .30-30 has been almost entirely with handloads, but I've also had much love for the original Winchester Silvertip factory ammo. It shoots well for me in .30-30 and was a beast in my old Winchester .348 rifle. My friends that use .30-30 for deer hunting usually use Winchester or Federal; basically whatever WM has in stock. I'm seeing a short sample now, though, because most of my friends that hunted with .30-30 'back in the day' are shooting .243 now.



Cedar Creek

 

[jmike314]

Have you tried the Remy CorLokt?

 

[YukonGlocker]

I've used .30-30 rifles a lot over the years and just love lever rifles. I also love accurate bolt rifles. My experience with .30-30 has been almost entirely with handloads, but I've also had much love for the original Winchester Silvertip factory ammo. It shoots well for me in .30-30 and was a beast in my old Winchester .348 rifle. My friends that use .30-30 for deer hunting usually use Winchester or Federal; basically whatever WM has in stock. I'm seeing a short sample now, though, because most of my friends that hunted with .30-30 'back in the day' are shooting .243 now.



Cedar Creek

I had a large stock of the original Silvertips that's slowly dwindled over the years. Had I known they stopped making it, I would have saved a lot of it. On top of being impressively accurate for a factory load, my personal experience is that it worked great on deer. I hope the new bullet design is as effective as the old one.

 

[YukonGlocker]

Have you tried the Remy CorLokt?

Yeah, I've shot a lot of it also, mainly because it's so widely available.

 

[beastep]

You dont do any handloading?

 

[aviator41]

Silvertip was good stuff. I've only had Nosler partition has shot that well for me, but those were handloads.

 

[YukonGlocker]

You dont do any handloading?

Yes, I do handload. But, I also like to keep up with current factory loads (obviously, I'm behind at the moment!).

 

[beastep]

Oh ok.

 

[bulbboy]

I liked the LeverEvolution in my Marlin - it was a newer one though.

 

[YukonGlocker]

Anyone tried the Hornady 140gr. Monoflex?