Who hunts with one. And what load or factory ammo you use. This year will be hunting with my 336 that was refinished from head to toe. My load is a Sierra #2120, IMR-4895. 46 grains. Gets her done with no muss or fuss. But, as always. My Remington in .308 will see action as well.
Might just take the M1Garand out for a few hunts in honour of my dad.

Sarge

I do. 336 also. 150 grain hornady bullets. 35 grains of H335. Hodgdon says 33 now. Been shooting 35 for awhile. No clue why they changed it a few years ago. I have not had any high pressure signs.



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… 170 green and yellow box

46 seems like an awful lot of 4895 to stuff under any bullet

my 308 load is 42.5 H4895

46 sounds like a 30-06 load

36 is listed as the max for a 110gr bullet in 30-30 with IMR-4895

I can and have reloaded 30/30 but like Savel mostly use the green and yellow box 170gr for the little bit I use 30-30

I don't see it coming out hunting this year I have a 44 carbine to try this year

I was going too but went shooting over the weekend and old eyes and open sites don't mix well. Lol

rear peep and a nice wide blade in front makes it better that way you don't focus on the back sight at all you look through it

Also using h335 powder.
Of the factory feed mine
like 150gr bullet loads best.
Win brand work well.
Others milage may vary.

My 23 in. contender barrel likes winchester 150 grain powerpoints sub 1nch groups @ 100 yds depending on the jerk on the trigger 170's open up a little but still good enough bought a gob of each from natchez 6 something a box+ free shipping between bamanomics and bidenomics so be awhile before i reload

Danny, one word. Liability. Some stupid arse forced them do that. No signs of pressure. I say keep loading them and send them downrange.
The old thirty thirty is not fancy. I have my dad's 94 that is deep blued with a nickle receiver. He bought it when I was 5 yrs old. I refinished the stock just before his last hunt. One of kind. Absolutely gorgeous.
But, we all get hung up on the latest and greatest rifles or magnums at one time or the other. All my rifles are .30 cal. 30/06, 30/30, and my .308 that served me well in the Army.
There is just something nostalgic about the old 30/30 I can't shake. It's fun and simple.

Sarge

Greencountypete, I stand corrected. 35 grains of imr4895. With a 125 grain spitzer. I know, pointy bullets in magazine. I use one in the tube and I in the mag. Rarely use both unless shooting two deer.
I was thinking of my M1Garand load with 46 grains.. Thanks for catching my mistake.

Sarge

I might try to upgrade sties but these are are older model 94s

there was a really interesting article have see if I can find it now but they were working on a special custom built test gun to see how much pressure they could push in a regular 308 case if they used small rifle primer brass sort of working on the idea of 277 furry more pressure not more capacity.

they got to some crazy high pressures way beyond where you should be they were getting almost 300win mag velocities without pressure signs , just by using small primer 308 brass

yes , Liability a lot of companies do it , books that are 15 years old will have a grain or two hotter I htink they realized people were going to skip the math and not reduce by 10% so they just did the math and and made it the max load so if you blew your gun up it was not current published data.

especially in 30-30 I see no point to hot rodding
I don't know what my load is off the top of my head it is written down , I spent a lot more time playing with really light cast bullet loads in 30-30 than I did on a hunting load.
back during the 22lr shortage I was shooting a bunch of wheel weights for about a 4 cents a round great fun banging steel at 100 yards

Sites and scopes for elder eyes be a good topic here.
I gave a scope to an old guy,
had a post rather than hairs.
Wish I could get that one back.

you might want to look at an illuminated dot where the cross hair meet , then you have a glowing dot to put where you want to hit , but it isn't a red dot that gets all distorted by your astigmatism

I dont,but I think its earned its reputation as among the finest eastern whitetail cartridges of all time.

if I run across an old marlin or a 35 rem in good shape at a good price they will follow me home.

Gotta love the Dirty Thirty! I have taken many deer over the years with them.

wws

One of my boys and a neighbor kid each shot there bear with 30-30 this year . Did a great job on putting them down

I don't know if I have shot one more than once or twice.

Still have mine, a Savage 30-30 pump. My first deer rifle, need to get it out this year and use it for some doe management. Eric

Since 1971, all I used.
I did put a Williams peep on it and a firesite bead, next best thing to a scope.
Used 170 corelokts for years, switched to 150 CL and liked them better, switched to Hornaday 160 gummy points and REALLY like them, hardly any tracking practice now.

Dang Sarge how many deer can you take in S.C.? I am envious!

I shoot a T/C contender handgun that's chambered for the 30-30AI. I shoot 30-30 ammo when I'm fireforming brass. I'm shooting a 125 gr Nosler BT bullets and with a charge of IMR 4198. I've only used it on few deer and antelope so I don't have to much experience it, but it is pretty impressive on them.

I can legally take 11 here. 8 does, 3 bucks. I usually harvest 5-7. Last year only squeezed the trigger once for a nice 8 pointer. Only because I knew he was in the area. This year does hopefully will hit the ground during bow. Wait on another 8 or 10 that's in area. Then finish doe work after rut. This year I have a couple more folks that need the meat.
So, hopefully my bow and rifles get a workout.
Sarge

I was looking at getting one powder for all my lever rifles;30-30, .444, .300 savage, and .35. Is there one powder that would do well with ll of those cartridges?

That might be hard to do. Not impossible. If you do, stock up. Since I like my .30 Cals. I use alot of imr4895 and imr4064. Bought enough to last the rest of my life. For my pistols and revolvers. Plenty of red dot,bullseye and unique on hand.

Gramps gun 1905 Marlin model 93, while I prefer my reloaded 30/30 I have several box’s of Green and yellow 170 grain to use up

Nice Rifle nightlife ^^^

Thanks I don’t know how many deer this gun has accounted for and along with bear and at least a couple of moose it’s kept the family feed for over a hundred years, gramps bought it new in 1905 at age 15 just before he left home

It’s also been used in several shootouts with criminals back in the 20/30s, it has quite a history

That guns seen a lot sounds like

Very cool gun nightlife.

Got some 230gr deep hps loaded up Imma try to put in something when it gets cold



Give a nice lil push lol

I typically use Remington Core Lokt in my Marlin. Works well for me within 100 yards. I did replace the sights with a williams peep and new front blade from skinner sights.

the old 70s Remington rounds just sound different during a deer drive.