Need Help: 30/30 Handload Specs
I am planning a several day camping/sightseeing trip in the Colorado mountains and will be taking along my Marlin 336. I would like to have some heavy rounds loaded up in case I need them. I'm guessing I can go to a gun shop here in my area and ask them to handload some for me, but I need to know what to ask for.
I want as heavy/powerful a load as I can safely use - shoulder pain not an issue. I don't expect these rounds would need to be good beyond 50-75yds. I'll only get a few (20 or so) so price isn't important. What do I need to ask for - any help is appreciated.
To whom much is given, much is expected.
I want as heavy/powerful a load as I can safely use - shoulder pain not an issue. I don't expect these rounds would need to be good beyond 50-75yds. I'll only get a few (20 or so) so price isn't important. What do I need to ask for - any help is appreciated.
To whom much is given, much is expected.
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Remembering that the old thutty-thutty is not a magnum, I prefer the light, fast, hard-hitting "accelerators" when I can find them (+/-$15), or the tried and true 170 gr. flatnosed silvertips/powerpoints.
If I were to load my own lever fodder for a trip to Colorado; I'd have a box of 150's and a box of 170's.
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SkyWatcher,
What gunnut505 said is right, the 30-30 ain't no magnum. I assume you use your 336 and have it zeroed in with 150 or 170 gr. "factory" loads. Use what you normally shoot. If you go loading up some "hot" load it will probable change your point of aim. If you have to use it, it is better to be able to hit what your aiming at than just makeing a louded noise.
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Sighted it in with 150 grain Winchester silver tips out to 100yds. I was thinking in terms of loading my first two shells with a "hotter/heavier" round in case SHTF - like a bear sneaks up on me...Ideally I would just carry a revolver in one of the larger calibers, but I don't have one and I'm not going to buy one for the trip - that's why the 30/30 - we'll be on horseback, though, so it won't be a weight problem. And we won't be hunting - this is a just in case type of thing.
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If you look around some, Remington used to load a FMJ round nose 30-30 (police/prison guard loading?).
Some guys like a mag full of lead, I still prefer one round to the head.0 -
Skywalker;
If grizzlys are you're concern, I would opt up to an '06
for the trip. I don't think I (personally),would want to deal with
one of these guys with a 30-30. Grizzlys are very large,very tough customs, and you won't believe how fast an enraged grizzly will cover fifty yards. I qoute a guide in Africa talking to my grandad many years ago,"When something large, dangerous, and extremely pissed off
is coming over to settle you're differences in a meaningful way, now is not the time to find, You don't have enough gun". I have always found this sage advise.0 -
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I want as heavy/powerful a load as I can safely use - shoulder pain not an issue. I don't expect these rounds would need to be good beyond 50-75yds. I'll only get a few (20 or so) so price isn't important. What do I need to ask for - any help is appreciated.
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True, the ole Thutty thutty is no magnum, but, I've rechambered a bunch of them to the ackley improved version and it amazing what that will do. Very efficient. 3200 fps with a 110 gr bullet and pretty accurate (for a lever saddlegun). The 336 seems to shoot better than the 94's. Since bears seem to be the primary concern here though, I'd put a heavy, well constructed bullet at least 170 grains with a hot load you've worked up a little at a time for this gun. Probably a better choice would be a scattergun with some double ought.0
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