Light .30 cal loads... How Low can you go?

There are a few ways to get from point A to B..depends on what youa re after.

Hodgdons' 60Z% H4895 rule is an easy one, and you can use any bullet you may want.

I'd tend to go with a low charge of H4895 and a 130gr TSX bullet to get about 2500FPS.

Not much recoil, flat trajectory to about 250 yards, and will kill anything.
 
Gatehouse said:
There are a few ways to get from point A to B..depends on what youa re after.

Hodgdons' 60Z% H4895 rule is an easy one, and you can use any bullet you may want.

I'd tend to go with a low charge of H4895 and a 130gr TSX bullet to get about 2500FPS.

Not much recoil, flat trajectory to about 250 yards, and will kill anything.
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Now that's a combination I might want to try.
If a 130gn TSX bullet is sufficient for deer and bear She could probably handle a max load or close to it. She is somewhat comfortable with 160s out of a 30-30.
Are they a good choice ballistically speaking? Can you shoot 'em relatively flat at higher velocities? Maybe they are just not a longe range choice?
 
Gatehouse said:
There are a few ways to get from point A to B..depends on what youa re after.

Hodgdons' 60Z% H4895 rule is an easy one, and you can use any bullet you may want.

I'd tend to go with a low charge of H4895 and a 130gr TSX bullet to get about 2500FPS.

Not much recoil, flat trajectory to about 250 yards, and will kill anything.
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That's probably the winner. Good expansion out to 250 yards and recoil of about 12 ft/lbs in a 6.5 pound rifle. I would use that without hesitation for either a whitetail or a blackie.
 
bill c68 said:
Now that's a combination I might want to try.
If a 130gn TSX bullet is sufficient for deer and bear She could probably handle a max load or close to it. She is somewhat comfortable with 160s out of a 30-30.
Are they a good choice ballistically speaking? Can you shoot 'em relatively flat at higher velocities? Maybe they are just not a longe range choice?
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A 130gr TSX i s fine for deer and bear- And you can really get them moving, if you wish to- or load them down for reduced recoil. The nice thing about the 130gr TSX is that it should easily do the job of a 150-165gr bullet, and you can still keep decent velocity with lower powder charges, or load them up for more velocity.



What is long range to your wife?

Depending on velocity started at, I'd shoot a 130gr TSX out as far as they stop expanding:)
 
I mentioned the RN SP 150's for expansion at low velocity. Most every animal that ever stepped in front of a 30-30 that let loose wound up dead, often RN SP 150's going 2300. I know the hollowed X split type solid copper bullets reliably expanded proportional to their speed, well the older ones did but I have no idea what the new ones are like. If the guys here say they will expand, I would try them, they would likely group far better to boot.
 
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