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I was a little surprised at this:

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The one on top was from 25 yards, the bottom one 50 yards. 165 grain cast bullet, pushed by 8 grains of unique, sparked with a CCI 250 magnum primer, shot from an 1894 carbine.

Any guesses on how many of these pieces they went through? I had the lineup backstopped against a stump.
 
The lowest board looks like 1 3/4" thick white pine: If all the boards are the same as that I reckon that you had four boards in front of those which finished stopping the bullet.

I am curious why you reloaded low powered loads when 30-30 in standard form is quite an anemic cartridge?
 
My guess is three in front of those. I also loaded some subsonic 30-30 loads with trail boss. Just because I reload and I can I guess. Also wanted to see how quiet it would be. Quieter than a 22lr.
 
You don't need a lot of power to practice shooting at 50 yards, punching holes in paper, cans and boards. Cast bullets are cheap, much cheaper than jacketed bullets.

As for "anemic", my grandfather shot about 50 moose (in B.C.) with a 30-30 rifle. Only one required a second shot.

New Camper said:
The lowest board looks like 1 3/4" thick white pine: If all the boards are the same as that I reckon that you had four boards in front of those which finished stopping the bullet.

I am curious why you reloaded low powered loads when 30-30 in standard form is quite an anemic cartridge?
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New Camper said:
The lowest board looks like 1 3/4" thick white pine: If all the boards are the same as that I reckon that you had four boards in front of those which finished stopping the bullet.

I am curious why you reloaded low powered loads when 30-30 in standard form is quite an anemic cartridge?
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I'm not sure what you mean by anemic because the 30-30 I know is a hard hitting round only limited by its flat or round nose.
 
when the 30-30 came out it was The Hottest cartridge going. It leaves the 44Mag in the dust , yet people will laugh if you said you were packing it for bear protection ! ;)
 
338 Imperial said:
when the 30-30 came out it was The Hottest cartridge going. It leaves the 44Mag in the dust , yet people will laugh if you said you were packing it for bear protection ! ;)
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Just to put things in perspective, when the .30-30 was introduced in 1895 the standard load was 165 grs @ 1,950 fps. Three years earlier, in 1892, the Germans developed on behalf of the Spanish government, the 7x57, firing a 173 gr. bullet at 2,300, and the 7.9x57 had been around since 1888... that's how far out of touch with the rest of the world the Americans were.
 
Certainly not anemic! I really enjoy shooting 30-30. These loads I brewed only cost a quarter to produce and shoot very nicely.

The 25 yard shot is 1/2 out the 6th, or 1/2 in the 7th board, depending how you look at life. 50 yard shot is flush into the 5th. I thought that was pretty impressive considering I'll get way over 800 loads from a pound.
 
I'm not surprised. The low velocity makes for zero bullet deformation. I shot subsonic .45-70 hard cast bullets through a 16" log once. It surprised me then, and at that time I'd have been surprised by how many your .30-30 went through.

Chris.
 
I remember a video posted recently of a guy shooting hardcast/unique loads out of a .30-30 that penetrated something like 7 milk jugs of water. I can't wait to fire up my new mold for the .45-70.
 
9.3mauser said:
Just to put things in perspective, when the .30-30 was introduced in 1895 the standard load was 165 grs @ 1,950 fps. Three years earlier, in 1892, the Germans developed on behalf of the Spanish government, the 7x57, firing a 173 gr. bullet at 2,300, and the 7.9x57 had been around since 1888... that's how far out of touch with the rest of the world the Americans were.
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And don't forget the 6.5x55. Developed in 1891 and fired a 156 grain bullet at 2380 fps.
Kristian
 
There are people in Europe and N.America rediscovering using the 30-30 in double rifles, that think they are the cat's meow in those guns. Boar hunters really like them for that. It's a great cartridge in a light gun, and can be tuned up a bit, in the stronger actions we have these days. 30-40Krag is another good candidate in that application.
I ran cast 130gr Lee in my 7-08 for plinking chickens/rabbits etc., with 8gr of Green Dot, excellent short range load. Used it in a 7x57 with the same load for some 100yd military rifle shoots also, great for that.
 
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