well just lookin to see what people are using for 30-30 bullets, i have been using winchester 170gr. silver tips in my winchester mod.94 and it seams they don't have any where i buy my ammo, they have all kinds of others,and with whitetail season opening on the 28th, i'm just wondering what i should go with.
30-30 bullet of choice
- Thread starter l.denison
- Start date
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
The one that shoots the best outta your gun.
Deer aren't hard to kill, if you hit em right, even with such a wimpy little round as the 30-30.
Deer aren't hard to kill, if you hit em right, even with such a wimpy little round as the 30-30.
- Location
- Haliburton County, Central Ontario
If you reload, and you like the idea of a lead-free bullet, you could go with the monolithic Barnes TSX flat (hollow tip) for this caliber. These work well in .307 too.
Silvertip13
Regular
- Location
- Fort McMurray
Hornady lever evolutions in 160's have been working good out of all of my 30-30's
yup, I use the Hornady lever evolutions in my 30-30's as well! work very well, to say the least!
heavyBullet
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Just off the island of MTL
No silvertips of any caliber to be found around here.
Brutus
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
When I was a young man just starting hunting in NS, the local deer hunters in our social circles often prefered Silvertip ammunition.
I asked my best friend what type & weight of bullet his father used and he showed me a box of factory 30-30 in 150 grain Winchester Silvertip.
I asked my best friend what type & weight of bullet his father used and he showed me a box of factory 30-30 in 150 grain Winchester Silvertip.
- Location
- Yellowknife, NWT
I've used the 150 Rem CoreLokt, 150 and 170 Silvertips, and Speer 150 and Hornady 170 handloads. Any load made for larger game works fine. Consider that the original .30 WCF was 160 grains at 1950 f.p.s. out of a 26-inch barrel and all our loads are pretty stout by comparison.
X2.. best round for the 30/30 yet
I got my Dad's old JC Higgins .30-30 last fall. It is a Marlin 336 rebranded for Sears way back. With it came a bunch of Federal 170 grain ammo. That stuff has been ridiculously accurate. I've picked up Hornady 170 grain Interlocks that I will be loading over Reloder 15 once the Federals have all been used up.
- Location
- WMU248 near Edmonton
well my 30-30s are truck guns or camp guns so they are intended for use at short range only. I find that a good heavy round nose bullet, the rounder the better seem to feed best and at short range they have plenty of energy. I've done some reloading but never found a really good bullet that I liked, and factory rounds are cheap enough and I keep finding them all over the place. (like in my old truck glove compartment, in my hunting trailer, my hunting bag, etc.... 
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)- Location
- Alnwick Haldimand
My Dad swears by the 30-30 Rib Ticklers...he just uses the cheapest Winchester rounds and they seem to work for him
