.30 Carbine For Deer
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I’m no expert at this, but my current understanding is that unless you have good equipment and practice with it regularly your practical field accuracy is going to limit your engagement range more than terminal ballistics of .30 carbine will.
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Hey Rayleigh,
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Weird place but don't know how else to reach you: Your private messages are currently full and it seems you're not able to receive PM's at the moment. I get the following message, "Rayleigh_Scattering has exceeded their stored private messages quota and cannot accept further messages until they clear some space.". Cheers
Rayleigh_Scattering
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That would explain why I’m not hearing back from people. Thank you for telling me. I’ve wiped out a few hundred.
I used a 30M1 carbine for years, out of a tree stand. Then they decided to restrict these handy little rifles and I switched to a 338-08, which is just as well balanced but heavier and has much more substantial recoil.
I used a non restricted M1Carbine for a while and liked it as well.
The bullet I loaded for my rifles was the Speer 308, 110grn, RNSP over 12 grains of 296 and cci small magnum primers, for 1950 fps out of the original 18 inch bbl and a bit more out of the replacement 20 inch bbl.
I tried the 110 grain Varmint Hollow Point but found it damaged to much meat. Before using it on Deer, I tested it in wet magazines and it penetrated quite well.
I needed something that didn't create an exit hole. The Deer I was hunting at the time were mixed in close quarters with other animals and chasing them off their feed. White Tails can be quite aggressive when they aren't afraid or threatened by something they don't fear. That was a one off job though.
Now, I use a M1 carbine that has been fitted with a custom 22in, 1-15 twist Shilen Match bbl with a heavy profile. It's very accurate and more than adequate on Deer out to at least 100 yards.
I don't use it much anymore as I don't have access to the hunting areas I used to enjoy. The farms/ranches are selling off or splitting up and the new houses, along with more people, either create unsafe conditions or push the animals out.
IMHO, the M1 Carbine round will do anything the 357 magum will do and in some cases maybe a bit more.
I tried 125-130 grain bullets in my rifles but they weren't any more effective than the round nose, soft points.
I used a non restricted M1Carbine for a while and liked it as well.
The bullet I loaded for my rifles was the Speer 308, 110grn, RNSP over 12 grains of 296 and cci small magnum primers, for 1950 fps out of the original 18 inch bbl and a bit more out of the replacement 20 inch bbl.
I tried the 110 grain Varmint Hollow Point but found it damaged to much meat. Before using it on Deer, I tested it in wet magazines and it penetrated quite well.
I needed something that didn't create an exit hole. The Deer I was hunting at the time were mixed in close quarters with other animals and chasing them off their feed. White Tails can be quite aggressive when they aren't afraid or threatened by something they don't fear. That was a one off job though.
Now, I use a M1 carbine that has been fitted with a custom 22in, 1-15 twist Shilen Match bbl with a heavy profile. It's very accurate and more than adequate on Deer out to at least 100 yards.
I don't use it much anymore as I don't have access to the hunting areas I used to enjoy. The farms/ranches are selling off or splitting up and the new houses, along with more people, either create unsafe conditions or push the animals out.
IMHO, the M1 Carbine round will do anything the 357 magum will do and in some cases maybe a bit more.
I tried 125-130 grain bullets in my rifles but they weren't any more effective than the round nose, soft points.
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Thanks, I didn't check, but was under the misapprehension that suitable bullets (at least factory loaded) weren't that common.
I did kill a little blacktail on the run once with a Hornet. Using factory softpoints was poor judgment, as I was a little bit ignorant of how soft the bullets were. I followed up on him fast, but a slightly heavier "non-Hornet" bullet would have been a better choice.
