44m or 30-30 ??

30/30 , I’ve got a Marlin trapper (16” barrel) with a small fixed scope . It groups quite respectfully at 100m with 170 gr.
 
Can’t wait for some nice warmer weather to get out and shoot my rifles !! Just need some 30-30 ammo for it haha have lots of ammo for my others just not 30-30 yet …. Haha
 
yomomma said:
Time to get into casting and reloading
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Yea for sure, have to wait for funds again haha. I’ve bought four guns in the last month n half lmao. But yea I would like to do my own slugs and reloads for the 410 shotgun, as well as the 30-30. Don’t see much point in reloads for my 22s though
 
serg777 said:
How much can you push limits of 45LC and in what gun? In the other thread I described my experience handloading 45LC to the power of 44mag and even 454Casull. But those loads were tested in 460sw gun. What was your venture?
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My henry 45colt pushes 250g to 1700fps and 300g to 1550 out of a 16” bbl
Short lite gun for tromping the bush. 100yrds easy.
30-30 packs more punch and distance.

If you have a gun that’s capable out to 3-400. I think a pistol cartridge would be a great addition.
Bit if it’s your only big game rifle. I’d definitely go the 30-30 route.
 
Is one better than the other. It's almost a rhetorical question.

For most of my life I deer hunted with a 94 30-30. For the past several years I've deer hunted with a Ruger Carbine 44mag. Is it because I think the 44mag is better? No. I just like carrying the Carbine better.
 
Gatehouse said:
For 125 yards or less I would take the 44 magnum as it's cooler. Even cooler would be a 45 Colt with handloads
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45 Colt is what I have been thinking for the 100yrd and under dogging/brush beating gun. But 30-30, 32spl or 45/70 (if your willing to pay the crazy prices for one) are the more practical choices.
 
30-30 has better range imho and is cheap to run with ammo everywhere.
Besides there is nothing cooler than walking my woods with my 30-30s
There is a tradition thing that can't be explained.
Although I will take my 350 Legend sometimes too.
 
MiG25 said:
It might be my imagination, but 44 Rem Mag seems to have less recoil than 30WCF. Not sure how this can be, 180gr at 2200 fps compared to a 170 gr at 2200.
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Recoil calculations require the mass of all the ejecta, which includes the powder charge (yes, even though it's burned). If the 30-30 does kick more than the 44 it is likely due to stock design because, by the numbers (given the same rifle weight) a 170gr 30-30 at 2160 with a 28.5gr powder charge (Nosler data) should recoil 13.3 ft-lbs at 11.7 fps as opposed to a 180gr 44 Mag with a 31.5gr load (Hodgdon) should recoil at 14.7 ft-lbs at 11.6fps. I doubt that, all other variables being equal, anyone but the most discerning shoulder would notice the difference.
 
I have a few.44 magnums and one 30-30 winchester model 94 I bought new at k mart back in the 90s.Never carried the 30-30 much at all but have shot it a little at the range,it's fun to shoot! I can't pick a favorite I like each for its intended purpose.
 
BigUglyMan said:
Recoil calculations require the mass of all the ejecta, which includes the powder charge (yes, even though it's burned). If the 30-30 does kick more than the 44 it is likely due to stock design because, by the numbers (given the same rifle weight) a 170gr 30-30 at 2160 with a 28.5gr powder charge (Nosler data) should recoil 13.3 ft-lbs at 11.7 fps as opposed to a 180gr 44 Mag with a 31.5gr load (Hodgdon) should recoil at 14.7 ft-lbs at 11.6fps. I doubt that, all other variables being equal, anyone but the most discerning shoulder would notice the difference.
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Both in the Winchester 94. The 44 should be lighter, but as Lucien Cary asked, how many can distinguish between Blast and Recoil?
 
I have a 30-30 and a 45colt (comparable)

Inside 100yrds no deer is gonna knots the difference.

If you are going to have just one gun. Go 30-30.

Another thing yo consider is pretty much every factory 30-30 round is a hunting round

Pistol cartridges are mostly target type bullets. So need to make sure on bullet choices.

I reload. My 45colt out of a 16” barrel is a hammer.
 
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