light plinking loads for 30-30 lever

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Hello all, I am picking up a win94 for my son's first deer rifle. He is 11 and a good size lad but I thought I should load up some light plinking loads for him to start so he gets used to it without developing a flinch. He has never shot anything bigger than 22lr thus far. As he gets more confident I can slowly increase the power to full house hunting loads.

I was thinking of using the cheap plated bullets Henry has in stock 110gr rn or 150gr rn

Thanks guys any help appreciated.
 
I shoot a lot of Lee 150 grain FN cast bullets for light loads in my .30-30. I generally use about 5-6 grains of Red Dot, or 700-X for these loads. Without gas checks and hand lubed these bullets will do a nice one inch group at 50 yards, and recoil is minimal. You could use the same powder weight for 110 grain bullets for even less recoil.
I have not used the plated bullets, but results should be similar to those from cast bullets.
 
I love Trail Boss!
I shoot 175 gr lead bullets over 8 gr of trail boss. It's like shooting pistol bullets out of a carbine. I can hit a 8" gong at 100 yds with the buckhorns.
I'm going to do a similar load for my .303 shortly.
 
migrant hunter said:
I love Trail Boss!
I shoot 175 gr lead bullets over 8 gr of trail boss. It's like shooting pistol bullets out of a carbine. I can hit a 8" gong at 100 yds with the buckhorns.
I'm going to do a similar load for my .303 shortly.
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I like Trail Boss as well.
Bulky, so no chance of accidentally double charging.
I use 10 grains of TB behind a 154 grain cast Gas Checked bullet.
Very mild and very accurate in my M94 Winchester.
At 100 yards, it shoots 12" lower than my hunting loads. lol.
Regards, Eagleye.
 
I'm just having a look through my reloading notes, have a few gentle plinker loads. They went through a Marlin 30AS, but can't see why they wouldn't work for you.

Using a Lee C309-113-F (aka soupcan) although you should be able to use the data for the Berrys bullets no problem.

Using Unique powder, anywhere from 6 grains to 9 grains( you can kick them harder with a gas check on, 9-12 grains). A note that they shoot okay @50 meters, and the 9 grain load shoots to point of aim/rear sight highest setting.
 
saskgunowner101 said:
I'm just having a look through my reloading notes, have a few gentle plinker loads. They went through a Marlin 30AS, but can't see why they wouldn't work for you.

Using a Lee C309-113-F (aka soupcan) although you should be able to use the data for the Berrys bullets no problem.

Using Unique powder, anywhere from 6 grains to 9 grains( you can kick them harder with a gas check on, 9-12 grains). A note that they shoot okay @50 meters, and the 9 grain load shoots to point of aim/rear sight highest setting.
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What weight are the soupcan bullets? 110gr?
 
Mikeyman said:
Thanks - so I think I will try the 110gr rn berry's bullets with unique. Start at 6gr and make sure it has enough omph to clear the barrel.;)
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If you have plated bullets I would probably start them off a little higher than 6 grains Unique. I was testing gas check bullets without gas checks to see what kind of difference there was.
 
Another vote for IMR Trail Boss.

8grs behind a 170gr RNFP cast bullet.

I've also used IMR SR4759 with both 170gr and 150gr cast RNFP's. The SR4759 allows you to push them a little faster if you want but still keeping the recoil, rapport & cost low.
 
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