Recommend a 30-30 hunting bullet

[daveg01]

I'm looking for a hunting bullet that will be used on deer in my Marlin 30-30. I also take this gun as a backup gun on my moose trip, so the bullet would have to be suitable for moose as well.

Shots will be 125 or less.

I used to use Speer #2041 170gr but I can only find it at one place and they want $48 a box for them.

This is for a tube mag.

I will likely try the FTX bullets with the new powders coming out for them in the future. For now an old fashioned cup and core bullet will meet my needs.

What do you recommend for a reasonably priced hunting bullet in a 30-30?

 

[lister]

Hornady JRN. Choose your grain weight. Fairly cheap, but highly accurate.

 

[Mount Sweetness]

I won't even bother loading for my 94, I jumped on the Leverevolution wagon, only time will tell.

 

[H4831]

The bullet that made the 30-30 famous as a hunting cartridge, was/is the 170 grain flat nose, or slightly rounded, with a good chunk of lead exposed.
It sounds like this is the type you are having trouble finding. I have most of a box, I think they are Hornady.
Every loading company loaded similar bullets. In Canada, the most famous was the old CIL, Dominion brand. They sure fed a lot of families on moose and elk meat in the hungry thirties. I haven't checked lately, but I imagine one of the major companies still load them.

 

[daveg01]

The bullet that made the 30-30 famous as a hunting cartridge, was/is the 170 grain flat nose, or slightly rounded, with a good chunk of lead exposed.
It sounds like this is the type you are having trouble finding. I have most of a box, I think they are Hornady.
Every loading company loaded similar bullets. In Canada, the most famous was the old CIL, Dominion brand. They sure fed a lot of families on moose and elk meat in the hungry thirties. I haven't checked lately, but I imagine one of the major companies still load them.

Yup - 170gr flat nose is what I was using.

 

[mbogo3]

Seen what a 170gr Hornady did to a big cow moose.Penetrated around 2ft and nicely mushroomed. Win 748 /32gr/mag primer/170gr..................Harold

 

[gunrunner8]

Seen what a 170gr Hornady did to a big cow moose.Penetrated around 2ft and nicely mushroomed. Win 748 /32gr/mag primer/170gr..................Harold

Very good advice. If I remember corectly when using 30-30 before switching to 35 Rem I used the same powder, load, mag primer and 170gr Rem HPCL with deadly result on anything!

 

[leaveraction]

Try the 170gr Flat Nose from Hawk Bullets (link below), they're Devastating! They ship to Canada.

http://www.hawkbullets.com/Pricelist.htm

The other bullet that is truely awesome is the Barnes TSX 150gr FN. They're available at Wholesale Outdoors Canada. Scroll half way down the page for the details on the 30-30 bullet.

http://www.barnesbullets.com/products/rifle/tsx-bullet/

 

[John Y Cannuck]

I've used the 170gr Hornady Interlock on both moose, and deer. It's accurate, and very effective.

 

[ciphery]

Ever try casting your own?

 

[1899]

Not scientific by any stretch of the imagination, but take a look:
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=80960

I tested the following:
Federal 170gr
Winchester 170gr ST
Remington 170gr RN

 

[dizzy dan 1]

Barnes X 150gr FN
I did have some 160 or 165 gr flate nose made by barnes.Loaded them in one of my pump 30-30s.DAN>>>

 

[1shot]

My favourite hunting bullet for the Marlin 30/30 is a hand-poured and gaschecked RCBS 150 grain flatnose sized to 0.311"

 

[Tex Critter]

Always have used 150 RN(3035) or 170 FP (3065)Hornaday. Old Joyce knew what he was doing!