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Post by willyp on Apr 16, 2018 9:50:16 GMT -5
I am going to play with my old 340 Savage 30-30.
Which bullet would be better to use ? I have loaded bot types and my kin have taken deer with them but i never seemed to have been around when they skinned them to see how the bullets did !
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2018 12:29:33 GMT -5
Well I've always been a flat nose guy but with your 340 it don't matter. You can run spitzers. But flat nose bullets have always performed for me and their my favorites.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2018 17:30:45 GMT -5
I should mention I killed a large Moose with a 170 grain flat nose out of a 30-30. So the penetration is there.
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Post by 3212 on Apr 16, 2018 18:25:07 GMT -5
I killed 16 deer with 170 grain flatnose 30-30 core-lokts,Marlin 336 rifle.With a bolt action I would use more aerodynamic bullets for a flatter trajectory.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2018 22:28:33 GMT -5
I used to load a 165 gr sierra game king could only be fired single shot but boy were they accurate
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Post by davet on Apr 16, 2018 22:29:19 GMT -5
With the tardy turdy, I would think that anything out to 150 yards hit in the vitals with a flatnose bullet.....is dead. And dead is dead!!
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Post by willyp on Apr 17, 2018 3:25:40 GMT -5
I have both types of 30-30 bullets,Round nose and Flat ones .
I would never consider loading a Spitzer style bullet into a 30-30 case ! Why not ? Murphy's law prevails in my mind always .
Besides i like that a 30-30 bullet is built for the velocity of a 30-30.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2018 5:56:20 GMT -5
With the tardy turdy, I would think that anything out to 150 yards hit in the vitals with a flatnose bullet.....is dead. And dead is dead!! I shot an 8 point buck at an honest 200 yards with a 170 Silvertip (flat nose) from my 30-30. In one side and out the other. He ran 25 yards and died. |
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Post by davet on Apr 17, 2018 9:18:22 GMT -5
With the tardy turdy, I would think that anything out to 150 yards hit in the vitals with a flatnose bullet.....is dead. And dead is dead!! I shot an 8 point buck at an honest 200 yards with a 170 Silvertip (flat nose) from my 30-30. In one side and out the other. He ran 25 yards and died. Hey Mikey......nice shooting!!  |
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Post by willyp on Apr 17, 2018 13:54:44 GMT -5
Heavens i can't see 200 yards where we hunt unless it is on a road ?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2018 15:26:15 GMT -5
I caught that buck crossing a cut cornfield right at daybreak. I had my open sighted 30-30 because I was watching a brushy corner the last day of rifle. I really wasn't anticipating a field shot but that's what I got.
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