Originally Posted by SAUMHUNTER79
Originally Posted by dawaba
Jack O'Connor once wrote that in his younger days, he often loaded 150 and 170 .30-30 bullets in his .30-06, at .30-06 velocities. He said they were great and sudden killers of Arizona mule deer.

I would be inclined to pick broadside shots personally, were I loading those bullets....
Sounds like a risky proposition to me, I'm sure they work great that way as long as the shot is perfect, although I'd hate to see what would happen if someone hit a shoulder on accident with that type of load.


Yeh, but you got to remember back in his early days, there weren't very many reliable "fast controlled-expanding" bullets for deeer like we have today. Basically he used those bullets sorta like a lead tipped round nose ballistic tip. Heart/lung.....behind the shoulder under 100yds, shoulder hits thereafter.

Last edited by John_in_MS; 08/15/13.