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hit milk jugs at 400 with my cousins.....sad sorry thing had a scope on it.
I kept mine original. They were gifts from great grandpa before he died.
Loving life in the Great North West one day at a time.
sounds like its time for a new gun.
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Kilt a mule deer buck years ago with my Marlin 336 at about 200 yds. 150 grainers IIRC,
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181 yds. W/ a long barreled '94 firing a 170 NP @2400, used a Lyman peep and a set of sticks, little buck went down, got up walked a half circle, and down for keeps.
Full penetration behind shoulder and out through the other one.
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Thirty years or so ago, my uncle killed a big (giant in those days) buck at what was later stepped off at 260 yards with a running shot. One of the best shots, maybe the best shot on actual game, that I have ever seen. He was/is deadly with that 30-30.
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I just loaded up some Barnes TSX 150s with LeverEvolution powder. Just over 2400 FPS! Max load is 28.5 grains. I got well under inch groups at 25.5 grains so the workup stopped right there. I wouldn't be afraid to go 200 with that combination. I think maxed out if the accuracy held up decently at all it would still run out of speed around 250 though. 30-30 bullets don't tend to have impressive BCs. That load ought to flat out work. Are you using the regular pointy TSX or the ones with the flat noses? Latest info and tests says the old tale of no pointy bullets in tube magazines is hooey. I used the 30-30 TSXs with the big hole in the nose and the flat tip. I don't believe I'd max that out with pointy bullets in the magazine and MY fingers wrapped around the forend. I think from they way the workup was going with my rifle and the LeverEvolution powder that by the time I got to 28.5, the published max, that I'd have been on the high side of 2700. It might work, but I'd be twitchy enough touching it off with that recoil I wouldn't be able to hit the ground. Barnes 130s with the flex tip sitting on top of a little more LeverEvolution powder would be something though. I bet you could get 2900 with them or the Barnes 30 cal 110s. Personally, I don't use my 30-30 for anything other than really close work. Those 150s at 2400are well more than I need.
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story bout out neighbor up at the farm, he's an old fella in his 80s now, but back when he was younger he was a crack shot with his old 94 win 30-30 They had some wild dogs that were harrassing cows out in a 40 acre pasture, story goes, and this was verified by 4-5 differnt farmers that were all hunting the dogs at the same time, that old jerome layed that old 94' across a corner post and killed the lead mutt clear on the other fence line of that 40 acre pasture with his open sighted 3030. that 40 is still there with the same fence, and i ranged it where he told me the dog was at 442 yards +- just as a closing, The last deer he killed was last year, a doe, at 203 yards with that 30 30 sitting right next to me, that damn;d 30 30 barely touched his shoulder and that ol 94 barked and that doe tipped over stone ass'd dead. Suffice it to say, i sure as heck wouldnt wanna be in front of him and that ol 30 30 even if he was in his 90s! A dogs body at over 400 yards would be probably half as wide as the front sight tip, which would have to be held several feet above the intended target. The man must have been an amazing shot. I wish I had the means to fire the number of rounds with a rifle to get that good with it. That's one thing that fewer people are experiencing, which is a life where shooting is common around the house/farm.
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Alberta buck, dressed about 180 lbs, 210 yards, Rem 170 CoreLokt, Model 94 carbine with a Williams 5D sight.
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Got this guy at 178 yards with a Winchester 150gr. jacketed hollow point. ![[Linked Image]](http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad319/justin10mm/003-2.jpg)
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Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!
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story bout out neighbor up at the farm, he's an old fella in his 80s now, but back when he was younger he was a crack shot with his old 94 win 30-30 They had some wild dogs that were harrassing cows out in a 40 acre pasture, story goes, and this was verified by 4-5 differnt farmers that were all hunting the dogs at the same time, that old jerome layed that old 94' across a corner post and killed the lead mutt clear on the other fence line of that 40 acre pasture with his open sighted 3030. that 40 is still there with the same fence, and i ranged it where he told me the dog was at 442 yards +- just as a closing, The last deer he killed was last year, a doe, at 203 yards with that 30 30 sitting right next to me, that damn;d 30 30 barely touched his shoulder and that ol 94 barked and that doe tipped over stone ass'd dead. Suffice it to say, i sure as heck wouldnt wanna be in front of him and that ol 30 30 even if he was in his 90s! A dogs body at over 400 yards would be probably half as wide as the front sight tip, which would have to be held several feet above the intended target. The man must have been an amazing shot. I wish I had the means to fire the number of rounds with a rifle to get that good with it. That's one thing that fewer people are experiencing, which is a life where shooting is common around the house/farm. he still is a helluva shot, i couldnt hit the barn if i was standing in it with open sights, its the only centerfire rifle he's ever owned, i believe he got it from his father. He just knew his gun, and depended on it to protect live stock and put venison on the table for his family.
I kill chit. "The Heathens nest"
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The longest shot I made with my .30-30 on a deer was 314 yards. I killed several others {5} between 200 and 250 over the years. All with a 1949 vintage Winchester 94 with Williams receiver sight and the small size Lyman flat faced Ivory bead. Load was 150 gr. Rem core-lokt in front of a max charge of IMR 3031.
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They're even prettier walking around.
Our God reigns.
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