My 336 .30-30 shoots neat little 3/4" triangle groups repeatedly with 170 gr. Federal factory loads.
I've read several times that 170 gr usually shoots better than 150 gr in the 336. Unfortunatley, I read that AFTER I bought 10 boxes of 150 gr.
Could not find Federal locallys, So I bought some Win 170gr (30303). My 336 seems to like them! 3 shot 1/2" groups at 50 yards. Significantly better than the 150 gr results of 1 to 1 1/2" at 50 yards.
Why 50 yards for range work? My eyes are aweful and my 9X scope does not present much of an "orange dot" at 100 yards.. Plus, 30-30 is my brush gun for which ALL my shots are less than 75 yards.
