Personally I would just stick with .30-30-specific bullets and be done with it. All the makers have put a lot of work into them over the decades to make them as efficient as possible. Lots of competition in that corner of the market and nobody could afford to make a lousy bullet. Within acceptable .30-30 distances there's really no need for streamlined bullets. But, that's just me.
I agree also. At one time I had a Remington 788 in .30-30 that I thought would be a good youth gun, so I loaded some 125 BTs for it. Turned out that to fit the magazine the bullets had to be seated so deep that the ogive of the bullet was below the end of the case. The stock was too long for the kids anyway and the kid almost lost the mag the first day. Mags for a 788 in .30-30 were hard to find and costly. Now my kid rifle .30-30 is a Contender and shoots 125 Its really well.
