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Try a 190 grain cast bullet if you really want to make a .30-30 sing. Made soft enough to guarantee expansion, and driven at an even 2000fps (out of a Winchester M54 24" barrel, more like 1900 fps out of a 20" carbine) it's sweet. When you stop and consider it's within 30 grains of the weight of the old standard .30-40 Krag bullet, at the same velocity, and the reputation that one earned as a slayer of big game, well, you do the figuring.