While I've killed deer and elk with my Marlin 1875 in .45-70, antelope with my Marlin 375 in .375 Win and deer with my Browning B92 in .44 Mag, my Marlin 336 .30-30 remains a vigin.

I've been shooting various bullets in it at the range but my hunting loads have been 170 Speer FP and Nosler Partition RNs. Last weekend I tried the Hornady 165g FTX and was surprised that accuracy improved significantly (several 4-shot strings under 1" at 100 using two different powders and 0.5g increments between loads).

I think I've found a new hunting bullet and hope to "break in" the .30-30 this fall.

Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!

No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.

A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.