Originally Posted by brinky72
GOOD REDUCED LOAD FOR NEAR DUPLICATION OF THE 30-30

35 grains of H4198 over a WLR primer and a 150 grain RN of your choice. Originally developed with a Speer hot Cor RN but a Hornady works just as well.

This load is well under MOA in my Ruger No.1 RSI basically clover leafing at one hundred yards. Actually measured distance with a three hundred foot tape measure.

Why? Good for kids, kicks like a 243 and less than the ol 30-30 due to the heavier average weight of an '06 v a 30-30 carbine. And where I hunt my average shot has been well under 100 yards in the past decade.

And thanks to Seafire for the help on this load. He's the reduced load Yoda smile


Another version of a .30/30 bullet load -

170 grain Hornady FN interlock and 46.0 grains of IMR4895
gives me 2490 fps chronographed out of a 22 inch Winchester featherweight and easy one inch groups in two rifles.

This is about .307 Winchester ballistics or about the same as a .303 British load.

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