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If you think you need to load it lighter then you are probably right.

To me shooting a 340 Savage would be for nostalgia. I have one passed down in 30-30 that I plan on using for deer for a few years.

I tried last year but the deer did not cooperate on those days.

If you really need the round to do more, then yes there are a lot of other rifles and cartridges that will do it easier, otherwise there would still be a lot of 225's around (not that there was ever a lot of them).

i am wondering if that 30-30 was one i had in the early 80's?
it would give me a nose bleed after about 10 rounds.
being young dumb and full of myself i just gritted my teeth and shot.
finally my mentor made me slug the barrel. it slugged at .302 bore. wonder what the pressures were?
traded it for a tumbler, still have the tumbler

Several of my deer hunting high school classmates shot some version of the Savage 340 in 30-30.

I've owned and shot Savage 340 in .22 Hornet , 222 Remington, 30-30 , as well as 4 chambered in .225 Winchester.

My fathers big game rifle is a Savage 340 in 30-30. I still shoot it occasionally .

The triggers suck, some are accurate, most are not what I'd consider accurate, but they get the job done.


Of the .225's I've owned One was very accurate, with both factory and handloads, I'd be cautious with loading too hot.

I have a Ruger #1 chambered in .225 Win that will chase 22-250 velocities with excellent accuracy.

Great oddball cartridge .

F

I had a Savage 340 30-30. It had bulging chamber. The rounds would eject fine but would have a definite bulge about 1/2 down the cartridge to just about the base. They would FL resize just fine and the reloads would shoot about the same about 1.25-1.5" at 100 yards. Did seems to kick out of proportion to what I expected. Traded it and another inexpensive gun for a 788 243 and still have that 243.

Every 340 version in 222 that I have been around shot extremely well, I see the 30-30s fairly often, I have only encountered 2 of them in 223 and 1 in 225

Yes I want the cartridge myself just not in that platform.

I did get the trigger worked on and it is much better. Still heavier than I like, maybe 4-5# but a vast improvement over what it was. I also found a way to modify a weaver base in order to get rid of the side mount scope. So with the improved trigger and the vastly improved scope mount, I am not planning on getting rid of it! With what I have been seeing and reading, I plan on trying to keep pressures < 45k CUP, and I think it will be fine. I just had to readjust my expectation. And that is ok, because at the end if the day, I am not a long range shooter. 400 yards is a really long shot for me, and I expect most groundhog shots to fall between 100 and 350 yards. A 40 grain vmax moving at 3500 or a 50 grain moving at 3200-3300 should be more than enough for what I need!

I just wish there was an easy way to switch between CUP and PSI. Hodgdon uses CUP and Accurate uses PSI. Those are the only ones I have found so far that include pressure in their data.

Trade it for a 788.

Reduce loads would be the way I would go. Hodgdon lists starting loads with around 38-42 KCUP. I'd go with those if they proved to be accurate.

For higher velocities or pressures I'd get a modern rifle in .223 or .22-50.

If you haven't bought a side-mount for it yet, CDNN had the B-Square side-mount on close-out for $10. The B-Square side-mount is probably the best designed mount for the 340 series, head and shoulders above the Weaver.

I should have clarified, the weaver is a normal top mount. I despise side mount scopes!

Given the split receiver bridge, how can you use a Weaver top mount on a Savage 340?

I've had Savage 340's in .222 {x2}, .223 and .30-30. The .30-30 didn't kick except maybe to little girls. Both of the .222's were very accurate, the .223 acceptably so and the .30-30 was pretty good too. Killed some nice bucks with the .30-30 and a couple truckloads of chucks with the .222's and .223. None ever gave me a lick of trouble.

Joan,

You couldn't critique a glass of water,by yourself. Congratulations?!?

Hint................

You coudn't reach one without a ladder if it was on the kitchen counter. Shrimp.

Joan,

It's your Imagination,simply Pretend with it as you MUST. Congratulations?!?

Hint................

You're wanted over on the campfire forum numb nuts. Go stomp your bitty little feet over there. Maybe somebody will listen to your useless tripe and you can get the attention you think you deserve.

I had one in 30-30 and I agree it didn't kick.