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Happy hunter here! The Henry 30-30 made meat this morning. It's topped with a little 2.5x Leupold. I handloaded the 160 grain Hornady FTX bullet. Steadied the rifle on a tripod for the shot. She was at about 170 yards. I'll be working on the meat this afternoon.



Regards, Guy

Sounds like a good day. I've never handled one of those Henry rifles.

Oh, and send some of that snow down this way. 81 degrees this afternoon and gross!

Thanks! It was a good morning. Short hunt.

Those black synthetic stocks don't look traditional, but it sure shoots well.

Ya, it's mid-20's here in central Washington. Probably won't hit 30 today. We've had a fair bit of cold & snowy weather already this season. A little early, but it does make for nice hunting conditions.

Regards, Guy

Nice. I have shot several deer with my Marlin 24" half magazine.

Awesomeness

Very cool Cascade. I like that dirty-30.

JPro, I'm with you...well, not 81, but touching 70 with rain. Been raining the last 4 days and looks like rain the next 3 days. Warm, muddy, mess.

Congrats Cascade! I enjoy your videos on YouTube!

Ron

Congrats on a nice shot on a good doe. Never owned a Henry. Looks like you can load it from either end of the tube. Cool lever gun. I like it.

Nice! Henry makes nice rifles

Looks good Guy! I shot a small mule deer buck a looooong time ago with a Rem 788 in .30-30 at almost 200 yards.The gun was capable of the accuracy, as yours apparently is!

Congratulations. I don't see many people using a .30-30 anymore.

30-30 still get it done. Congrats on the shot and fine deer.

Cool! I dig the big loop lever.

Thanks guys!

It doesn't look traditional, but it surely does shoot good.

Even though this is pretty open country, sagebrush & bitterbrush, I wasn't anticipating a 170 yard shot. But that's what I got. I'd shot the Henry enough at 200 yards to know the 30-30 could do just fine.

Tell ya, that bullet made one heck of an entrance wound!

The doe must have been standing at more of an angle than I thought because the bullet ranged back through the diaphragm, tore the stomach a bit and exited the flank.

I did recover a bit of bullet, but I don't think it's over 20 grains. Out of curiosity, I'll weigh it, but it looks like just a small chunk of the bullet. That was at 170 yards, so I wonder how those bullets perform up close at higher velocity?

At any rate, it was a nice afternoon cutting up meat.

Regards, Guy

I have had great luck with the 160 ftx on deer / elk at 300 savage velocities.

But I never had a point blank encounter.

Well done sir.

Nice. Time for the freezer bags.

A good shooting 30/30 has always been a
capable deer gun even in the pre-Hornady Lever
ammo days

I bet there are some reading this who are more taken aback by the 2 1/2 power scope being used outside of fifty yards than they are by the 30-30 aspect.

I'd imagine so...

Guy

Waidmannsheil !!! Here, here, for the .30 WCF !!!