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Can anybody recommend a powder & quantity to use with Sierra 125 Gr spitzer (#2120) bullets. Manuals I have assume 30-30 rifles have tubular magazines which require flat nosed bullets.
I recently got a Stevens 325-b rifle which has a clip magazine which will allow use of pointed bullets.
The rifle will be a truck gun with iron sights & hopefully will take some fairly close chucks, & since I've got $110 and a few hours work fixing a couple cracks & refinishing the stock, I won't be too upset if it gets nocked around some.
TIA, Al
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From Pet Loads: 31gr RL-7 2641 fps Highest velocity 125 grain load. Accurate
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Thanks. Where is pet loads? Is the load for a 30-30?
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Pet loads is a book done by Ken Waters. It is a compilation of the pet load articles that appear in Handloader Magazine. It used to be a pair of seperate books. Now it is just 1 thick book. google "Pet Loads" and you'll come up with it. 30-30 ain't a good moose gun though. Here, I did it for you. http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=807509
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Thanks. .338 Winchester magnum IS a great gun for that job... but you know that, don't you. We both have good taste.
I hate to spend $44 for a book I'll probably never use except for this one application.
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Don't mean to rain on your parade, but your over-all length will have to be short enough to load in the magazine which will likely mean seating the bullet so deep into the long 30-30 neck that the ogive will end down in the neck. Thirty-thirty's were designed for 30-30 bullets, and it ain't easy to get around that.
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Thanks. If there ain't no way to make 'em work, I'll have to use some other bullet.
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Idorado, always good to watch COAL, but he wants to use 125 Gr bullets. I don't think the bullet will be long enough to be a problem.
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you are right 125 and 110 bullets are no problem as to length in a 30-30 bolt, if you are going to use it for varnits try the 110 they take varmits out like lightning. (will also take deer with carefully paced shots)
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Thanks guys that's comforting...won't have to spend the $$ on a 1-time-use book to tell me I can't get there from here.
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Al, IF you got this book, it would definately NOT be a 1 time use. There's a TON of good reading. Now you kknow what 1 vendor charges, just watch eBay or yard sales, used book shops, or just place a want add on the free classifided. I'll bet you can find one. They're not rare.
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" There's a TON of good reading. "
I agree, I've spent hours reading that book. Lots of history and load data. Some of the powders are dis-continued now, but still a useful read.
Everything you now do is something you have chosen to do. Some people don't want to believe that. But if you're over age twenty-one, your life is what you're making of it. To change your life, you need to change your priorities.
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Try Accurate Powders. They have several loads for the lighter wgt gr bullets for the 30-30. I use 2460 35.0 for a 130gr ssp this is going @2165fps. I had the same problem finding loads for pointed bullets. You might also have to check on 30-30 pistol loads. They suggest4064 34.2 for 2225fps and38.0 for 2529fps cart.length is 2.430"
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