Swamphunter Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 What bullet style and grain weight do you recommend for shots of less than 125 yards? A good hard hitting devastating round... I have very limited experience with a 30-30 but want to use my Dads...Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 Never tried to hunt with a 30-30 Ken, but if I did I would probably give the hornady leverevolution rounds a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 If you can find some....Winchester 125gr. hollow points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnf Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 I shot 150gr Win. power points for years. My longest shot was pobably 90 yards and I never had a deer fall out of sight. Most went down in 20 yards or less. I'm a double lung shooter I've so I've never had a DRT shot. I used a 3-9x40 sighted in at 2" high at 100 yards. It shot dead on at 150 yards. Don't get and over/under mount. They won't hold zero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Honestly, my first buck i ever shot was with my dad's win model 94 30/30 with a side mounted tasco pronghorn 3-9x30mm scope. he killed a bunch of deer with it, then i did, and then my little brother after that. it's only had cheap Remington green box 150gr soft point Cor-lokt ammo through it. Stuff has drop them out to 200 yards. it's a 30/30 i've never tried or had the desire to shoot farther. if it didn't work well, i'd probably be shooting the fancy new leverevolution stuff. heard good things about that ammo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 +1 on the economical Remington or Winchester 150 or 170 gr. ammo. Core-Lokts and Power Points have been coming out of 30-30's and killing deer very well for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 I'm with William, that lever revolution ammo is great. I started out with a 30-30 as a kid. I have never been a fan of hollow point ammo personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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