varmint load for the 30-30

Jump boot · March 3, 2007, 07:31 AM

I have a friend that wants to use his 30-30 Marlin lever action for coyote hunting.I came across a Sierra 110 gr. hollow point varmint bullet in the Midway online catalog.Would this work in a tubular magaine?
Do you have any suggestions for a varmint round for the 30-30?

Dogjaw · March 3, 2007, 08:05 AM

The picture shows a flat nose hollow point, which is safe in a tubular magazine. The reviews are mostly about using in 30-30 lever actions. Speer's No. 11 manual has 30-30 data on the 110 gr hollowpoint varmit with the featured rifle being a Winchester 94. Go for it.

Jump boot · March 3, 2007, 09:41 AM

Thanks for the come back Dogjaw,I'll give them a try.Good shooting!

pumpkinheaver · March 4, 2007, 02:06 PM

You can use any light .30 bullet just put one in the pipe and only ONE in the magazine. I used 125 gr ballistic tips quite a bit for woodchucks.

jlbpa · March 15, 2007, 11:25 PM

speer 100 grain plinker (half jacket). Haven't shot a coyote but they lay waste to ground hogs and raccoons and are accurate enough to take the head off a chicken at 40 yards using a williams peep sight. I'd say at 100 yards or less you could easily bag a coyote.

I use 15 to 20 grains of IMR 4759. low 30's grains of imr 3031 would also work.

azredhawk44 · March 16, 2007, 11:45 AM

I load the Hornady 1/2 jacket 100gr bullets REALLY fast. I do not stack them in the tube magazine. I use IMR4895 underneath this bullet and I don't have a chronograph, but I get lead contrails when shooting. I would guess I am around 2900-3000fps with it... It is significantly faster to target at 100 yards than a 170gr pushed by the same powder (but lesser charge). The sound report on impact is quite a bit slower behind the gun's report with the 170's over the 100's, and the 170's are doing about 2100fps.

Only popped a rabbit with one thus far, at about 30 yards. It was...explosive. Accuracy isn't great out past about 50 yards.

I have some of the Sierra 110gr varminter hollowpoints you are talking about, but haven't done any shooting with them yet. I loaded these with IMR4895 also. I might actually make it to the rifle range one of these days to really try them out. They should go a bit slower, probably about 2700fps or so, and the better jacket on them should keep them together better so they don't leave lead contrails.

L_Killkenny · March 16, 2007, 07:36 PM

I used Sierra 125 gr. JHP's with H4895 powder in the Win 94 trapper that I used to have. That load would shoot 1" groups using the hood of my truck and a Williams receiver sight. Dang I wish I had never sold it. You'll get plenty of range using light weight RN, FP or HP bullets in the 30/30 to negate the need and trouble of using pointed bullets.

LK

March 3, 2007, 07:31 AM	#1
Jump boot Member Join Date: November 22, 2004 Posts: 74	varmint load for the 30-30 I have a friend that wants to use his 30-30 Marlin lever action for coyote hunting.I came across a Sierra 110 gr. hollow point varmint bullet in the Midway online catalog.Would this work in a tubular magaine? Do you have any suggestions for a varmint round for the 30-30?

March 3, 2007, 08:05 AM	#2
Dogjaw Senior Member Join Date: October 6, 2001 Location: S.W. Michigan Posts: 560	The picture shows a flat nose hollow point, which is safe in a tubular magazine. The reviews are mostly about using in 30-30 lever actions. Speer's No. 11 manual has 30-30 data on the 110 gr hollowpoint varmit with the featured rifle being a Winchester 94. Go for it. __________________ There are three kinds of men: 1) The ones that learn by reading. 2) The few who learn by observation. 3) The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves..........

March 4, 2007, 02:06 PM	#4
pumpkinheaver Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 294	You can use any light .30 bullet just put one in the pipe and only ONE in the magazine. I used 125 gr ballistic tips quite a bit for woodchucks. __________________ Just because your paranoid don't mean they aint out to get ya.

March 3, 2007, 09:41 AM	#3
Jump boot Member Join Date: November 22, 2004 Posts: 74	Thanks for the come back Dogjaw,I'll give them a try.Good shooting!

March 15, 2007, 11:25 PM	#5
jlbpa Senior Member Join Date: September 25, 2000 Posts: 196	speer 100 grain plinker (half jacket). Haven't shot a coyote but they lay waste to ground hogs and raccoons and are accurate enough to take the head off a chicken at 40 yards using a williams peep sight. I'd say at 100 yards or less you could easily bag a coyote. I use 15 to 20 grains of IMR 4759. low 30's grains of imr 3031 would also work.

March 16, 2007, 11:45 AM	#6
azredhawk44 Junior member Join Date: September 28, 2005 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 6,465	I load the Hornady 1/2 jacket 100gr bullets REALLY fast. I do not stack them in the tube magazine. I use IMR4895 underneath this bullet and I don't have a chronograph, but I get lead contrails when shooting. I would guess I am around 2900-3000fps with it... It is significantly faster to target at 100 yards than a 170gr pushed by the same powder (but lesser charge). The sound report on impact is quite a bit slower behind the gun's report with the 170's over the 100's, and the 170's are doing about 2100fps. Only popped a rabbit with one thus far, at about 30 yards. It was...explosive. Accuracy isn't great out past about 50 yards. I have some of the Sierra 110gr varminter hollowpoints you are talking about, but haven't done any shooting with them yet. I loaded these with IMR4895 also. I might actually make it to the rifle range one of these days to really try them out. They should go a bit slower, probably about 2700fps or so, and the better jacket on them should keep them together better so they don't leave lead contrails.

March 16, 2007, 07:36 PM	#7
L_Killkenny Senior Member Join Date: February 2, 2007 Location: Iowa Posts: 2,676	I used Sierra 125 gr. JHP's with H4895 powder in the Win 94 trapper that I used to have. That load would shoot 1" groups using the hood of my truck and a Williams receiver sight. Dang I wish I had never sold it. You'll get plenty of range using light weight RN, FP or HP bullets in the 30/30 to negate the need and trouble of using pointed bullets. LK