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reloader28 · February 23, 2013, 10:04 AM

30-30 is the perfect cast bullet gun. I dont even have any jacketed stuff loaded anymore. I pulled it all apart and loaded with cast.

I use 28.5gr IMR 4895 under a 160gr for hunting at 1850fps. 19gr for general plinking. Both shoot 1" at 100 yds in a scoped Marlin.

I got a new 170gr bullet that I'm working with now. Its showing promise with a couple different powders. The nice thing about cast bullets is you dont need the speed of a jacketed bullet to get the same performance.

February 23, 2013, 10:04 AM	#4
reloader28 Senior Member Join Date: October 13, 2009 Location: nw wyoming Posts: 1,061	30-30 is the perfect cast bullet gun. I dont even have any jacketed stuff loaded anymore. I pulled it all apart and loaded with cast. I use 28.5gr IMR 4895 under a 160gr for hunting at 1850fps. 19gr for general plinking. Both shoot 1" at 100 yds in a scoped Marlin. I got a new 170gr bullet that I'm working with now. Its showing promise with a couple different powders. The nice thing about cast bullets is you dont need the speed of a jacketed bullet to get the same performance.