Bushmaster wrote: |
You can, however purchase a bolt action .30-30 that you can use real pointed bullets in and do better then the plastic tipped ones from Hornady...Of course you can also not buy any of Hornady plastic cartridges and reload your own in pointed and flat pointed, too...The latter is what I've been doing for years... |
Gidday Bushy.....I load my Mod 94 in much the same way as you. I use either Winchester 150gn Power Points bullets (nice and cheap in bulk) and I cast 150gn GC flat nose from an RCBS mould. Both work well in my Mod 94. If I want to go to something heavier I load up 165gn spire point bullets and hand load them one at a time as needed. I used to use these bullets in my 10" TC Contender for the Sillouette Match. I always carry 6 in a pouch when out hunting.
Something I could never understand. Everyone says that the maximum effective range one should use the 30.30 over is 100 yds. My TC Contender would shoot 6" groups all day at 200yds. Now I know that 6" doesn't sound great, but for a box stock pistol it isn't too bad at all......certainly accurate enough for hunting.
Cheers, Vince