Thread: Loading for 30-30

2208 will keep you happy. 34g - 35g with a 150 grain Interlock roundnose. You should be able to get 2350 - 2400 fps.
Or 33-34 grains with a 170 grain flatnose will get 2150fps

Interlocks or Sierra Prohunters will do everything you want in a .30/30. The rubber tipped FTX's are a marketing ploy in my opinion, they don't add anything measurable to the .30/30's performance considering your shooting everything under 200 metres anyway.

If you want a rabbit load for when you are living off the land as a survivalist, try 130 grain Speers with 9 grains of AP70N. It will shoot well out to 50 metres with the rear sight raised up.

In my experience the .30/30 is underated in NZ. It will surprise you by killing just as well as a .308 within its own range.

For factory ammo, you actually cant get much better than cheap PPU/Highland 150 grain. Accurate and it chronographs faster than all the others, at 2350fps. (The rest Win/ Rem/ Fed 150 grain factory only get to 2100-2200fps)