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Ok, Humor me here.... 30-30 for a saddle gun
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<blockquote data-quote="winmag" data-source="post: 632975" data-attributes="member: 22166"><p>How can you not love an ol' cowboy gun Broz?</p><p>I have shot many from Win to Marlin. All of them sucked.</p><p>However when Hornady came out with the Lever revolution ammo, I figured I'd try it for a backup bear rifle in the brush. To my suprise, that ol Winnie absolutely loved those 160 gr flex tip bullets! I never shot it from a rest, cause, well its a 30-30, come on. But I will say that my groups landed me well inside the kill zone way past its "effective range" for Deer/Bear. Off hand, or using a tree branch for a rest (not exactly scientific, cold hard accuracy data) but I'd say my old 94AE would be more than accurate enough for a wolf to 400 ish +/-. I shot rocks that far just to see if I could. Off hand went more like a battleship as far as bracketing my target to figure out my hold with open sights. But once dialed it was easily repeatable.</p><p>I'm guessing that with the right bullet, & the addition of optics (with is a sin by the way, to scope a cowboy gun) you could stretch it out there quite a ways with accuracy.</p><p></p><p>P.S. did anyone mention to you that Berger doesn't make a flex tip? I never woulda thought you'd give a 30-30 a second glance, just because of that.</p><p>Oh, wait you'll probably single sled the Bergers anyway<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p>Good luck bud.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="winmag, post: 632975, member: 22166"] How can you not love an ol' cowboy gun Broz? I have shot many from Win to Marlin. All of them sucked. However when Hornady came out with the Lever revolution ammo, I figured I'd try it for a backup bear rifle in the brush. To my suprise, that ol Winnie absolutely loved those 160 gr flex tip bullets! I never shot it from a rest, cause, well its a 30-30, come on. But I will say that my groups landed me well inside the kill zone way past its "effective range" for Deer/Bear. Off hand, or using a tree branch for a rest (not exactly scientific, cold hard accuracy data) but I'd say my old 94AE would be more than accurate enough for a wolf to 400 ish +/-. I shot rocks that far just to see if I could. Off hand went more like a battleship as far as bracketing my target to figure out my hold with open sights. But once dialed it was easily repeatable. I'm guessing that with the right bullet, & the addition of optics (with is a sin by the way, to scope a cowboy gun) you could stretch it out there quite a ways with accuracy. P.S. did anyone mention to you that Berger doesn't make a flex tip? I never woulda thought you'd give a 30-30 a second glance, just because of that. Oh, wait you'll probably single sled the Bergers anyway:D Good luck bud. [/QUOTE]
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