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My ' 94 is an old and beat-up pawn shop find that drew my attention because of the ridiculously low price for a Winchester. The ONLY ammo I've found that it likes is the LeverEvolution. Using a Skinner sight I can get heart-sized groups with little variation in elevation from 15 to 100 yards. It has literally saved my rifle from getting traded off again, and has made it my go-to gun for white tail.
I can tell the same story only my 1957 m94 was already performing quite well. I tried these and found my 94 loved these long time. Even better accuracy, and i noticed a little more umpf went i shot them. Surprisingly my Marlin 336 didn’t really see any improvement in accuracy. Ah well poor old Marlin always a bridesmaid never a bride.
I took some 110 gn half jacket hp's from some 30carbine rds I had laying around and loaded them up in a 30-30 case with 35.6gns of Accurate -2460 and holy moly Batman! They are like a laser beam! Smoking ass ! I wonder what the velocity is? because they got to be pushing 3000 IDK but it would be interesting to see on some gel.
Another great video. Also, I agree that since most 30-30 have shorter barrels, the billed velocity should be guaged with a good ole Winchester or Marlin. 👍
IMO- all this stuff came out about the same time as the XLR 336 24inch barreled Marlin and the 308 Marlin Express and such, so I believe it was probably their intent to have people interested in having the new 24inch XLR and people buying the Lever ammo to feed their new Marlins with
Thanks for the review. I currently used this and was working on the ballistics calculator I use and had guessed about 2340 out of a 20" barrel. Glad to see it confirmed. I guessed pretty close. Thanks again.
I used this load out of a marlin 336 BL that has an 18-1/2" barrel to kill a nice 8 point buck. He was around 50yds away in scrub oak so yeah I hit him on the third shot (branches were flying) right behind the shoulder and he only went about Reyes then fell.the bullet didn't exit but it was right under the skin in the off side, I cut it out and it was just the core, but it weighed 100grs. I know a lot of people think that's bullet failure but it killed that buck (160lbs live weight, guesstimate ) very efficiently. Hornady makes great stuff, I'm a handloader but see no need to for the 30-30, especially with this ammo! Thanks mason, you rock!
My 1970's Marlin Model 336, .30-30, 16" Trapper (microgroove barrel) hates this ammo.....4 inch groups at 50 yards! It had a lot of factory and press hype when it came out a while ago, so I had great expectations when I tried it. Higher velocity and flatter shooting than conventional .30-30 ammo. It would be good on whitetails and hogs if your rifle shoots it accurately. My rifle loves the 150 and 170 grain Federal Fusions, so I'll stick with them. Thanks for the great videos!
I have not used this hornady ammo in gel but I have used it to take multiple deer and antelope and have experienced nothing but fantastic performance with it. I highly recommend this ammo for hunting with the 30-30.
I'm interested in this ammo but haven't used it; if u don't mind, what size deer & distance for your deer kills? What about the distance with the antelope? Thanks in advance if u happen to respond!
@@paulm.s.2577 the hornady bullet exited on all animals leaving a decent but not excessive exit wound. One antelope was a smaller doe and was steeply quartering away. Due to time restraints, when she turned enough that I thought I could slip one past the hip into the ribs to angle up through the vitals, I took the shot, but the bullet entered the hip and angled forward through the vitals and exited the body just ahead of the off shoulder. The antelope collapsed in it's tracks. The bullet had traveled full length of the antelope and I found the bullet hung up in the hair after just exiting the body. It was a perfect mushroom. This was a smaller doe though.
@@fedup3582 Thanks for telling me the specifics about the antelope; man, that sounds cool as fuck how the bullet traveled the way it did!! That makes me wanna go hunting right now! Thanks Brother!!
I love this ammo for n my ‘94. I put on a new scope this year, thought 40 years was long enough for the first one. I sighted it in with 150 grain ammo I had extra, then finished with the Hornady. It was 7” high at 80 yards. I’m no longer afraid to take long shots in our pastures. Drops deer in their tracks.
Another great test. The Winchester 150 pp was a real disappointment, the Hornady looks much better. So did the Winchester 150 hollow point. Keep up the good work.
good video, I appreciate the data you compiled on penetration at 50yds; velocity, and retained weight. Odd in a way, but the same ammo I've tested with a chronograph up here in MT actually recorded as 2404 to 2417fps. I wonder if being at 3500' altitude might be a factor, or dryer climate?? Interesting data...
I've used this ammo since it came out. Great accuracy out of my Marlin and really puts a thump on 'em. The bullet will shed it's core on up close shots (like 15 yards) or when hitting something like a neck bone, but before it does, it will wreck havoc. I've never lost anything I've shot with this ammo. I've also taken my furthest deer with this 30-30 ammo (my furthest with any rifle come to think about it), a doe at 183 yards. She jumped and tried to run but called it quits after 30 yards.
Good info, good video. Thanks Want to use one of my new 30-30s for a deer hunt. Have only taken two PA deer so far,. One with a 30-30, and one with a 6mm Rem. The 30-30 I used before was borrowed as I only had a 22 rifle at the time.
The monoflex is garbage in the 30-30. The rounds do not adhere to the rifling like a typical jacketed bullet. This increases chamber pressures with the 140gr monoflex. That means you get lower velocities than a typical 140gr jacketed round.
Love that ammo. Used it in my 30-30 and 45-70….only issue for me was when I shot a buck under 40 yards…it didnt expand….same size hole on both sides….but over 50 it does what its supposed to do…..Actually took a doe last year at 165 yds. ALthough at the moment its hard to find it on the shelves…especially here in Hochulstan (formerly NY).
Took a nice doe last Fall in Texas out of my Marlin 336. Hand loaded with these 160gr FTX’s. And my goodness, it was insane. Quartered away at about 45yds, the round completely exploded the right lung, the tissue damage done to the left lung could’ve been considered a double lung shot. And it exited low left of her neck, but not before that round severed her carotid artery and crushed her wind pipe. She ran 9 yards and went lights out within 10 seconds. I will probably never switch from these rounds after seeing how amazing they performed. Now to see if they will perform the same on a big Northern Idaho Whitetail!
I used to have a friend that loaded me some ammo for my 30 30. I had a TC with a carbine barrel and that's all I could use them in. I tried them in a magazine once but they were just a hair to long but they were nasty. Glad to see some new ammo for tube feed
I've always been a .35 Rem fan. I'm generally a contraian and because the .30-30 Win was always so popular I avoided it. The FTX bullets did better than what I expected. I have seen many instances from hunters where the FTX failed to hold together making it less dependable than the regular cup and core bullet. The advantage with the FTX is the better G1 ballistic performance for lever actions. For us reloaders the FTX bullet and brass can cause some issues unless you have the specific Hornady dies and trimmers.
My max handloads with Leverevolution powder and the 160 grain FTX bullets out of Hornady brass duplicate your numbers hence duplicating factory loads. Accuracy is excellent with 5 shot groups of 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 inch groups out of a Marlin 336 with 20" barrel.
I usually shoot 150grain Winchester out of my Winchester model 94 made in 1973. I tried the revolution and the recoil was punishing in such a light rifle.
I tried the factory loaded stuff and the Lever powder and bullets, but my elderly Marlin just wasn't accurate with any of it, whereas the Sierra 150gr I've been using for a long time is a tack driver. Just goes to show what they've been saying for many years- every gun is different
So if I shot a whitetail at say 50 yards with this ammo, and then shot another one I the exact same spot, same distance with a different bullet, you saying the one shot with the Hornady would die faster?🤔..... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍
@@garytrainer1690 at 243 yards at -30 it preformed flawlessly on my buck that weighed 221lbs on the rail guts out, then dropped a cow elk and a moose a week apart all over 200 yards so ya it immediately turned the other 30/30 rounds into substandard performers , Im assuming at this stage you understand what happens to a normal 30/30 round past 150 yards right?
Congratulations on some great hunting. Just curious, where were you hunting that you got a deer, elk, and a moose? Canada? Montana?, wyoming? Idaho? ....... .?
Enjoy your videos. Tells a lot about ammo. I have my dad's Savage 340 in 30-30. It is amazingly accurate. A couple of years ago I took it back out and with the old style Win Silvertips from ? years ago, it would consistently put 3 shots in under an inch at 100 yds...yes, consistently. Purchased a box of the Hornady load you just tested. It would not chamber without really forcing the bolt to close. Called Hornady about it and they had never had such a situation before. I traded that box off for some cheeper ammo which easily chambered. The gun is accurate enough that it could do well with that ammo. I have loaded the 150 Hornady spitzer but had to cut the tip back in order to fit in the magazine. It was long ago so I don't recall how accurate it was, but would not have allowed my son to use it if it had been inaccurate. He took one deer with it; at very short range quite handily. After seeing your video, I am tempted to pick up another box of these Hornady LE in case the first box I purchased had been defective for some reason. Thanks for the info.
i have the same rifle, the bolt action savage 340 in 30-30. mine shoots these bullets with no problems at all. i've never spent much time with the rifle though, but that's changing this year. it will be my go-to deer rifle this season. just picked up two more boxes of this ammo and will be sighting it in shortly.
@@zzz7zzz9 Thanks for the info. Didn't know if this was just my gun, model 340s in general, this particular box of ammo, or all the ammo. Will look around for another box to try. The 340 is a good basic gun. Not fancy at all but seems to work just fine and sends bullets where they are supposed to go. A classic. Picked up a Savage model 14, American classic, a bolt action in 300 Savage caliber. Nice gun. Walnut stock. Deep bluing. Pretty fancy for a Savage. Been working on it some. May use it this year as the primary gun but take the 340 out off and on. Due to a bad eye I now have to shoot left handed. These bolt guns I have are all right handed so lever guns work better for me. Do like the bolt guns though. Don't have a lever in 30-30 (a shame). My levers are in 22lr (Henry), 308 Win (Savage 99), 358 Win (BLR), and 38-55 (Win 94). Have a good day. And thanks again.
@@danielpray9089just picked up some for my 340 30-30 that was my grandfathers (who I never met) hopefully it likes them because I had some already from my marlin too. I’ll go test it tomorrow
@@Mountain-Man27 Let me know if they chamber ok. Was very strange since in mine they were extremely tight. Too tight to comfortably shoot them. Might have been just fine but I did not want to test it out. Thanks for the comment. Have a good day.
Here is an update. I did purchase another box of these and they chamber just fine. Have not had the opportunity to shoot them for accuracy or velocity yet. But they chamber! Must have been a defective box which I first tried.
My son used the 140 gr Mono Flex from Hornady to harvest an Elk. He emptied all 4 rounds before it died from copper poisoning but since we didn't have to track it was the best tasting bull ever.
Doesn't anyone have one of those older .30-30's with at least a 24 inch barrel???? In my youth (and today I'm in my 70's!) there were tons of older .30-30's out there with RIFLE LENGTH BARRELS, STOCKS etc. THOSE are the ones me and my Grandfather hunted with. And we took down some the countries biggest Elk and the states biggest Moose !!!!! Please, those "short carbine length barrels" were for wild hogs and smallish White-tail in the thickest brush!
Just a question from a complete beginner to shooting and ammunition, I just got my first rifle, and I managed to get a savage model 24 combo rifle in 30-30 / 20g. I love this rifle and I’ve been having a blast learning how to shoot from it. Now the question, because is a brake action rifle, is it possible for me to use this 30-30 round on it or is made just for lever action rifles.
My Model 336 with a micro-groove barrel scatters the Leverevolution all over the place so its performance in your rifle was no surprise. Many of the same reports for Marlins with a micro-groove barrel can be easily found on the web.
What ammo works best with ur 336??? I got the same thing with the Micro grooved barrel. But its a 30as,,, last moose I got with it, i missed the first shot, and no way i could of missed at that range. I was using a Core Lokt 150 grain,,, i did knock it down tho with the other 2 shots lol,
I do know horndy says not to shoot them out of older 30-30, because there loaded pretty hot, so some of the older 30-30 can't handle the pressure, but other than that yes completely safe
@zzz7zzz9 my uncle has one and shots them just fine, but still something to look up, I really think it's just a way for them to cover there butts, because there are a still a lot of 30-30 being used that where built in the early 1900s and where not designed for our powder we use today, much less a hot round
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My ' 94 is an old and beat-up pawn shop find that drew my attention because of the ridiculously low price for a Winchester. The ONLY ammo I've found that it likes is the LeverEvolution. Using a Skinner sight I can get heart-sized groups with little variation in elevation from 15 to 100 yards. It has literally saved my rifle from getting traded off again, and has made it my go-to gun for white tail.
Glad it worked out!
I can tell the same story only my 1957 m94 was already performing quite well. I tried these and found my 94 loved these long time. Even better accuracy, and i noticed a little more umpf went i shot them. Surprisingly my Marlin 336 didn’t really see any improvement in accuracy. Ah well poor old Marlin always a bridesmaid never a bride.
I load this 160 gr ftx and lever evolution powder, my load shoots 2429 and turns the 30 30 into a entirely different beast
What powder charge are you using?
@@ShenanigansWithTommy 35.5 gr lever evolution powder
I just loaded the same up today! I’m hoping my rifle likes them
@@ShenanigansWithTommy they tend to shoot 2 to three inches higher than factory 30 30 but mine consistently shoots under an inch at 100 yards
I took some 110 gn half jacket hp's from some 30carbine rds I had laying around and loaded them up in a 30-30 case with 35.6gns of Accurate -2460 and holy moly Batman! They are like a laser beam! Smoking ass ! I wonder what the velocity is? because they got to be pushing 3000 IDK but it would be interesting to see on some gel.
Love these in my 35 rem. Personally I've noticed a big accuracy advantage over core lokt as well.
Another great video. Also, I agree that since most 30-30 have shorter barrels, the billed velocity should be guaged with a good ole Winchester or Marlin. 👍
IMO- all this stuff came out
about the same time as the
XLR 336 24inch barreled Marlin and the 308 Marlin Express and such, so I believe
it was probably their intent to
have people interested in having the new 24inch XLR
and people buying the Lever
ammo to feed their new Marlins with
Thanks for the review. I currently used this and was working on the ballistics calculator I use and had guessed about 2340 out of a 20" barrel. Glad to see it confirmed. I guessed pretty close. Thanks again.
I used this load out of a marlin 336 BL that has an 18-1/2" barrel to kill a nice 8 point buck. He was around 50yds away in scrub oak so yeah I hit him on the third shot (branches were flying) right behind the shoulder and he only went about Reyes then fell.the bullet didn't exit but it was right under the skin in the off side, I cut it out and it was just the core, but it weighed 100grs. I know a lot of people think that's bullet failure but it killed that buck (160lbs live weight, guesstimate ) very efficiently. Hornady makes great stuff, I'm a handloader but see no need to for the 30-30, especially with this ammo! Thanks mason, you rock!
I've used this ammo on multiple deer and antelope and it works fantastic on game.
My 1970's Marlin Model 336, .30-30, 16" Trapper (microgroove barrel) hates this ammo.....4 inch groups at 50 yards! It had a lot of factory and press hype when it came out a while ago, so I had great expectations when I tried it. Higher velocity and flatter shooting than conventional .30-30 ammo. It would be good on whitetails and hogs if your rifle shoots it accurately. My rifle loves the 150 and 170 grain Federal Fusions, so I'll stick with them. Thanks for the great videos!
I appreciate your effort to keep apples tp apples comparison.
I've shot two deer with these and they worked beautifully, both where complete pass threws and both deer dropped, definitely my go to in my 30-30
I have not used this hornady ammo in gel but I have used it to take multiple deer and antelope and have experienced nothing but fantastic performance with it. I highly recommend this ammo for hunting with the 30-30.
I'm interested in this ammo but haven't used it; if u don't mind, what size deer & distance for your deer kills? What about the distance with the antelope? Thanks in advance if u happen to respond!
@@paulm.s.2577 average size whitetail deer and antelope. Ranges were from 50 yds to 150 yds.
@@fedup3582 Thanks again brother for responding; I appreciate the info!!
@@paulm.s.2577 the hornady bullet exited on all animals leaving a decent but not excessive exit wound. One antelope was a smaller doe and was steeply quartering away. Due to time restraints, when she turned enough that I thought I could slip one past the hip into the ribs to angle up through the vitals, I took the shot, but the bullet entered the hip and angled forward through the vitals and exited the body just ahead of the off shoulder. The antelope collapsed in it's tracks. The bullet had traveled full length of the antelope and I found the bullet hung up in the hair after just exiting the body. It was a perfect mushroom. This was a smaller doe though.
@@fedup3582 Thanks for telling me the specifics about the antelope; man, that sounds cool as fuck how the bullet traveled the way it did!! That makes me wanna go hunting right now! Thanks Brother!!
I love this ammo for n my ‘94. I put on a new scope this year, thought 40 years was long enough for the first one. I sighted it in with 150 grain ammo I had extra, then finished with the Hornady. It was 7” high at 80 yards. I’m no longer afraid to take long shots in our pastures. Drops deer in their tracks.
Haven't used this ammo for hunting (yet), but it has been very consistent for smacking an 8 inch steel plate at 200 yards. Great video!
Another great test. The Winchester 150 pp was a real disappointment, the Hornady looks much better. So did the Winchester 150 hollow point. Keep up the good work.
good video, I appreciate the data you compiled on penetration at 50yds; velocity, and retained weight. Odd in a way, but the same ammo I've tested with a chronograph up here in MT actually recorded as 2404 to 2417fps. I wonder if being at 3500' altitude might be a factor, or dryer climate?? Interesting data...
I got a Winchester 1894. Made 1907. 26" octagon barrell.i like Hornady ammo.😊😊
I've used this ammo since it came out. Great accuracy out of my Marlin and really puts a thump on 'em. The bullet will shed it's core on up close shots (like 15 yards) or when hitting something like a neck bone, but before it does, it will wreck havoc. I've never lost anything I've shot with this ammo. I've also taken my furthest deer with this 30-30 ammo (my furthest with any rifle come to think about it), a doe at 183 yards. She jumped and tried to run but called it quits after 30 yards.
Good info, good video. Thanks
Want to use one of my new 30-30s for a deer hunt. Have only taken two PA deer so far,. One with a 30-30, and one with a 6mm Rem. The 30-30 I used before was borrowed as I only had a 22 rifle at the time.
My Win 94 is zeroed for the Win 170 gr PP but I have a box of these laying around. Good to know these will work great if I need to use it.
It’d be interesting to see what the 140gr monoflex’s would do in the 30-30, I believe they’re the light recoil round for the 30-30
The monoflex is garbage in the 30-30. The rounds do not adhere to the rifling like a typical jacketed bullet. This increases chamber pressures with the 140gr monoflex. That means you get lower velocities than a typical 140gr jacketed round.
Love that ammo. Used it in my 30-30 and 45-70….only issue for me was when I shot a buck under 40 yards…it didnt expand….same size hole on both sides….but over 50 it does what its supposed to do…..Actually took a doe last year at 165 yds. ALthough at the moment its hard to find it on the shelves…especially here in Hochulstan (formerly NY).
I keep it in stock. The funny thing is my wholesaler is in New York. Most of my ammo through Amchar ships from New York
My 125 year old 30-30. Has a 26" octagon barrel. 😮😮😮
Took a nice doe last Fall in Texas out of my Marlin 336. Hand loaded with these 160gr FTX’s. And my goodness, it was insane. Quartered away at about 45yds, the round completely exploded the right lung, the tissue damage done to the left lung could’ve been considered a double lung shot. And it exited low left of her neck, but not before that round severed her carotid artery and crushed her wind pipe. She ran 9 yards and went lights out within 10 seconds. I will probably never switch from these rounds after seeing how amazing they performed. Now to see if they will perform the same on a big Northern Idaho Whitetail!
This my go to deer hunting ammo in my 336.. I get sub M0A groups to
Thank you for your helpfull Video. Great Job!
Glad to be of service!
I used to have a friend that loaded me some ammo for my 30 30. I had a TC with a carbine barrel and that's all I could use them in. I tried them in a magazine once but they were just a hair to long but they were nasty. Glad to see some new ammo for tube feed
Wish they would come out with a bonded version of this.
I would like to see you test the hornady 30-30 win 140 gr monoflex leverevolution
I’d like to find some so I can
Very good. Thank you for data & demo.
Glad to be of service!
I've always been a .35 Rem fan. I'm generally a contraian and because the .30-30 Win was always so popular I avoided it. The FTX bullets did better than what I expected. I have seen many instances from hunters where the FTX failed to hold together making it less dependable than the regular cup and core bullet. The advantage with the FTX is the better G1 ballistic performance for lever actions. For us reloaders the FTX bullet and brass can cause some issues unless you have the specific Hornady dies and trimmers.
For what it’s worth, in my marlin, the leverevolution powder matches up in load and velocity to CFE223, ceteris paribus ;)
Yep that's what I use
My max handloads with Leverevolution powder and the 160 grain FTX bullets out of Hornady brass duplicate your numbers hence duplicating factory loads. Accuracy is excellent with 5 shot groups of 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 inch groups out of a Marlin 336 with 20" barrel.
Absolutely love your rifle
Thanks! It’s pretty slick!
I usually shoot 150grain Winchester out of my Winchester model 94 made in 1973. I tried the revolution and the recoil was punishing in such a light rifle.
I tried the factory loaded stuff
and the Lever powder and bullets, but my elderly Marlin
just wasn't accurate with any
of it, whereas the Sierra 150gr
I've been using for a long time
is a tack driver.
Just goes to show what they've been saying for many years- every gun is different
The best 30/30 ammo on the market for quick kills, use them alot mostly for better ballistics.
So if I shot a whitetail at say 50 yards with this ammo, and then shot another one I the exact same spot, same distance with a different bullet, you saying the one shot with the Hornady would die faster?🤔..... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍
@@garytrainer1690 at 243 yards at -30 it preformed flawlessly on my buck that weighed 221lbs on the rail guts out, then dropped a cow elk and a moose a week apart all over 200 yards so ya it immediately turned the other 30/30 rounds into substandard performers , Im assuming at this stage you understand what happens to a normal 30/30 round past 150 yards right?
Congratulations on some great hunting. Just curious, where were you hunting that you got a deer, elk, and a moose? Canada? Montana?, wyoming? Idaho? ....... .?
@@fedup3582 Northern Canada
Enjoy your videos. Tells a lot about ammo. I have my dad's Savage 340 in 30-30. It is amazingly accurate. A couple of years ago I took it back out and with the old style Win Silvertips from ? years ago, it would consistently put 3 shots in under an inch at 100 yds...yes, consistently. Purchased a box of the Hornady load you just tested. It would not chamber without really forcing the bolt to close. Called Hornady about it and they had never had such a situation before. I traded that box off for some cheeper ammo which easily chambered. The gun is accurate enough that it could do well with that ammo. I have loaded the 150 Hornady spitzer but had to cut the tip back in order to fit in the magazine. It was long ago so I don't recall how accurate it was, but would not have allowed my son to use it if it had been inaccurate. He took one deer with it; at very short range quite handily. After seeing your video, I am tempted to pick up another box of these Hornady LE in case the first box I purchased had been defective for some reason. Thanks for the info.
i have the same rifle, the bolt action savage 340 in 30-30.
mine shoots these bullets with no problems at all. i've never spent much time with the rifle though, but that's changing this year. it will be my go-to deer rifle this season. just picked up two more boxes of this ammo and will be sighting it in shortly.
@@zzz7zzz9 Thanks for the info. Didn't know if this was just my gun, model 340s in general, this particular box of ammo, or all the ammo. Will look around for another box to try. The 340 is a good basic gun. Not fancy at all but seems to work just fine and sends bullets where they are supposed to go. A classic.
Picked up a Savage model 14, American classic, a bolt action in 300 Savage caliber. Nice gun. Walnut stock. Deep bluing. Pretty fancy for a Savage. Been working on it some. May use it this year as the primary gun but take the 340 out off and on.
Due to a bad eye I now have to shoot left handed. These bolt guns I have are all right handed so lever guns work better for me. Do like the bolt guns though. Don't have a lever in 30-30 (a shame). My levers are in 22lr (Henry), 308 Win (Savage 99), 358 Win (BLR), and 38-55 (Win 94). Have a good day. And thanks again.
@@danielpray9089just picked up some for my 340 30-30 that was my grandfathers (who I never met) hopefully it likes them because I had some already from my marlin too. I’ll go test it tomorrow
@@Mountain-Man27 Let me know if they chamber ok. Was very strange since in mine they were extremely tight. Too tight to comfortably shoot them. Might have been just fine but I did not want to test it out. Thanks for the comment. Have a good day.
Here is an update. I did purchase another box of these and they chamber just fine. Have not had the opportunity to shoot them for accuracy or velocity yet. But they chamber! Must have been a defective box which I first tried.
Is it possible for you to shoot a 100 yard test of 30-30 Hornady Leverevolution and Hornady American Whitetail ammo?
Thank you. Subscribed. (Hoping you test lead-free rounds someday.)
Thanks! And I will be!
I have no idea why, but my 1980's model Marlin 336 does not like the lever revolution ammo. The accuracy is horrible.
Other ammo is fine.
You need to level up that table top. The blocks are bent, hence the bullets zinging out.
You should try some monos just to see how they compare. Lots of states looking to get rid of lead lately
My son used the 140 gr Mono Flex from Hornady to harvest an Elk. He emptied all 4 rounds before it died from copper poisoning but since we didn't have to track it was the best tasting bull ever.
I thought that the anti lead thing was disguised gun control. Now there is lead free ammo , I haven't heard much about it.
Great video - apologies if I missed it - how is the accuracy? Many thanks from Texas.
Can’t say precisely, good enough to hit the 6”x6” block face when I’m not zeroed for it
Have you tested the 30-30 140 grain MonoFlex variant of this line?
Doesn't anyone have one of those older .30-30's with at least a 24 inch barrel????
In my youth (and today I'm in my 70's!) there were tons of older .30-30's out there with RIFLE LENGTH BARRELS, STOCKS etc.
THOSE are the ones me and my Grandfather hunted with. And we took down some the countries biggest Elk and the states biggest Moose !!!!!
Please, those "short carbine length barrels" were for wild hogs and smallish White-tail in the thickest brush!
Just a question from a complete beginner to shooting and ammunition, I just got my first rifle, and I managed to get a savage model 24 combo rifle in 30-30 / 20g.
I love this rifle and I’ve been having a blast learning how to shoot from it.
Now the question, because is a brake action rifle, is it possible for me to use this 30-30 round on it or is made just for lever action rifles.
It is made according to sammi specs. You should have no problems with it in your rifle.
Use whatever you want in it
that will shoot accurately and
not overloaded
Good Luck
My Model 336 with a micro-groove barrel scatters the Leverevolution all over the place so its performance in your rifle was no surprise. Many of the same reports for Marlins with a micro-groove barrel can be easily found on the web.
What ammo works best with ur 336??? I got the same thing with the Micro grooved barrel. But its a 30as,,, last moose I got with it, i missed the first shot, and no way i could of missed at that range. I was using a Core Lokt 150 grain,,, i did knock it down tho with the other 2 shots lol,
Couldve been just me though why i missed,,, afterwards that next day I realized the rear iron sight moved up 1 step from where i originally had it,
My Winchester 94 black shadow will print 1 inch or slightly over with the hornady 160 gr ftx.
bussin no cap got me lol. And yeah all the leverevolution stuff is way off zero. im like 9 inches off in my 45-70 gotta zero for it specifically.
Need to test 35 rem leverevlution 200 grn
Turns old guns into new guns
👍😊 know the limitations of the ammunition.
My favorite 30 30 round and does shoot flat at 200 yrds got a bear with it and deer
black bear?
I used the ammo at the range and was very impressed. But in the field not much. Took 3 well placed shots to humanely harvest a whitetail buck.
I shoot these bullets from my bolt action 30/30. Good accuracy but not any better than Federal powershoks.
They drop on impact, killed many deer with this round. I've used Winchester ammo and seen them run off.
I'll stick to my core lokt 😮
Corelokt is a classic 👌🏼🍄
Try a 160gr. Nosler Partition . I'd love to see how measures up😊
Is this stuff really safe?? I'm old fashioned. And cautious.
Yes Hornaday Bullets are solid ,They spend Alot of $$ on research & design
why would they not be safe??
I do know horndy says not to shoot them out of older 30-30, because there loaded pretty hot, so some of the older 30-30 can't handle the pressure, but other than that yes completely safe
@@bigdogford1 really? I have an old savage 340A bolt action 30-30. Should these not be used?
@zzz7zzz9 my uncle has one and shots them just fine, but still something to look up, I really think it's just a way for them to cover there butts, because there are a still a lot of 30-30 being used that where built in the early 1900s and where not designed for our powder we use today, much less a hot round
I have killed 2 deer this is the only ammo I ues in my 30 30
That's 50yds, I hate spell check!
30-30 true zero should be 160 yards
Longer barrell more speed. To a ☝️
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It looks pointy you ante supposed to put pointed bullets in a tubular magazine
Nylon or rubber tip..