Think I am going to start with either 3031 or 4064 with 170gr hornady FP.
I always figured it was a waste of time to load 30-30, as I rarely shoot it, but these dies have been here for years, never used, and winter is comeing so have a toy to play with.

I have been loading 150gr rnft bullet with 30gr of 4064 powder. It shoots better than it was with box ammo at 50 yards. Havent done much sighting at at 100 yards since I cannot see well enough to do that at 100 yards with the open sights that are on the gun lol.

Wal Mart $9.99/ box J/K big boy

I inherited some of my grandpa's old reloading stuff, mainly storage boxes etc. and in some of the cases was all of his 30-30 stuff he always used 4064 per his data sheets.

my buddy asked me to load some 125hp and 170sp for him.all i had was imr4064 powder,so we used it and were able to shoot pencil thick twigs from a tree branch in 2 inch sections.they were slow but very accurate

BigCountry, I have loaded many 30-30 rounds and the best I have found to shoot in my Marlin 336 with the micro grove barrel is Hornady 170gr. flat points, IMR 3031 28.0gr. forget off hand on the primers (i'll get back on that and the C.O.L.) all cases are F.L. sized andtrimmed to max length. That load in my gunwill constantly put 3 shot groups in a 1" orange dot if I do my part.

Shane

LOL, and thats the toughest part about shooting. It makes it tought to tell what load is doing what sometimes when you cannot be sure if you are doing what needs to be done on your end.

I hear ya on that one ive been tinkering with my 30-30 loads every now and then. Ive got a load ive used for plinking I got a bunch of 150 grain sierra pro hunters from a guy 5 boxes of 100 to be exact for 3 bucks a box ive been loading those over 25 grains H4895 once i figured out what seating depth the gun likes these loads are pure tack drivers and have ultra light recoil comparible to a 223 they are pushing probably around 1600 fps. Another load Im working up for yote hunting this winter is a hornady 110 grain RNSP over 37 grains H4895 books shows a MV of 2605 fps havent quite figured out all the kinks yet but im getting 2 inch groups at 100 yards Im gonna tinker with it some more I know I can get better then that with my plinker loads its shooting inch groups at 100 yards and with factory core junks 170 grain the gun will shoot less than an inch at 100 yards. im thinking about trying out 110 grain V-max's and using the gun as a single shot would like to see where that goes. A friend of mine has an old savage 340c bolt action 30-30 he's lookin to sell for 200 bucks im thinking about buying it for the fact I can use pointed bullets in it and have the advantage of a magazine.

I used to have one of those savages and I used it as a trade in last year. Now I am thinking about getting another one for that very same reason, being able to use spire point bullets in lt. Anyways, I really enjoy shooting the 30-30 and love the idea of using a gun that most others tend to overlook, thinking that it just isnt up to the task of taking a deer anymore, for whatever reason. Not to mention that it is much easier on me to pack around.

I rechamber a lot of the 30-30 single shots and lever actions to the 30-30 Ackley Improved and have found both H-4895 and Winchesters 748 powder to give the best velocity and accuracy. I also use 375 Winchester brass that I size down in a regular 30-30 size die. Using this brass for the 30-30 Win., I can get around 10-15 loadings per case and a good 20 loadings per case by going to the "improved" case design. This also depends on the loadings....

DAVID

You mean people actually pay to make a 30-30 into an improved version? Thats pretty wild. Can't say I would do that.