cty100

My son has a marlin 30 30 and I was thinking of reloading for the gun. I have some varget here I could try. What bullets should I try, have any of you guys reloaded for a 3030 and what loads worked well for these lever action guns.

thanks chris

Swampdog

Used to load the 30-30 some. It is not the easiest to load.If you are not careful you will colapse the shoulder.Don't remeber what powder but I was reloading "spire point" bullets for an old Savage 340.I was using 150 grain ballistic tips .Couldn't seat them deep enough to work in the magazine.

eldeguello

I have loaded .30/30 ammo. I used the 150 and 170-grain Hornady flatnose bullets, and also the Lyman 31141HP, a cast gascheck bullet that has a flat nose. My mould makes them as hollowpoints, size .311". I size mine down to .308" for use in a .307" bore. Mine weigh 160 grains cast from wheelweights, due to the hollow point. (They are supposed to be 173-grain w/o the hollow point cavity.) I temper mine toa hardness of 15 on the Brinell scale. I use IMR 3031 for .30/30 ammo. 28 to 30 grains of this powder work with both the 170 grain jacketed and the 160-grain casty bullet. Work up your loads from 25-26 grains, and increase them 0.5 grain at a time. Quit increasing when you get the best accuracy.

Varget should work well in the .30/30 as well. Use a starting load hat is 10% under book maximum, and work upfrom there, just as you would with IMR 3031.

drh1175

In my Marlin My best load is 35 gr win748 and Fed 210 primers with the 170gr Hornady interlocks. I am getting 1" groups at 100 yards.

TJEN

150gr Speers and H4895.