Thread: Marlin 30-30 setup

Originally Posted by dannyb

Well popped in to the team at gunworks this morning to drop a rifle off for shipping and whilst there I grabbed a couple boxes of ammo to try in the 30-30, Hornandy leverrevoloution 160gn and Hornandy 150gn whitetails,
Now @Calikiwi did warn me it wouldn't shoot the leverrevoloution very well and he was right it sprayed them all over the place like a shotty.
It did however love the Hornandy whitetail 150gn and shot the under an inch at 100 yards .84" to be exact.
I'm told any lever gun that shoots under the mythical inch is a but of a unicorn so I'm well pleased with that.
Sighted in at 3" high at 100 yards should see me bully or close enough at 200yards bloody happy with that.
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How much MV at 200yds? My handloads are only doing 1900 at the muzzle, so I expect they will drop of a lot by 200.

Originally Posted by scottrods

How much MV at 200yds? My handloads are only doing 1900 at the muzzle, so I expect they will drop of a lot by 200.

I didn't chrono it but I did shoot a few at 230 yards and with it set 3" high at 100 yards it was about 6" low at 230 yards.
The pack quotes an mv of 2390fps and to be fair I've found there quoted speeds to be fairly close but bearing in mind I've only got 16.5" of barrel I'm picking I'll be somewhere around 2300fps give or take.
I did shoot this helium canister (empty) at 230 yards aiming for the top of the label and hit an inch or so from the bottom so looks like 6" drop from POA at that distance, if anyone who is smarter than me wants to crunch the numbers.