Thread: Marlin 30-30 setup

How did your loads go Danny? were they as good as the factory ammo ?

Originally Posted by Mooseman

How did your loads go Danny? were they as good as the factory ammo ?

haven't had a chance to shoot them yet, hopefully over the weekend failing that I have Monday off, rest assured I will post results

Well seems I have a mythical sub moa levergun load development went really well, good consistent speeds which is always reassuring.
Like @eamars I got fantastic grouping with a relatively low charge 31gns of 2206h
I didn't get any speeds off the lowest 2 charge weights as my magneto chrono wouldn't read mounted off the mag tube.
Fortunately my mate showed up with his Caldwell stand alone chrono so I got speeds off all the rest.
After smashing a sub moa group with the lowest charge I was a bit concerned none of the higher charges would group better....but I was wrong.
I'll let the pics do the talking





Lowest charge speed unknown but at a guess about 2150fps it was very light recoil.



Max load .5gn above book max still pleasant to shoot avg speed over 3 rounds was 2351fps with a spread of 18fps

Also I suspect most of these loads could be improved with better muzzle control I noticed I had to really grip the fore and be conscious of it as it tended to jump a fair bit when shooting prone resting on my pack (may be a short barrel thing)

Originally Posted by dannyb

Also I suspect most of these loads could be improved with better muzzle control I noticed I had to really grip the fore and be conscious of it as it tended to jump a fair bit when shooting prone resting on my pack (may be a short barrel thing)

...."could be improved" with Ackley ???

Strelok calcs
About what I thought it would be.