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Originally posted by Johnny44 View PostBone Thug, please don’t tell anyone else about this. All joking aside, I’ve used all variants of 30-30 to include reloads on maybe a thousand different animals over MANY YEARS and there is only one magic 30-30 bullet. All 30-30 does the job, but if you want a standout from the rest and know if something is hit right then...Powermax 30-30 150gr !
The other two standouts are Federal 125gr and Hornady 140gr GMX, not terminally but ballistically.
Is the power max still in production? I haven’t seen them in a long time. Winchester also made another hollow point that looked identical to the power max, but it wasn’t bonded
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Most of the time the Marlin micro-groove barrels will shoot the 170gr better than tHe 150. And they are finicky with the Hornady lever loads.
I've pretty much shot reloads w a Speer 150gr flat point for the last 15-20 years because I bought a bunch of bullets cheap at a garage sale. (Reloader 15 & h4895 powder)
It works well for the way I use it,
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Originally posted by mikebyrge View PostMost of the time the Marlin micro-groove barrels will shoot the 170gr better than tHe 150. And they are finicky with the Hornady lever loads.
I've pretty much shot reloads w a Speer 150gr flat point for the last 15-20 years because I bought a bunch of bullets cheap at a garage sale. (Reloader 15 & h4895 powder)
It works well for the way I use it,
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Originally posted by SRK14 View PostIs the power max still in production? I haven’t seen them in a long time. Winchester also made another hollow point that looked identical to the power max, but it wasn’t bonded
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Originally posted by txpitdog View PostI haven’t seen them either. The Powermax Bonded in 243 was awesome, but it seemed to be the first to go. The Powermax in 30-06 though was horrible. It would not make a clean kill on game. I don’t know what the deal was, but it was unreliable.
I bet it is being phased out by the deer season xp.
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Originally posted by mikebyrge View PostMost of the time the Marlin micro-groove barrels will shoot the 170gr better than tHe 150. And they are finicky with the Hornady lever loads.
I've pretty much shot reloads w a Speer 150gr flat point for the last 15-20 years because I bought a bunch of bullets cheap at a garage sale. (Reloader 15 & h4895 powder)
It works well for the way I use it,
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I think they still make it for the 30-30. I’ll never have to worry about it because I have about 2,000 rounds of the original redbox and about 600 rounds black. After the first year when I used it I decided I’d go to the grave with that bullet. The only time using a 30wcf when I’d be skinning a deer that folk would say “what the heck did you shoot him with?”. I’ve only recovered 2 bullets, the rest blew big exit holes.
44 & 30-30 have always been my thing because the folk I hunt with are ballistic supremacist and *****holes so I’ve made it a point my whole life.Last edited by Johnny44; 03-27-2021, 07:56 AM.
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Originally posted by mikebyrge View PostMost of the time the Marlin micro-groove barrels will shoot the 170gr better than tHe 150. And they are finicky with the Hornady lever loads.
I've pretty much shot reloads w a Speer 150gr flat point for the last 15-20 years because I bought a bunch of bullets cheap at a garage sale. (Reloader 15 & h4895 powder)
It works well for the way I use it,
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Originally posted by mikebyrge View PostMost of the time the Marlin micro-groove barrels will shoot the 170gr better than tHe 150. And they are finicky with the Hornady lever loads.
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Originally posted by grizzman View PostMy son's and my 336s are circa 1971 with micro-groove barrels shoot the Leverevolution loads better than than anything else we have tried. I have read others that said their's don't shoot these loads very well so I have to wonder why the differences.
I shoot the LeverE in about every other caliber and never had a problem except 30-30. I could take a particular box and shoot it in a winchester, single shots, bolt gun, and marlin and it would shoot off in every one. Then without touching a thing take another box and they all shot zero.
It has only been the 160gr too, the 140’s are great stuff
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