What bullet weight on a 30-30?
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i like to use 150 grain coreloks for deer, and handloaded 165 grain flatnoses for elk. i have yet to kill a bull, but many of my family members have. my uncle has killed 16 elk with his 30-30, all one shot kills. lots of guy whine nd ##### that a 30-30 is too small for elk, but dont belive it, if you dont take pot shot, it will work just fine!
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I got to say thank you to Oldoregan , my grandpa has been a rancher all of his life , he is 84 now . He carried a 30-30 and used it to kill black bear and plenty of elk too . We spoke about all the new calibers and he was just amazed at what these new bullets do , but said dead is dead and that his 30-30 would tumble anything on four legs here in NM . He used .22 long rifles for most of his life , killing many a coyote that wondered too close to his sheep or cattle . These days a .22 for yotes or a 30-30 for elk isn't really a choice many an outdoorsman chooses , but to ranchers these two calibers still are a vital piece of equipment used effectively ....With that said , I killed my very first muley with an open sighted Stevens bolt action 30-30 that my grandpa gave me for my 13th birthday , couldn't recall what grain of bullet , but brought home a deer with my grandpa and dad right there with me some 17 years ago . Elk are extremely TOUGH , and it wouldn't be my first choice in calibers but it all boils down to shot placemeant and if you planned on 100 or so yards being max distance and was pretty handy with your 30-30 , either 150 or 170 grain will do the job ....May get hammered by ballistic junkys for this , but I'll just take my grandpa's experiance on this one ...NMhuntnutt
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270longshot
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a 30-30 only has 1300 lbs energy at 100 yds. Recomended lbs for elk is 1800! Sure you can use a 22 and shoot one in the head at 10 yds but have some respect for the animal. Please don't enter the woods with a 30-30.
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i have to agree on what 270 says, just isnt enough but if u can out one in the heart every time then i guess its ok i would stil go with more than a 30-30
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Right on huntnutt!
My grandfather used a 30-30, my dad used it and I have used it for 20 years. You can kill elk with one shot. You can kill black bear with one shot. I have shot elk in the head, neck shoulders and ribs with it and killed em all with one shot, I shot a cow thru the shoulders at about 190-200 yards and knocked her flat. My personal best with it was a heavy horned muley at 261 yards. Blew both shoulders all to hell, completely shattered the shoulder on the exit side. Don't listen to naysayers. I use the Remington 150 corelokt in it, I wouldn't use anything smaller. You don't need a 300 mag to shoot western game. A few years ago I bought a spankin' new 270 and use it 90% of the time, only because I felt I needed it for much longer shots.
Dead is dead. I've seen many elk shot with large calibers that run a quarter mile before they keel over. I don't hear large caliber shooters saying "a 338 is not big enough, the elk ran 600 yards before he fell over." Use what you're comfortable with, make good shots and be happy.
My grandfather used a 30-30, my dad used it and I have used it for 20 years. You can kill elk with one shot. You can kill black bear with one shot. I have shot elk in the head, neck shoulders and ribs with it and killed em all with one shot, I shot a cow thru the shoulders at about 190-200 yards and knocked her flat. My personal best with it was a heavy horned muley at 261 yards. Blew both shoulders all to hell, completely shattered the shoulder on the exit side. Don't listen to naysayers. I use the Remington 150 corelokt in it, I wouldn't use anything smaller. You don't need a 300 mag to shoot western game. A few years ago I bought a spankin' new 270 and use it 90% of the time, only because I felt I needed it for much longer shots.
Dead is dead. I've seen many elk shot with large calibers that run a quarter mile before they keel over. I don't hear large caliber shooters saying "a 338 is not big enough, the elk ran 600 yards before he fell over." Use what you're comfortable with, make good shots and be happy.
