Which 30-30 Ammo would you choose

jam66

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I have he chance to buy 30-30 ammo in Remington 150gr Core Lokt and Winchester 150gr power points. Which of the two tends to be the more accurrate ammo?
 

Laramie

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Both are accurate loads to the limits of the 30-30's range limits. That said, I had good experiences with the Remington loads in mine. If you can find it, the Hornady Leverevolution shoots very well in most guns.
 
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jam66

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I have some LeverRevolution already but I can pick either the Rem or Win 30-30, 150gr. It will be used mainly for deer hunting . I have a Magnum Research BFR In 30-30. At the cost of ammo these days , I would rather buy one, 2 yrs ago I would of bought a box of each and went to the range then bought more of the one I liked. Those days are gone!
 

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The Remington's have always giving me a better blood trail and penetration than Winchester in any caliber I've shot an animal. I wont buy Winchester Power Points anymore.
 
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Both my marlins prefer Remington for group size On paper. As others have stated, for the distances I would shoot a critter with my 30/30 the difference isn’t that great. In this ammo environment, I would probably take what I can get a decent supply of so that I could zero and still have enough to hunt for a while.
 

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I’d buy Winchester. I bought 6 boxes of rem.35rem for my marlin, and I found about 10rounds total that the action won’t close all the way, and a few others that needed a pretty hard squeeze to close the action enough to fire.
 
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My late Dad swore by the 170gr REM Core Lokt Hollow Point. He like the performance and the fact that there was no exposed lead to mess up. I have his rifle and the leftover ammo in the safe but haven’t shot it since before he passed.
 
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Back in the day I used the Remingtons In my 30-30. They were plenty accurate and I mostly shot hogs 20-100 yards. Bonus was non of them got up and walked away.
My hunting buddy shot Winchesters out of his 30-30 and he had the same results.
Buy a box of each and give it a go.
 
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Which one does your rifle prefer?

Your rifle will tell you which one it likes. Terminal performance wise, I doubt you will see much difference. If you can afford to do so, you can always get both, determine which works best and sell the others. I guarantee you will not have a problem selling the ammo that you determine is least preferential.
 
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I shoot hornady 160ftx but out of those I’d chose the remingtons. There have been a lot of deer out down with those over the years and they always shot fine out of my rifles.
 
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