Hunting with cast bullets and the 30/30

by Fowler, Sunday, February 02, 2014, 11:40 (3953 days ago) @ Jared

Yea something in the 1750ish velocity range sounded more along the line I was thinking. I tried a few rounds at 2200 but it seemed more than I was looking for in this gun. If I shoot a deer with it it will be most likely over by my brother's house in their urban wildlife management area (inside joke) where shots will be under 100 yards and a quieter load that won't bother the neighbors is a good thing in this area of 5-10 acre ranchettes. Mostly it will be a fun truck gun called on to bust a few ground squirrels, coyotes, and a bunch of rocks by my 9 year old son and me. So keeping it fairly mild is what I want if I want Will to keep shooting it, I am probably not going to do away with the Red Dot load for fun with the boy but it just isn't enough load to hunt big game.

I found an article last night by Jim Taylor that listed a H335 for a perfect load and I have a couple of pounds of it so I am going to start there. So the question then is alloy. 90% of my casting is with certified 92-2-6 alloy and runs about 18 for hardness. For general shooting it is fine but is it too hard or soft to hunt deer with at that velocity? I agree that I think I would like the bullet to upset and expand a little, I certainly want an exit (I always want a exit in my opinion), so what's everyone's opinion here?

Thanks as always