kawasakifreak77
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Walked into my lgs today & they had a used 30-30 handi rifle sitting in the rack. I've been curious about these for awhile but all the new ones have god aweful plastic stocks & no irons. Doesn't seem fit on a single shot.
I talked them into selling it for $200 out the door & since it's about new condition, I think I did okay.
It reminds me of my first break action 20ga I had as a boy that I learned to hunt with. I've already got dies, brass & a shelf full of various 308 bullets so ammo is already provided once I make it. I took it home for a detail cleaning & noticed a few things:
The action locks up like a stinkin' bank vault & the trigger is surprisingly nice. Bit heavy but crisp as all get out. Very happy there.
It's got micro groove rifling. Not much experience with this, but had a wally world 22mag once with it & that little sob was one surprizingly accurate rifle!
So I read that the micro groove barrels are 1-10 twist instead of 1-12... Got me thinking how heavy of a bullet this might stabilize. I might try to load me up some 220 SMKs over a light charge of unique & see if they hit the target straight at say, 50 meters.
Might sound crazy, but I'm thinking poor man's blackout here. Enough stability to make it through a can & down range accurate enough yet yaw when it strikes something. Which seems to be the blackout's weakness is it just bores straight through whatever it hits.
Just thinking out loud. Any body tried something similar?
If it don't work I've got a proven load with the discontinued speer hollow point 30 carbine bullet that pretty much explodes anything I've shot with it. Fun stuff.
Anyways. It needs a rear peep something fierce! The front sight ain't shabby though. Nice black square post that should be good for target work depending on how much real estate it covers down range.
I'm already thinking about having it fitted with a 35 Remington & 20ga barrel. Figure there's not much around the plains I can't put in the freezer with that combo.
Regardless, I already like the simplicity & having to make that one shot count. I can break it down super easy & chuck in in the back of the plane for when I go out camping & I've read they're great for 'tinkerers'. If there's one thing I like to do, it's tinker with stuff!
I talked them into selling it for $200 out the door & since it's about new condition, I think I did okay.
It reminds me of my first break action 20ga I had as a boy that I learned to hunt with. I've already got dies, brass & a shelf full of various 308 bullets so ammo is already provided once I make it. I took it home for a detail cleaning & noticed a few things:
The action locks up like a stinkin' bank vault & the trigger is surprisingly nice. Bit heavy but crisp as all get out. Very happy there.
It's got micro groove rifling. Not much experience with this, but had a wally world 22mag once with it & that little sob was one surprizingly accurate rifle!
So I read that the micro groove barrels are 1-10 twist instead of 1-12... Got me thinking how heavy of a bullet this might stabilize. I might try to load me up some 220 SMKs over a light charge of unique & see if they hit the target straight at say, 50 meters.
Might sound crazy, but I'm thinking poor man's blackout here. Enough stability to make it through a can & down range accurate enough yet yaw when it strikes something. Which seems to be the blackout's weakness is it just bores straight through whatever it hits.
Just thinking out loud. Any body tried something similar?
If it don't work I've got a proven load with the discontinued speer hollow point 30 carbine bullet that pretty much explodes anything I've shot with it. Fun stuff.
Anyways. It needs a rear peep something fierce! The front sight ain't shabby though. Nice black square post that should be good for target work depending on how much real estate it covers down range.
I'm already thinking about having it fitted with a 35 Remington & 20ga barrel. Figure there's not much around the plains I can't put in the freezer with that combo.
Regardless, I already like the simplicity & having to make that one shot count. I can break it down super easy & chuck in in the back of the plane for when I go out camping & I've read they're great for 'tinkerers'. If there's one thing I like to do, it's tinker with stuff!