bamaranger
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hey Jack!!!!!!!!
I've hunted a x39mm RUGER bolt rifle,and a Mini30 for about 20 years now. I bought the bolt rifle as a starter for bamaboy, and he killed a couple with it, bang flops. He moved on to bigger rifles, and I hunt the x39 bolt rifle some myself now. It's stainless/synthetic, and ideal for bad weather and woods distances.
G-Tide (roll) comments regards 30-30 is apt. The x39mm lags a bit behind the the old timer, but not so much as to be noticeable in the field on deer sized critters. The two biggest whitetails I've killed, were both taken at under 50 yds, with the x39 bolt rifle. One fell at the shot, the other ran the typical death sprint, not realizing it no longer had a heart. Both those were in the 175 lb range. I've shot others as well w/ the cartridge, with the same results.
My load for a long time used the 135 gr Sierra single shot pistol bullet. That slug is no longer in production. A pal had a quantity of .310 SST's (125gr) and I loaded them up.....they do shoot well in the bolt rifle. I have no doubt placed correctly, that they will do the job. I've experimented with 150's RN (30-30) slugs in the Mini, but have never killed a deer with them. Velocities from the shorter barreled Mini w/ the 150's lag well behind the lighter bullet from the longer barreled bolt rifle. There's a lot of exposed lead on the RN's, I'd expect they'd expand despite the velocity difference.
Don't ask too much of the x39, keep ranges reasonable (it's not a bean field rifle) and critter size appropriate (deer, hogs) and you'll be satisfied.
I've hunted a x39mm RUGER bolt rifle,and a Mini30 for about 20 years now. I bought the bolt rifle as a starter for bamaboy, and he killed a couple with it, bang flops. He moved on to bigger rifles, and I hunt the x39 bolt rifle some myself now. It's stainless/synthetic, and ideal for bad weather and woods distances.
G-Tide (roll) comments regards 30-30 is apt. The x39mm lags a bit behind the the old timer, but not so much as to be noticeable in the field on deer sized critters. The two biggest whitetails I've killed, were both taken at under 50 yds, with the x39 bolt rifle. One fell at the shot, the other ran the typical death sprint, not realizing it no longer had a heart. Both those were in the 175 lb range. I've shot others as well w/ the cartridge, with the same results.
My load for a long time used the 135 gr Sierra single shot pistol bullet. That slug is no longer in production. A pal had a quantity of .310 SST's (125gr) and I loaded them up.....they do shoot well in the bolt rifle. I have no doubt placed correctly, that they will do the job. I've experimented with 150's RN (30-30) slugs in the Mini, but have never killed a deer with them. Velocities from the shorter barreled Mini w/ the 150's lag well behind the lighter bullet from the longer barreled bolt rifle. There's a lot of exposed lead on the RN's, I'd expect they'd expand despite the velocity difference.
Don't ask too much of the x39, keep ranges reasonable (it's not a bean field rifle) and critter size appropriate (deer, hogs) and you'll be satisfied.