Hornady Lever revolution 30-30

[NChunt1]

I bought 4 boxes and can't get my marlin to shoot under a 6 inch group with them. Then shot some old win 170gr and it shot about a 2.5 inch group. Do you think I just had a bad batch of Hornady or my gun just doesn't like them ?

 

[younggun308]

You shooting with a scope? Make sure everything in the mounting system is tight. Loose rings make sighting in a waste of time.

 

[CATCHDAWG]

That's strange, I shoot them out of my 45/70 and they will cloverleaf at a 100 all day long.

 

[UpperTully]

I had a old 336 that wouldn't group with them worth a flip.

 

[NChunt1]

Yes I just mounted a brand new scope. If anyone wants them I will trade them for some fed or core like 170gr

 

[jwb]

Had the same problem. Bought 3 boxes. Shot a whole box before I decided they were junk and gave up on em and went back to core locks. I have also shot them out of a sharps 45/70 with no problem but I was shooting a bucket with open sights like Quigley down under.

 

[UTGrad]

Nothing wrong with the ammo it's your gun/ammo combination. If you reloaded you could change the amount of powder or seating depth of the bullet and find a sweet spot. There is no guarantee a box of factory ammo will group well in your rifle.

 

[TNlandowner]

Yes I just mounted a brand new scope. If anyone wants them I will trade them for some fed or core like 170gr

Where are you located? I have two 336 rifles that do very well with this brand. I am sure I have some extra Remington ammo.

 

[Antler Daddy]

Where did you find 4 boxes? :)

 

[NChunt1]

I'm located in the Chattanooga area and most definitely would trade or even sell them at this point I might even ship them

 

[41Magnum]

Some guns like'em some don't. My Marlin 336 in 35 Rem. Loves'em.

 

[CHRIS WILSON]

That's strange, I shoot them out of my 45/70 and they will cloverleaf at a 100 all day long.

Same here. They shot great out of my Henry 45-70

 

[morgancountry]

I had a marlin (Remlin) 336y in 30-30. I couldn't get better than about a 12" group at 100 yards with the leverevolutions. The gun just didn't like them. In fact the only thing that the gun liked was Remington 150 grain corelokts. Even then the best I could do was about a 3" group. Wound up trading the gun and a crossbow even for a JM stamped 1981 version of an 1894 in .44 mag. That gun would cloverleaf at 75 yards with Winchester 240 grains. Beat trade I ever made!!

 

[GOODWIN]

They've always shot well for me and performed well. But something about shooting a round nose or cast out of the levers just does it for me. Guess I'm getting old and rebel against modern tech. Same thing my grandfather and dad do that use to annoy me. Ha go figure

 

[NChunt1]

Just found these bad boys at a family members house and did some trading so I will definitely be selling the lever revolution if anyone wants to buy them

 

[GOODWIN]

I've had good results with fusion ammo in some other calibers

 

[Shooter77]

Where did you find 4 boxes? :)

Mack's PW has them in stock right now.

 

[Antler Daddy]

Mack's PW has them in stock right now.

Evidently I have been buying a new box of ammo every year since I got that 30/30 for kids. I did a big locker and storage box merge and found 4 partial boxes of 3030. I also have been worried about 20 gauge slug supply and I now have 12 boxes of hornady 20 gauge. That's a lot!

 

[Shooter77]

Evidently I have been buying a new box of ammo every year since I got that 30/30 for kids. I did a big locker and storage box merge and found 4 partial boxes of 3030. I also have been worried about 20 gauge slug supply and I now have 12 boxes of hornady 20 gauge. That's a lot!

haha... that's the way to do it. stock up every year a little bit, then your not worried when it dries up. I found 10 boxes of Hornady 20 gauge SST last week in my stash.

 

[WTM]

i have a 1970 model 64 that will almost clover leaf them.

 

[dirtyhands]

That's strange, I shoot them out of my 45/70 and they will cloverleaf at a 100 all day long.

Same here