re: .30-30 Winchester. Why so unpopular now?

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Well then you're just some kind of freak marksman. If I was a freak marksman I would probably use my .30-30 for 200 yard shots religiously.

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Not hardly, it's just good basics I've worked on for years. It's not a difficult shot for anyone that doesn't wear coke bottles for lenses in their eyewear. Look at all the folks shooting rifles and never get beyond a 100yd zero and then you figure out why some think a 200yd shot is tough. Lot of hunters, even avid hunters, are sorrier shots than they should be.

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What you're doing is handloading a .30-30 with a spitzer style bullet to higher velocity than usual. I think it's fair to say that you're using something other than what 99.9% of people in the wood stuff in their .30-30s.

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I think more of us use spire bullets than you think. Many just load in pairs to keep it simple. Sure as heck not putting much more pressure to it because these little rifles don't need it.