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I’d use whatever bullet shoots the best! Remember the men and women that settled in elk country when the 30/30 was in its glory didn’t...

While I have read this many times over the years, and I have also read that deer require 1000 ft-lbs. Nothing could be further from the...

Hornady Leverations are better for lever guns as they give you slightly better velocities at the same ranges of the flat nose rounds. I...

The amount of people that don't understand this is baffling.

It is so cool when we get to be a small part of hunter's success! What a great bull! For those who don't roll your own, check out...

Brian shot this incredible California Roosevelt Elk at 125-150 yards with a Gunwerks 7 SAUM and the 131 Hammer Hunter Bullet. When asked...

I have the 156's loaded up to 3220 and change with a max charge, a practical load is 3175-3200, out of a 26" barrel, saami chamber...

That's pretty impressive from a trapper. The BC is a little higher with the 160 FTX, but I just don't know if it is enough to matter in...

The Barnes 150 tsx .3030 bullet has one heck of a big hollow point. Will open up at .30-30 speed for sure and penetrate like a mono...

@RockyMtnMT any thoughts on how your 143gr Lever Hammer might do against the Roosevelt elk in the western Cascades of Washington state?

a buddy of mine came up with some of the NRA's magazine from right before or after WW2 and 3 or 4 guides from Alaska wrote in...

Henry model x 30-30 @ 450 yards Hornaday American whitetail 150gr. They are more capable than you would imagine.

It’s a custom “trapper” size rifle. I can push the 143gr Lever Hammers at ~2300fps through it. Just for giggles I used the basic...

I would lean towards the leverevolution loads, if they shoot well in your gun. The 160 grain FTX is an interlock design and the...

My son killed his first Roosevelt last year with my grandpa's old marlin 30-30, Buckhorn sights and 150gr. Winchester whatevers. About a...