30 br

[maddysdad]

any one ever use this for groundhogs
gary b

 

[misfire]

No but I'd sure be interested to see the pictures of the results

 

[nakneker]

I'm building on right now for a short range varmint rifle, I think it be fun.

 

[ARW]

I'm building on right now for a short range varmint rifle, I think it be fun.

What bullet(s) are you considering for it. I thought about having a rifle chambered in it but what stopped me was bullet selection.

Alan

 

[nakneker]

What bullet(s) are you considering for it. I thought about having a rifle chambered in it but what stopped me was bullet selection.

Alan

The barrel Im having installed is a Brux #4, 1 in 17. I was going to call Randy over at BIB bullets when the time came and get his opinion. I think he's been down this road before. I was also looking at the Nosler 110s or the Hornady Vmax 110s. I've never met anybody who actually shot yotes with a 30br, met a lot of guys who thought it would be fun. The 30br info page on this site has some good info and suggest thoughts of a varmint rifle. I'll let you know when I get it back, if you want me to, how things progress.

 

[dedogs]

any one ever use this for groundhogs
gary b

I can.t for the life of me figure out why you would want to. So much re-coil and limited range even if you are really good at reading wind. Assuming you are going to twist it and throat it for PB bench rest bullets. Ther are many better choices out there.
110 V-Max shoot into one hole @ 100 yds. when fire forming brass. Almost good enough to compete with---almost. dedogs

 

[RGRobinett]

The barrel Im having installed is a Brux #4, 1 in 17. I was going to call Randy over at BIB bullets when the time came and get his opinion. I think he's been down this road before. I was also looking at the Nosler 110s or the Hornady Vmax 110s. I've never met anybody who actually shot yotes with a 30br, met a lot of guys who thought it would be fun. The 30br info page on this site has some good info and suggest thoughts of a varmint rifle. I'll let you know when I get it back, if you want me to, how things progress.

Shot a few c-dogs with mine - out to 400Yd., DRT. Same for prairie dogs and rock-chucks . . oh, and deer - for the latter, it beats the bejabbers out of a 30/30! Probably not the ideal choice, but none the less, effective. For the rodents, a rangefinder, reliable scope, and a little wind reading make longer hits not all that unlikely. RG

 

[nakneker]

Shot a few c-dogs with mine - out to 400Yd., DRT. Same for prairie dogs and rock-chucks . . oh, and deer - for the latter, it beats the bejabbers out of a 30/30! Probably not the ideal choice, but none the less, effective. For the rodents, a rangefinder, reliable scope, and a little wind reading make longer hits not all that unlikely. RG

Thanks for chiming. I'm going to give you a ring when I get it back. I wanna hear opinion on the 25x47l too. I bought a reamer set up for your 25 call, 110 gr.

 

[rmr]

I have a suppressed 1-17 30BR that I've used for ground squirrel. (using 118BIB) As already pointed out, recoil is an issue even suppressed also an issue is lack of expansion. A change to a 110Vmax would address the expansion issue for GH, but not for GS. I elected to backtrack to a 6TCU, rather than beat a dead horse. but the 30BR *is* fun!. the accuracy... oh lord... 200y headshots on GS are very regular. (but... the 6TCU will do that too.... :-/)

 

[th82457]

I have a Rem 700 with a prone laminated Stocky's BDL stock and a 1:17 Krieger stainless heavy barrel. Shoots really well with either 110 Nosler Varmegeddon's or Hornady 110 V-Max with LT-30. Used this for competition varmint league and recoil did not bother me shooting prone. I would part with it for a reasonable offer as I need to thin the herd. I think this is a very consistently accurate cartridge. It should vaporize any varmint size animal and I think would work well on deer at reasonable ranges.

 

[GREGORYA]

125gr NBT hammer deer