Lever/Revolution - Is it Hype?

[Ol` Joe]

Originally posted by Andy L
Just did a quicky comparisson.

150 gr Rem CL gives up nothing to the 160gr new Hornady Leverlution or whatever they call it. They are ballistically almost identical.

170gr Rem CL shoots 200 fps slower. Sighted at 100 yrds, you give up less than an inch to the Hornady at 200 yrds.

Its hype.

The 30-06 Federal 180 gr partition load only drops 0.8" more then a 300 H&H mag Federal 180 gr Partition load at 300 yards. Is the mag "Just Hype"?

The 30-30 Leverlution doesn`t possibly add a lot to trajectory but it has more energy at 300 yd then a 150 gr FN has at 200 yds, 1025 f/lb vs 832 f/lb. The 170 FN 30-30 is down to 793 f/lb at 200. Pointy bullets improve more then just drop at longer range. It isn`t so much the trajectory that limits the 30-30 class of cartridge on game as the energy needed to quickly kill. One can set his sights or with a range finder take shots at extreem ranges with a good change of connecting, but if the bullet lacks energy it does no good. The Leverlution may not make a magnum out of your 1984 but it should add 50 - 75 yd to your useful range on game.

That said, I don`t own a 30-30 and likely never will, I`ll stay with my old 6.5 Swede or 260 for deer. :