30-30AI will smoke deer.

[shot1]

I broke in my new MGM 14" 30-30AI Contender Sat. in NC. I took a doe at 98 yards with a 125 Nolser BT pushed to 2670 fps with 33 grs IMR 4198 in a WW case with Wolf LR primer. She dropped in her tracks from a shot to the center of her right front shoulder and the bullet exited just behind the offside shoulder with a golf ball size hole. She will be good eating. I really like the 125 Nos. BT. I have used in in a number of rifles and now the pistol and out of over 25 deer shot with it none have taken a single step. More kills to reports hopefully soon.

[luckydawg13]

thats great good shootting got pics

[Elwood]

Good shooting!
Thanks for the report on the 30-30ai and the .308 125 grain BT.
Elwood

[shot1]

Here is the doe that was the first to fall to the 30-30AI.




Here is the the second deer to fall the the 30-30AI. It is a 7 point buck. This one I had to shoot walking at 55 yards. I was hunting on a logging road and he came out of one side and was almost into the woods on the other side before I could get the shot off. At the shot he jumped 3 feet off the ground and jerked his fronts legs up to his body and kicked his back legs straight out and hit the ground running. I heard him crash about 30 yards away. The 125 ballistic tip struck a little lower than I like on the front shoulder but it blew his heart away and broke his offside front leg where it meets the shoulder plate on exit.