Educational
Zone #77 - Interesting Firearms - The Winchester
.30-30 Rifle - Page 3
The
"weakness" of a lever action of
this type is that it depends on a breach block
system that raises and lowers a steel bar
behind the bolt.
Here is the bottom of these blocks.
And
here is the top of the blocks as they are
raised into position.
This system works well with the .30-30 and
other lower pressure rounds, but allows too
much flex in the bolt, since they are located
behind the bolt instead of directly behind
the chamber,
For this reason, high pressure rounds do not
work well in this type of action.
I
have handloaded for this round for many years.
It does well with handloads and can give really
good accuracy.
Here I am shooting a group this morning.
Here's
a group I shot this morning at 50 yards.
The flier to the left is my fault, not the
rifle. But it is definitely "minute-of-deer".
Recoil is not too bad and the recoil pad on
my rifle helps even more.
It is a fun rifle to shoot.
It
"jumps" to the shoulder quickly
and is quick to aim.
