Remington Managed-Recoil Ammunition 30-30 Winchester 125 Grain Core-Lokt Soft Point Box of 20

Remington Managed-Recoil Ammunition

.30-30 Winchester
A .30 WCF cartridge.
Type	Rifle
Place of origin	United States
Production history
Designer	Winchester
Designed	1895
Manufacturer	Winchester
Produced	1895–present
Variants	.25-35 Winchester, .219 Zipper, .30-30 Ackley Improved, 7-30 Waters, .32 Winchester Special
Specifications
Parent case	.38-55 Winchester
Case type	Rimmed, bottleneck
Bullet diameter	.308 in (7.8 mm)
Neck diameter	.330 in (8.4 mm)
Shoulder diameter	.401 in (10.2 mm)
Base diameter	.422 in (10.7 mm)
Rim diameter	.506 in (12.9 mm)
Rim thickness	.063 in (1.6 mm)
Case length	2.039 in (51.8 mm)
Overall length	2.550 in (64.8 mm)
Primer type	Large rifle
Maximum pressure (SAAMI)	42,000 psi (290 MPa)
Ballistic performance
Bullet mass/type Velocity Energy 110 gr (7 g) FP 2,684 ft/s (818 m/s) 1,760 ft⋅lbf (2,390 J) 130 gr (8 g) FP 2,496 ft/s (761 m/s) 1,799 ft⋅lbf (2,439 J) 150 gr (10 g) FN 2,390 ft/s (730 m/s) 1,903 ft⋅lbf (2,580 J) 160 gr (10 g) cast LFN 2,330 ft/s (710 m/s) 1,929 ft⋅lbf (2,615 J) 170 gr (11 g) FP 2,227 ft/s (679 m/s) 1,873 ft⋅lbf (2,539 J)
Source(s): Hodgdon[1]

The .30-30 Winchester/.30 Winchester Center Fire cartridge was first marketed in 1895 for the Winchester Model 1894 lever-action rifle.^[2] The .30-30 (or “thirty-thirty”), as it is most commonly known, and the .25-35 were offered that year as the United States’s first small-bore sporting rifle cartridges designed for smokeless powder. Since its introduction, it has been surpassed by many cartridges in the long-range shooting attributes of speed, energy, and trajectory,^[3] yet remains in widespread use because of its practical effectiveness in forested hunting situations.^[4]

The .30-30 is by far the most common cartridge shot from lever action rifles.^[5] The .30-30 is substantially more powerful than the Magnum handgun cartridges (e.g., .357, .44, et al.) also often paired with lever actions, and produces that energy with mild recoil.^[6] While its old rival .35 Remington produces more muzzle energy and recoil, the .30-30 will often retain more terminal energy.^[6] The .30-30 is not commonly used for extreme long-range shooting across wide-open spaces, but modern innovations in ballistic tipped bullets for leverguns have moved the long-range capabilities of the .30-30 somewhat closer to parity with higher-velocity cartridges.^[7][8] In any case, a hunting-specific advantage of the .30-30 over those cartridges is that it leaves lower volumes of spoiled (destroyed or bloodshot) venison after a kill, leading to less wastage.^[9][10]

The .30-30 is often said to have killed more whitetail deer in North America than any cartridge in history, and it remains highly popular today.^[11][12][13]