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A companion handgun to go with your 30-30
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2024 4:52 pm
by Vaquero
Re: A companion handgun to go with your 30-30
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2024 5:04 pm
by BigAl52
Ill pass. Dont have a 30-30 anyway
Re: A companion handgun to go with your 30-30
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2024 6:42 pm
by daytime dave
Ha, what a handgun. As I have said before, just because you can, should you?
Re: A companion handgun to go with your 30-30
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2024 6:59 pm
by North Country Gal
Wonder what kind of accuracy? The I was shooting a Contender in 30-30, it would print around an inch at 100 yards with Hornady Lever loads.
Re: A companion handgun to go with your 30-30
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2024 7:55 pm
by Mags
Looks like it could be fun, but out of my price range.
Re: A companion handgun to go with your 30-30
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:06 am
by Handloader
Well, call me crazy I just love the BFRs. I have a 30/30 henry, a 45/70 Henry and a .500 S&W BHA Carbine Model 89. I did get a .500 BFR to match the carbine and in the process of getting a 45/70 BFR to match the Henry. A bud has a 30/30 BFR and may be willing to sell it as he got it on a whim and has only shot it a couple of times. I shot a 45/70 and what really surprised me was it has less recoil than the .500 BFR. In MD you can use straight walled cartridges anywhere a shot gun is used. Bottle neck cartridges can be used in select northern and some eastern shore counties. To hunt with a pistol the barrel has to be 6" or longer and the FPS for the round is 900. Also, no rounds less than 30 caliber.
Re: A companion handgun to go with your 30-30
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2024 10:21 am
by Hatchdog
North Country Gal wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 6:59 pm
Wonder what kind of accuracy? The I was shooting a Contender in 30-30, it would print around an inch at 100 yards with Hornady Lever loads.
Mine too. My first handgun silhouette gun was a Contender in 30-30. While the ram target at 200 meters was a pretty big target that 30-30 would mow then down when I did my part. Of course we were shooting these big caliber handguns while laying on our backs with the pistol tucked into our knee bend with knees up. Most of the recoil was absorbed with the hinge action of our elbows. Fun times!
Re: A companion handgun to go with your 30-30
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2024 10:58 am
by North Country Gal
Yeah, when TC offered the 14" 30-30 barrel in the Contender, it put the Contender on the map for a lot of us shooters.
Speaking of TC, I have an internet shooting friend who lived just down the road from the old TC factory in the old days. He said he could walk into the factory and they'd get him a cup of coffee and make him feel right at home. He said the town was devastated when S&W bought out TC and closed down the factory. Closer to home, one of our local gun shop owners told me he could call up the old TC and have them ship small parts to work on customer's Contenders and TC wouldn't even charge him for parts. Once S&W took over TC, they wouldn't even ship spare parts, anymore. You had to ship them the gun if you wanted any parts replaced. Very different company.
Re: A companion handgun to go with your 30-30
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:35 pm
by fortyshooter
Yeah the BFR... I had one in 45-70 with the 7.5 inch barrel and later cut it down to 5 1/2 for easier draw out of the holster. It was a hand full with the Hornady 325 FTX ammo! The 30-30 should have less kick and the BFR is built really tight. I had to skim a few thousandths off of the recoil shield area for enough head space for the cylinder to rotate with some brands of 45-70 brass.
Think Hickok will have another video up on that 30-30 BFR as that was his Sunday video.