.30-30 Winchester VS .356 Winchester

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.30-30 Winchester

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MSRP:

$22.04

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$22.04

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$24.49

MSRP:

$31.85

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$31.85

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$35.39

Gun Specifications

Specifications

.30-30 Winchester

.356 Winchester

Height

2.04

2.02

Average FPS

2373

2460

Average Grain

151

200

Average Energy

1888

2687

Recoil

1.60

2.22

Ballistic Coefficient

225.45

239.00

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Gun Descriptions

.30-30 Winchester

About The .30-30 Winchester Ammo, also known as the .30 Winchester Center Fire Ammo, was first designed and marketed commercially in 1895 in the United States. The .30-30 Winchester Ammo was designed for smokeless powder for the first small-bore sporting rifles. After approximately sixty years of production, the .243 Winchester Ammo surpassed the .30-30 Winchester Ammo in the small-bore cartridge category, but the .30-30 Winchester Ammo remains widely in use even today. Even though the .30-30 Winchester Ammo isn't recommended for long-range shots, it has a soft recoil that allows for accurate shots to be taken in short to mid ranges. However, the .243 Winchester Ammo provides a stronger power and muzzle energy than the .30-30 Winchester Ammo while delivering the same mild recoil to the shooter. The .30-30 Winchester Ammo has an overall length of 64.8mm, and the bullet diameter of this bullet is 7.8mm. The 150-grain bullet variant of the .30-30 Winchester Ammo can travel at a velocity of 2,390 feet per second while creating an energy level of 1,903 ft.lbf. Manufacturer The .30-30 Winchester Ammo was designed and manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1895 in the US. Uses In Canada and the US, hunters have successfully used the .30-30 Winchester ammo for hunting moose, caribou, and pronghorn. The cartridge has also been used for hunting down the deer family.

.356 Winchester

The 356 Winchester is a centerfire rifle cartridge with a semi-rimmed, bottle-necked neck that was developed for use in lever-action rifles. It was created at the same time as the.307 Winchester, which served as the parent cartridge. Both cartridges were first used in the Model 94 XTR lever-action rifle in 1982. Apart from Winchester, Marlin was the only other manufacturer to use the.356 chambering, producing little over 2000 Model 336 lever action.356 rifles. At impact velocities exceeding 2200fps, the.358 bore performs at its finest. With any bullet weight, the.356 Winchester performs similarly to the.358 Winchester, giving up just 50–100 ft/s (15–30 m/s). Due to its thicker brass case, the.356 Winchester has somewhat less case capacity than the.358 Winchester. When using factory ammo, the.356 is most effective when hunting in the woods. Beyond 2200fps or 30 yards, the.356 requires more precise shot placement, but the blunt nose bullets still provide enough wounding and free gushing blood trails with back lung hits. Hand loads for the.356 Winchester are an a different beast. Cases for the.356 are presently only available in small quantities and may readily be made from.307 Winchester brass. Straight.308 Winchester brass can also be used in the.307 and.356 Winchester calibers. When manually loaded with fast-burning powder like Hodgdon's H4198 / ADI 2207, the.356 provides excellent performance. The slightly slower H4895 / ADI 2206H burn rates also perform well in the.356 Winchester and aid to keep pressures down, with heavier rounds proving to be the most successful.