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hello im looking for help Ineed a box of nonlead ammo for my marlin 30-30 any help would be great hunts this weekend thanks
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oneshothunter wrote:hello im looking for help Ineed a box of nonlead ammo for my marlin 30-30 any help would be great hunts this weekend thanks
Your best bet would be to load up some Barne's bullets over an appropriate dose of powder. There maybe factory loaded ammo with Barnes bullets, but I've never come across any. Where are you hunting and why does it have to be nonlead? :?:
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out here in cali .. the condor at fort hunter ligget army base is eating the lead in the ammo so all the tree huggers are up in arms so we need lead free ammo .. so im looking for a box of non-lead ammo as for loading my own stuff im looking to buy the stuff to load .. right now i have a lee 1000 pro .. hand gun reloader .. im looking into the rifle stuff
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As noted you'll have to look into it quicker if you want to shoot the Barnes in that .30-30. You might look for some PMC Starfire (?)...

Oh, and whereabouts on FT Hunter-Liggett are you hunting? Do you come in via Jolon or the Los Padres National Forest?
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Oneshothunter has the bill been signed by the governor? Did you send an e-mail to Arnold asking to veto the bill? Did any of the wild life Biologist check the dropings for lead bullets. Vultures eat a lot of dead things such as road kills, leftovers from predators. Lead can be picked up in the water they drink, or close to any lead processing place. I've heard it was only 3 condors were found dead.

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oz the birds eat the gut piles of the hogs and deer left behind and so we here in california have to use lead free ammo .. <it> some of us hunters clean are game and put the gut piles in a bag and through it in the trash .. its stuff non-lead is so much more money
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So, let me get this right. Essentially a really-big buzzard - kind of like a large flying rat - eats anything dead that it can find, and somehow hunters are to blame when the thing gets indigestion and croaks? :?
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Corbon loads the Barnes TSX bullet in their DPX Hunter line of ammo. DPX is available is many calibers, including 30-30. Not cheap but easy if you need a box.

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Ysabel Kid wrote:So, let me get this right. Essentially a really-big buzzard - kind of like a large flying rat - eats anything dead that it can find, and somehow hunters are to blame when the thing gets indigestion and croaks? :?
yes ysabel the tree huggers here in cali... have nothing to do but try to get hunting banned .. they all are non mean eaters .. and live off green stuff ..
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i live in kalifornia also. to the best of my knowledge, that bill has not been signed yet. it is on his desk but not yet law and hopefully it wont be.
Oz n bolivia wrote:Oneshothunter has the bill been signed by the governor? Did you send an e-mail to Arnold asking to veto the bill? Did any of the wild life Biologist check the dropings for lead bullets. Vultures eat a lot of dead things such as road kills, leftovers from predators. Lead can be picked up in the water they drink, or close to any lead processing place. I've heard it was only 3 condors were found dead.

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gary I have been told at fort hunter ligget its lead free
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i hadnt heard that but maybe it is now. looks like theyre jumping the gun. looks like we are really screwed too.
oneshothunter wrote:gary I have been told at fort hunter ligget its lead free
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Here is my take on hunting and use of military bases.
The person who controls the base has the ultimate say in what happens at the base. State and federal hunting regulations apply to each base. Further restrictions on seasons, animal take, use of lands, weapons, type of ammunition etc etc may be further restricted by order of the base commander.
Even though lead has not been restricted by state or federal law, the base may impose its own restrictions. Base laws and restrictions are in addition to state and federal laws.
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The 1000 will load 30-30 just fine. Since you are used to it, I would suggest picking up a set of dies and going for it.

OTOH, NO ONE should be without a Lee Classic Loader for their "primary" guns.

At less than $20, how can you lose?

Get your dies and get some Barnes X bullets. You will be fine.
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Fort Hunter Ligget is betting on the law passing and went lead free about a month and half ago. I dont think I will be going up there any time soon especialy if the bill gets vetoed and they dont drop their ban.
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http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.e ... mid=560751

Midway will shoot it out to you. Let us know how it works. You'll also need it if you go to the Tejon Ranch (although who can afford THAT)
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Post by oneshothunter »

thanks guys and so the lee 1000 will load rifle shells i have been loading my own 9mm 44 mag 357 but didnt think it would work .. Ineed to check into that that would save me some money not havin to buy a rifle press again thanks
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