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Anyone shooting these in their .30 WCF's?
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steve004
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June 30, 2025 - 5:33 pm
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I had never heard of them before.  Looks like they are designed with the lever action .30-30 in mind.

I see they are on sale:

https://www.natchezss.com/ho-308-30-30-140gr-gmxft-50-ho30310

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I took a deer with my 30-30 reloads using the Hornady FTX bullet. Very effective. The deer didn’t even take a step. I’m not familiar with the difference with the Monoflex.

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I think the difference is the Monoflex is lead-free, which is required in certain areas.  Hornady is covering both markets,  I’d say. 

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I’ve used them in other calibers, because I bought a box by accident.  I shot mine up in a .308 Tikka.  Can’t say I was particularly impressed with accuracy, and I got through the box without shooting anything other than paper but Hornady’s monolithic bullets in general have an excellent reputation for expansion and weight control across a wide velocity range.

I will say that every .30-30 and .30-40 I’ve shot had a preference for longer, heavier bullets–at least 165gr flatbase in the .30-30’s, even modern .30-30’s, and my 1895 in .30-40 really likes 180’s (but being an 1895, I can shoot spirepoints–it likes Nosler Accubonds best, even better than 168gr or 175gr Matchkings).  

One I’d love to try but Hornady insists on it being export-only is their ECX bullet, it’s a polymer-tipped wide flatpoint monolithic copper bullet intended for European large game.  They have a 165gr .308″ bullet that looks like it would be perfect for the .30-30 and similar.

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I’ve never been much on plastic tipped bullets. Just my opinion, I’d rather go with the real deal.

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Early monolithic bullets had a reputation for poor accuracy and I never understood that. OTOH the 140 grain mono bullet has less density than lead or jacketed lead bullets and with the spire point will be long for caliber so it may act more like the 170 grain bullets many 30WCF rifles seem to like. I haven’t bought a bullet for the 30WCF since I started pouring my own but I suspect those folks at Hornady know what they’re doing. If I was in the market for a hunting bullet for a 30WCF I’d definitely take a hard look at these. 

 

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