The custom 190gr. Hawk Bullet is designed with a harder core and thicker than a normal jacket, so the expansion is minimal, thus ensuring very deep penetration which is needed to break large bones and destroy organs deep inside large game animals. This load generates an unreal 2100 fps from normal 20-inch carbines—this is the type of velocity that the ordinary 170gr. 30-30 loads generate, but again, we are using a 190gr. bullet. The product SKU# for this load is 28A/20.

Check the below real world velocities from my personal stock, over-the-counter firearms—truly amazing.

?  2,071 fps -- Marlin Model 336 20-inch saddle ring carbine circa 1950’s
?  2,061 fps -- Win. Model 94 20-inch carbine circa 1980’s
?  2,075 fps -- Win. Model 94 20-inch carbine circa 1953
?  2,116 fps -- Win. Model 94 20-inch carbine circa 1963
?  2,172 fps -- Marlin model 336A 24-inch carbine circa 1940’s 
?  2,146 fps -- Win. Model 94 20-inch carbine circa 1980’s
?  2,020 fps -- Win. Model 94AE 16-inch Trapper carbine circa 1992 
?  1,983 fps -- Savage 99 26-inch rifle circa 1917 - Not a Typo**

**Note that the longest barrel gave the slowest velocity and even the short 16 inch Winchester trapper model gives faster speeds than the 26-inch Savage 99 rifle, which shows that barrel length is not always the sole indicator of velocities a firearm will generate.

Buffalo Bore always uses stock over-the-counter- firearms that give real world velocities. Other ammunition companies normally use laboratory test barrels which give much higher velocities than stock firearms. We at Buffalo Bore see this long-established practice as misleading to the consumer.

This 30-30 loading (Item 28A/20) is safe to use in ANY/ALL 30-30 chambered firearms that are in normal operating condition—no exceptions, no need to “double check” with us.