For Christmas I am getting a 14 inch contender in 30 30. I plan to do some hand loading for this gun later after getting the dies, powder and bullets I will need.

My question is if you were going to use this gun to deer hunt out to about 150 yards and wanted to try some factory loads what factory load would you try?

I have been picking up various factory loads for this gun the last few months and have several loads to pick from. I have Winchester 150 gr power points, Winchester 150 gr Extreme Points, Winchester 150 gr hollow points, Federal 125 gr hollow points and Remington 150 gr core locks. Would one of these loads work for a 150 yard deer gun?

I am also getting a Weaver 2 x 8 pistol scope to go with it. Santa has been good to me again this year.