Do you own a 30-30?

[Lonesome Dove]

Own it
Never hunted it
Very rarely shoot it
Only keep it because my dad gave it to me. Almost 40 years of living in a safe.
Kinda sad actually

 

[Hoji]

Own it
Never hunted it
Very rarely shoot it
Only keep it because my dad gave it to me.

Need to kill some deer with it. I started hunting with a 30-30 after my dad passed away and left me his. I have killed at least one deer per season with it since he died.

 

[Axxe55]

Almost 16% have never heard of a 30-30?

I find that astonishing.

 

[Fletcherjl]

I don't have one, grew up with one, but I don't currently own one. I need to buy one, been meaning to, I just haven't got around to it.

 

[miniion26]

Almost 16% have never heard of a 30-30?

I find that astonishing.

There wasn't a "No, I don't own one" option in the poll.

 

[leVieux]

Have had a couple, A Winchester 94 and a Marlin 336 straight stock model. The Marlin was better. Son has one, the other went to McBride's in a long-ago deal. Sorry I don't still have the Marlin; it was dead-on at 100 yards, my first center-fire rifle. I took it to the range, fired 10 rounds into a 6" group, prone, unsupported, no glass. Took the target to an Old WWII Vet Texan and asked were it good enough for Texas deer hunting. He thought I was being a smart-ass, but my question was very sincere. I've since owned scoped rifles which would have a hard time duplicating that. BTW, those rifles are no longer available new at $99 prices. Too soon old, too late smart ! leVieux

 

[Hoji]

 

[Coyote9]

I loaded spire point bullets into the chamber long before tube magazine safe rounds were available;

 

[skfullgun]

I'll be polite and leave it at - I prefer the traditional looking lever actions.

 

[Hoji]

I'll be polite and leave it at - I prefer the traditional looking lever actions.

 

[jordanmills]

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Do you shoot subs? Or does that can make much difference with supers?

 

[Hoji]

Do you shoot subs? Or does that can make much difference with supers?

The Hornady Sub-X have proven themselves to be underwhelming in their performance. See this thread from last year.

Field Report- Hornady Sub-X 175 gr 30-30

Shot two deer in AR today. Solid hits. Not a drop of blood, strand of hair, or deer carcasses to show for it. Shots were at about 70 and 60 yards. Gotta say, I am really disappointed that these rounds did not live up to their marketing. Also the first time in many, many years I have not one...

www.texasguntalk.com

The 170gr Hi-Shok rounds are very quiet and have proven to be effective at 150 yards.

 

[bigtex10mm]

Growing up, I shot a pre-64 Model 94 Winchester in 30-30, that my Dad bought a year after I was born. I didn't even know what a scoped bolt action rifle was until I was 15 years old. That rifle was stolen out of the back of my truck, when the whole parking lot of the place I worked was vandalized. There were 106 vehicles and not a single one was missed. Three vehicles were actually stolen. It was on the night shift 10pm - 6am. I was sick to my stomach since I had just picked it up from a gunsmith who replaced a broken firing pin in it. Was planning on hunting with it that weekend. The hardest part was telling my Dad who had given it to me on my 10th birthday. I have another Winchester today, given to me by my sons on my 55th birthday. Its not a pre-64 but it shoots as good as that one did. In the Texas brush, it is one of the most effective guns around. Unfortunately I only have 1 box of shells left. Hard to find and extremely expensive when you do.

 

[skfullgun]

A Marlin 30-30 was my first deer rifle and I couldn't wait to move up to a bolt action in anything that wasn't a 30-30!
I wanted something with a scope that was faster-than-fast! I hunted with, and hand loaded for, 25/06 for years!
How times change!
The only rifles I've hunted deer with in the last ten years are 30/30 and 35 Remington!

 

[jordanmills]

The Hornady Sub-X have proven themselves to be underwhelming in their performance. See this thread from last year.

Field Report- Hornady Sub-X 175 gr 30-30

Shot two deer in AR today. Solid hits. Not a drop of blood, strand of hair, or deer carcasses to show for it. Shots were at about 70 and 60 yards. Gotta say, I am really disappointed that these rounds did not live up to their marketing. Also the first time in many, many years I have not one...

www.texasguntalk.com

The 170gr Hi-Shok rounds are very quiet and have proven to be effective at 150 yards.

That's a shame. I was going to roll my own though.

 

[Hoji]

That's a shame. I was going to roll my own though.

I have some 190 grain Barnes 30-30 projectiles I am going to do something with in the realm of “almost” sub sonic.

 

[robertc1024]

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Is that why you got rid of your MkII 22/45's and replaced them with Beretta U22 Neos'?




I keed, I keed.

 

[Hoji]

Is that why you got rid of your MkII 22/45's and replaced them with Beretta U22 Neos'?




I keed, I keed.

 

[Sasquatch]

I've got 12 more days left of being "under 40" - yes, I have a .30-30. I like the gun, I like the round. I haven't killed anything other than gophers with it.

 

[Txhillbilly]

I've shot a few 30-30's over the years, Lever action & Bolt action. The cartridge just doesn't do anything for me.