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  • Do you own a 30-30?

    • Yes. And I am over 40

      Votes: 151 80.3%
    • Hell yes. And I am under 40.

      Votes: 14 7.4%
    • What's a 30-30?

      Votes: 23 12.2%

    • Total voters
      188

    Fishkiller

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    Yes I have one that my dad won in a raffle for $1. It was my first gun when I was 12. Shot my first deer with it. It was made in the early 50's, and the previous owner put a peep sight on it. It sits in the safe until my grandkids are ready to hunt.
     

    lonestardiver

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    Eagle Mountain Lake area
    Had a lever action 30-30 decades ago. Was a good rifle. Later sold it for a 700 in .243. About a decade I obtained 2 bolt action .30-30 rifles. Being able to load spire point bullets makes the .30-30 a much different cartridge when not having to load them into a tube magazine.
     

    Rhino

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    Pretty sure my dad probably still has maybe a Savage or some bolt-action 30-30 that we bought together (LOL) when I was a teen. I reckon I'll probably have it again someday. I had the money to buy it at an estate sale but I think he wasn't sure if I was ready for full ownership and insisted that we split it.
     

    motorcarman

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    Rural Wise County, TX.
    1896 Winchester 1894, 1958 Winchester 94, 1920 Savage 99. (all in 30WCF)

    Two Remington Autoloading Repeating Rifles (pre Model 8) in 30-30 Remington.
    One is 1908 and the other 1911.

    The cartridge is actually 30WCF but when Marlin and others made rifles in that caliber they did NOT want to print 30 WINCHESTER on their rifles so they described it the old way of caliber and powder charge (30 caliber bullet and 30 grains of smokeless powder) the term 'stuck'.

    Technically there are TWO 30-30s (30-30 Winchester and 30-30 Remington)
    The early Remingtons are stamped 30-30 Rem but Winchester sued for Trademark infringement on the term 30-30, so Remington changed it to 30 REM and called the Autoloading Repeating Rifles model 8 instead. (I have the early ones marked 30-30 REM but NOT marked model 8)

    I also have a Remington Model 14 in 30 REM (1933)
     

    MetalCutter

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    The Woodlands, TX
    Does a pistol count? My first 30-30 was a 14" Contender with a 1-1/2 power scope mounted on it. With spire point bullets it would group right at 1-1/2" at 100 yards off of sand bags. Still got it and found a big brother Marlin 336 for it a few years back just 'cause.
     

    V-Tach

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    A gun collection w/o a Winchester or Marlin 30/30......... is no collection at all..........
     

    mitchntx

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    Jan 15, 2012
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    My dad's Marlin 336 manufactured in 1971

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    Like an idiot, I added the rail ... but have since come to my senses.
     

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    kbaxter60

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    Jan 23, 2019
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    Pipe Creek
    My dad gave me his Model 94 and I treasure it. I will never part with it. He let me me shoot it as a teen and I was a hot-shot dove and quail hunter with a new 12-gauge. I remember thinking "this thing is not gonna kick like my shotgun." Well, I was somewhat surprised. A steel butt plate is not all that forgiving, so "whoa!".
     

    sanspeu1r

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    When I was 11 my parents gave me for Christmas a Savage bolt action 30-30 that I still have. I have it bedded but it is still not as accurate as my 308, or even my AK. From then till I left for college harvested deer every year with it. Thinking about a Marlin because I have lots of unshot ammo factory and reloads.
     

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    BRD@66

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    Liberty Hill
    There are some good stories in this thread. I have a Win 94, born in 1967. When I was about 10, I watched my 15 yr old cousin shooting a 30-30; while ignoring what I was sure was an awful recoil & hitting the 50 yard target (open sights) - AND SHE WAS A GIRL! Her levering that hull out looked pretty cool. That's when I knew I wanted one (a rifle, not a girl).
     

    Glenn B

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    Texarkana - Across The Border
    I've got one I picked up at an auction in Geneva, NY. It's a Marlin 1936 aka Marlin 36, second variation with B prefix. I rarely shoot it because I don't want to take it out to often and chance messing it up. The photos do not do the case color any justice.


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    From this poll so far, they seem more popular with us older geezers and ot so much so with the youngsters. But as they used to say, life begins at 40, so they have time to come around.
     

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    dbgun

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    I have a Winchester model 94AE. My longest shot at my deer stand is 110 yds. Use to hunt with Remington 270(20+ yrs.), until I banged the scope the night before a deer hunt. Hand to used my 30-30. Killed a nice buck the next day. I've been hunting with the 30-30 for the past 10 years. So light and easy to swing inside the stand. Just my $.02.
     

    EZ-E

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    May 4, 2017
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    Middle of no where
    I feel like an outsider as everyone has Winchester or Marlin. I have a Henry Big Boy, brass receiver and octagon barrel. Safe queen...haven't had a need to shoot it.

    Ive got a golden boy in .22 wmr.
    Ive only shot 1 box out of it when i first got it. Haven't shot it since...been a safe queen.
     
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