TBT,
A couple of old codgers I used to hunt with turned me on tothe Marlin 30-30 back in the early 80's when I was a kid, and it is still my primary woods gun. Sometimes I hunt in more open country with a .270, but Almost all of my hunting is done with the Marlin. I don't know how long you have hunted with yours, but you will find that gun in the picture will never let you down.

Nice deer.

C. Davis