My Marlin 336 has taken quite a few over the years. In fact, of the.......oh let's see here.........8 deer it's taken, only 1 has gone farther than 40 yards and that one was heart shot. 6 of them dropped where they stood. The 30-30 is one of the hardest hitters out there. Just don't have the range but here in the brush, who cares?