ORIGINAL: Jeff Ovington
The cal.. is a good it shoots sortof flat ,and you can fire repeatedly
and has mild recoil...
However so does the short action .308 in a lever...You get all that plus
a cal. that is inherently accurate..That the cal. if I was to purchase a lever action..
I think with the super premium bullets out there now, hunters and shooters that are looking for the milder recoil cal. of guns are passing on the 30-30 and favoring the .243 .308 7mm-08...
Shoot flatter and are more versitle..
Does Browning still make the BLR? As far as I know, that's been the only ".308 in a lever" available since Winchester discontinued the Model 88 30 or so years ago.
Also, I doubt folks looking for milder recoil are passing the .30-30 in favor of a .308 or 7mm-08. According to the laws of physics (for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction), the .30-30 should have less recoil than either of the 08's unless the .x08 is quite a bit heavier.
I suspect the reason people are passing on the .30-30 is that, for virtually any hunting scenario, there is a better caliber available in terms of ballistics and versatility.