I love my 30/30! One of my favorite guns - ever. My father has the Win 94 and I have a newer Marlin. It's a great gun for my area, we have a lot of thickets and draws where a shot at a deer will probably be less than 50 yards and possibly through a little cover (though I try to avoid shots like that). The 30/30 has more than enough take down power at that range and I haven't had to trail a deer more than 15ft since I started hunting. Whats not to love? Besides - John Wayne was able to knock an Indian off a horse at half mile from the hip with his old 94!

p.s. - not to mention that ammo for the 30/30 is dirt cheap too - can never wrong saving some money.