If we were to disect this thread and look at who loves the 30-30 and who has no time for it I'm sure we would see a pattern of where people are from.
I have an iron sighted Win94 30-30 that gets used just as often as my scoped stainless Tikka .308 bolt simply based on where I'm going.
In the bush = 30-30
Near water or power line = .308

I've posted this pic many times (lots of times on 30-30 argument threads), its a big Canadian deer (my 1st buck), and I wasn't sorry that I was carrying my lever gun.