Ahhh yes, the ultimate " Hail Mary" of deer hunting!
Hunt with the 30-30 because 90% of the shots are inside 100 yards.
see a good deer at 2, 300 yards, fling ' em a " Hail Mary"
If you are lucky, you will find the deer,.................Or you will miss COMPLETELY!
If you are unlucky, the deer will suffer a long, slow death, or you will have a long, hard tracking job!!!!!!
I know, because I' ve tracked deer half the night, and ended up with a handfull of leg bones, because some idiot, using the " faithfull 30-30, did" nt know how to judge distance! (Not really uncommon, just flatter shooting guns have more room for error!)
I' ve also had friends miss trophy bucks, " kicking up dust in front of a deer!"
Because he used his faithful 30-30, because he did not like the recoil of his 30-06!
Again. the 30-30 is a SKILLED shooters gun, WITHIN 125 YARDS or so!!!
NOT A KIDS gun, or a GOOD gun at all! With all the GOOD choices available today, why choose the 30-30?