If a 30-30 is proven for you then I don' t think anyone will say to stop using it. However with all the hunting politics going and the sport being in general danger we need to be more responsible and careful in our approach. I would NEVER recommend a 30-30 to someone who has never hunted elk, and in my opinion niether should anyone else. As stated there are better cartridges and a 30-30 may have killed a lot of Griz and elk but they' ve also maimed more game than any other big game rifle I' ve seen. A 30-30 is only a griz and elk gun in very experienced hands. 100 years ago thats the best they had and more importantly no one was watching. Well everyones watching now and our sport is not growing while anti sentiment is growing, wounded animals in the woods only hurts our cause.