Oh no! another argument about the old 30-30? Honestly where is this going? (the same place all the last ones went). It' s getting good though anyway.

I think elkamp knows my opinion of the 30-30. I have used my old 30-30 everywhere from south Georgia bean fields to North Carolina pinewoods and even up to Ohio for a while. I' ve used it to hunt deer and hogs. I knew my range and limitations and it did fine. Never had a deer do anything more than drop when I shot it with that gun. My choice of the gun was mainly due to that being the only rifle I had. Then I sold it to get a 30-06. The NEF handi rifle is cheaper than a marlin 30-30 and obviously has more options than the marlin does.

I wouldn' t use the 30-30 on anything bigger than deer sized game. But that is irrelevent to this conversation.

Bottom line is it works if kept inside it' s limitiations and works pretty fair too. If a guy doesn' t know what the limitations are on his gun or shooting ability he has no buisness hunting, Period. Guy' s shoot poorly with other guns too, it' s not the guns fault.

{conclusion} Different things for different folks. To use the " tool" analogy, just another tool for the box. I have tools I don' t use unless I just feel like it, but I still have and use those tools once in a while. Doesn' t make them a bad tool, just one that has been replaced with more effecient tools.

Just as a side note, as much as I " like" the 30-30, I know that if Marlin made a 30-06 with the same price as thier 30-30, they would sell like hot cakes and make the 30-30 all but extinct.

And oops, I forgot what the original question was for a while. Football, if you want to use a 30-30, it will work but know your limitations. There are better options available, but know your limitations.

NEF makes a good gun. I bought my last one (30-06) at wallyworld for right at 200.00 dollars. Good luck.