More elk have been wounded by the ole 30-30 than the magnums as well. There's always more to the story. What you don't hear about the "good ole days" are the stories about how guys would wound a lot of animals. Get an old timer to be honest and you'll hear em. We know better now days and have better tools to minimize that sort of thing. We have to be more responsible due to the political nature of hunting in today's world. She can use the 30-30 as long as she knows the limitations like I mentioned in my previous post.