Originally Posted by
VAhuntr
I thought about calling him out myself but thought it might be his attempt at sarcasm and he forgot the "smileys"????

If either of you shows up with a .30-30 on an elk hunt, I suspect you will get the same reaction from the guide.
And if you take your own advice and research the origins of the .30-30 and the .30-06 you will come to the same realizations that these were early military designs not big game calibres, rather than arguing with yourselves.