I love the 30-30 for deer and black bear....just about perfect inside of 150 yds. My experience is that 150 gr bullets have more shock, while the 170 gr bullets leave a better blood trail. Sometimes deer/bear fall dead in there tracks, but generally you can expect them to run about 40-50 yds when shot with a 30-30.

Any factory loading will do just fine.

good luck, ths78