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    Old 04-02-2014 | 08:56 AM
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    Originally Posted by buckman11
    I know an old boy who has shot 24 elk with a .243. so yes a 30-30 will do just fine
    In the hands of a person who can get close and can shoot straight once he gets there.

    I completely agree.
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    Old 05-28-2014 | 03:41 AM
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    Originally Posted by sona
    respectively out at 200 yards and with 0 at 100 yards those loads will be slowing down so badly that they will be anywhere from 4.8 to 7.5 inches low at 200 yards. This is with handloads and it would be impossible to buy any factory loads that would replicate close to those levels.
    ***Don't know where you got those figures, but they are not accurate and at 200 yards the 30-30 still has close to 1000 ft/lbs of energy, which is more than enough to humanely take any deer with a hit in the boiler room!
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    Old 05-28-2014 | 05:41 AM
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    Originally Posted by sona
    respectively out at 200 yards and with 0 at 100 yards those loads will be slowing down so badly that they will be anywhere from 4.8 to 7.5 inches low at 200 yards. This is with handloads and it would be impossible to buy any factory loads that would replicate close to those levels.
    Not quite. Hornady 160gr FTX Leverevolution. Lets not use a 100yd zero. Lets use 3" high at 100yds. Well within the kill zone. At 200yds it would still be .020 high. It would also have 1300fpe. More than enough for a bull elk.

    Why shoot at 200yds? Be a hunter instead of a shooter, and get closer.
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    Old 05-28-2014 | 03:01 PM
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    Nope there has never ever been an elk killed by a 30-30 rifle
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    Old 05-28-2014 | 03:03 PM
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    30-30 bullets on the other hand have killed too many to count!
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    Old 05-28-2014 | 03:24 PM
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    I think it takes both of them to get the job done.
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    Old 05-29-2014 | 04:26 AM
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    A 30-30is so worth less it shouldn't even be given to a kid to shoot tin cans with. Probably be disappointed that all the cans would roll away.

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    Old 06-01-2014 | 05:12 AM
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    30-30 is so worthless even chipmunks laugh at the guy carrying a Winchester 94 in the woods.
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    Old 06-01-2014 | 07:34 AM
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    Chipmunks make good target practice.
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    Old 06-01-2014 | 04:05 PM
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    Originally Posted by Muley Hunter
    Chipmunks make good target practice.
    Don't get caught doing that in the state of Washington, they are protected!!!!
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