30-30 the #1 deer rifle
#21
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Bossier City LA United States
Posts: 2,425
RE: 30-30 the #1 deer rifle
The .30-30 and the .303 have taken more game in the US, Canada and
Africa than any other rifle caliber.
Africa than any other rifle caliber.
BTW, you can't forget that the 7mm Mauser and 30-06 have been around forever as well.
#22
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: New Goucester Maine
Posts: 264
RE: 30-30 the #1 deer rifle
rebel hog said you use a 22-250 for large game. what large game do you hunt with that?
i agree that the 30-30 has killed more deer than any other for now. i bet in my lifetime that will change.
i agree that the 30-30 has killed more deer than any other for now. i bet in my lifetime that will change.
#24
RE: 30-30 the #1 deer rifle
ORIGINAL: frizzellr
Where are the statistics to prove it?
BTW, you can't forget that the 7mm Mauser and 30-06 have been around forever as well.
The .30-30 and the .303 have taken more game in the US, Canada and
Africa than any other rifle caliber.
Africa than any other rifle caliber.
BTW, you can't forget that the 7mm Mauser and 30-06 have been around forever as well.
They are younger than the.30-30 or the .303.
#25
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Bossier City LA United States
Posts: 2,425
RE: 30-30 the #1 deer rifle
Yes, by a few years, but have been widely used since their inception. Now I ask again, where are the statistics on the number of game killed with the 30-30?
#29
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: old pa mountain hunter
Posts: 382
RE: 30-30 the #1 deer rifle
i wonder if someone used the number of guns sold in each caliber to come up with these facts.the 30-30 has been aroundfor over a hundred years now and it has always been very reasonable to buy. years ago people did not spend more than it took to do the job.being no reason to buy anything bigger or more expensivethat a 30-30 for deer hunting. i just wonder if the 30-30 has the record for sales in the centerfire.
#30
RE: 30-30 the #1 deer rifle
I don't have the numbers but I would be pretty sure that the 303 has killed more game in Canada than any other rifle. The 30-30 certainly would be in the running and As a deer rifle in this country, I am sure it has taken more whitetail deer than any other cartridge. Some calibers are comming up fast but the 270 and 30-06 will be hard to beat out as well.I like them all but the 30-30 lever is a classic and one of the easiest guns to carry that I ever used.