Rebel Hog

James, the .303 were used in Canada and Africa for many,many, many years
as was the .30-30 in the US.

Maine Shooter

Not all .30-30's are lever guns. Do some reloads in a bolt gun or single shot and you can load those same bullets as are used in all the other .30 caliber cartrdiges. The non-flying brick style ones. Anyways, my point initially was that today people ant bigger and badder just to say they have it. "Got a hemi" yeah, but you really think everyone that brags on having one, uses it to it's capacity? No it's for bragging rights. Men buy large lawn tractors to mow thier tiny lawns, why - braggin rights ("yeeah, I got me a XAR 3500 mutli this and fueled that over super torqued huge displacemtn one for my 1/4 acre.) Same with guns. No other group of people are more willing to tell of thewares they own than gun enthusiasts. This has just trickeled over into the hunters as well. They don't want the old .30-30 because there's no "big-boy" status to it now. It's not the Hemi of the cartridges so there's no braggin about owning one.Give a guy two identical rifles, one in .30-30 the other in a newer, more modern cartridge, magnum or not, and they'll brag about owning the more powerful one.Some without even knowing anything about the cartridges much more than media advertising.

redsox3624

From one Mainah to anotherI agree hole-heartedly. Like the old saying, "keeping up with the Joneses"

James B

I know. I have hunted in Canada a lot and I don't think I know a hunter up there that does not have a 303. Or did have at one time. The 303 has taken every species of game in Africa for many many decades. Even with the old cordite loads. I have a couple of 303's the best one is a Long Branch from Canada. It was hard to find one with a good bore. I went through 4 or 5 before I found the Canadian one. I have only shot it with the open military sights but it groups well. I had a nice Jungle Carbine model too for several years. The 7x57 fits that mold as well.

Rebel Hog

James, in 1960 I bought a .303 jungle carbine with a flash surpressor.
I bought it in Hawaii and gave it to a Felipino in the Philippines in
1961.

James B

were you a sailor too?

VINNYB

The 30-30probly did kill the most deer but you never can be sure but I'm sure that in the future this will change.

Rebel Hog

James, I served in the USArmy and the US Coast Guard. I was on a bouy tender
and have been to all the islands in the Pacific. Have been to all the battle fields in
the Pacific. My last year I spent on a Loran Station in the Philippines. I spent 4yrs
in the Pacific. Was in Nam in 1960.

James B

The Navy showed me all those places as well. Great time.