In praise of the 30-30 (proof of accuracy)!
08-08-2005 | 09:28 AM
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RE: In praise of the 30-30 (proof of accuracy)!
Oh yeah.... Greatrifle! 
The best conditions I like with my 30-30 is when it's cold (for Virginia, I mean 24 degrees with an inch or two of snow and a chilly breeze blowing). For the long range rifle hunters: You all can freeze in a tree stand with your .270 or 7mm Mag or whatever, overlooking a field. At 24 degrees with a chilly wind, I'm headed straight for the cedars and the gnarly thickets! Heheheee, maybe I'll flush one out for ya!
The best conditions I like with my 30-30 is when it's cold (for Virginia, I mean 24 degrees with an inch or two of snow and a chilly breeze blowing). For the long range rifle hunters: You all can freeze in a tree stand with your .270 or 7mm Mag or whatever, overlooking a field. At 24 degrees with a chilly wind, I'm headed straight for the cedars and the gnarly thickets! Heheheee, maybe I'll flush one out for ya!
08-08-2005 | 11:30 AM
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RE: In praise of the 30-30 (proof of accuracy)!
It is! 
See, it was a "closet classic" (thinking way back to my original post about it).I bought it offa co-worker buddy of mine who no longer hunted and his wife talked him into selling it. {you know how it can go sometimes... you get married.... then you no longer have time to hunt.... then you put the rifle in the closet and leave it for a few years untouched....then you have a kid.... etc...etc...} When my co-worker offered to sell it to me, I jumped on it without even thinking twice. It is a real sweet shooter and just naturally comes right up to your shoulder. It's definitely a keeper!
See, it was a "closet classic" (thinking way back to my original post about it).I bought it offa co-worker buddy of mine who no longer hunted and his wife talked him into selling it. {you know how it can go sometimes... you get married.... then you no longer have time to hunt.... then you put the rifle in the closet and leave it for a few years untouched....then you have a kid.... etc...etc...} When my co-worker offered to sell it to me, I jumped on it without even thinking twice. It is a real sweet shooter and just naturally comes right up to your shoulder. It's definitely a keeper!
08-08-2005 | 12:20 PM
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RE: In praise of the 30-30 (proof of accuracy)!
A lever action rifle with iron sights or a low power scope, chambered in .30/30 has a place in deer hunting.
I would say it is like a 9 iron in your golf bag. There is a place for a 9 iron, I would not be without one. I wouldn't use it off the tee on a par 4 hole and I wouldn't use it on the green to put with.
I wouldn't take a m 94 in 30/30 on a hunt for sheep and goat in the Yukon. I wouldn't take one for Big Brown bear in Alaska. I wouldn't take one to eastern Alberta for big white-tails at long range. I have hunted deer with a bow and a muzzleloader and had opportunities that I could not take the shot, where if I'd had a 30/30 it would have been venison on the meat pole.
I have a savage 99 in 300 savage that I think is just enough better than a lever 30/30 that it is my choice for a short to med. range bush gun.
Robin
I would say it is like a 9 iron in your golf bag. There is a place for a 9 iron, I would not be without one. I wouldn't use it off the tee on a par 4 hole and I wouldn't use it on the green to put with.
I wouldn't take a m 94 in 30/30 on a hunt for sheep and goat in the Yukon. I wouldn't take one for Big Brown bear in Alaska. I wouldn't take one to eastern Alberta for big white-tails at long range. I have hunted deer with a bow and a muzzleloader and had opportunities that I could not take the shot, where if I'd had a 30/30 it would have been venison on the meat pole.
I have a savage 99 in 300 savage that I think is just enough better than a lever 30/30 that it is my choice for a short to med. range bush gun.
Robin
08-08-2005 | 06:51 PM
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RE: In praise of the 30-30 (proof of accuracy)!
ButchA,
You hunt exactly the way I like to hunt. It is funny too, because on our land I am the one who seems to have the best "luck", and I am one of the few who usually don't sit on a pipeline. There aint nothing like sittin up in a tree close to a trail, or finding a strategic spot in the hardwoods along the edge of a cut out seeing the rubs on the saplings glistening in the morning sun.
The 30-30is the primo tool in those situations, and hitting a deer in the boiler room with my Marlin is about as easy as hitting a canwith my pellet gun waswhen I was a kid.
C. Davis
You hunt exactly the way I like to hunt. It is funny too, because on our land I am the one who seems to have the best "luck", and I am one of the few who usually don't sit on a pipeline. There aint nothing like sittin up in a tree close to a trail, or finding a strategic spot in the hardwoods along the edge of a cut out seeing the rubs on the saplings glistening in the morning sun.
The 30-30is the primo tool in those situations, and hitting a deer in the boiler room with my Marlin is about as easy as hitting a canwith my pellet gun waswhen I was a kid.
C. Davis
08-08-2005 | 07:22 PM
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RE: In praise of the 30-30 (proof of accuracy)!
ORIGINAL: C. Davis
There aint nothing like sittin up in a tree close to a trail, or finding a strategic spot in the hardwoods along the edge of a cut out seeing the rubs on the saplings glistening in the morning sun.
There aint nothing like sittin up in a tree close to a trail, or finding a strategic spot in the hardwoods along the edge of a cut out seeing the rubs on the saplings glistening in the morning sun.
Man, I can't wait for the season to get here!
08-09-2005 | 12:49 AM
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RE: In praise of the 30-30 (proof of accuracy)!
Butch I hunt the same way you do although I usually carry a 270. Opening day is the only stand day..and its in a briar patch as well. Love that thick stuff. I think my average shot is bout 20-60 yards...some closer..some farther. Nothing like getting close enough to see the hair stand up on em as they figure out they are in trouble I have an old Model 94 in 32 Win Special..may have to give it a try for some of my brush busting.
I have an old Model 94 in 32 Win Special..may have to give it a try for some of my brush busting.
