Now THAT I can respect.... at least you have a range of experience there....on the other hand,
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I have a safe full of guns in various calibers from 223 to50 BMGand many in between, and I CHOOSE to hunt with practically anything but a 30-30. Out here in the wide open plains and high alpine mountains and for the game I pursue I want something with more reach and more thump. That said, I'm sure it does an acceptable job on Southern Whitetail.

50 BMG is a helluva elk gun.

True... I yearn for the days when the Bills were AFC champs 4 years in a row.

Hey retrieverman, there is one thing about your 30-30... You cheat by having a scope on yours! (just messin' with ya!) The new LeverEvolution rounds on a scoped 30-30 must really be a blast to shoot! I need to try a box of them...

Butch A.

I haven't hunted with my 30-30 in a few years , but I would never give it up either. I like to use it when I'm hunting in thick brush.

I own 2 30-30's (Win Mod94 & Marlin 336c). I don't hunt with either of these but my wife does you the Marlin and she loves it. It seems to fit her well and has very little kick. There is a 4X scope on it and I have it 2 inches high at 100yrds so she is good to go out to 150yrds....

I dont have a .30-.30 but have been wanting to get one for some time now. My buddy has an old Winchester 84 and the thing is a great gun! I got one of them new something 06's

I only use the 30-30 here in those old cuttings with saplings growing every where. For me it is the number one choice, as I have seen a lot of high power rifles miss after nicking a hardwood sapling or just wounding and leaving a hard time to find it. Mine is also a marlin and would never part with it. Over the years a quite a few deer has been shot with it.

My marlin 30-30 has slain quite a few deer. Gotta love the 30-30.

You are certainly NOT the only person who uses a .30/30. But most people who are able to, use something else!

After going through .270, 30-06, muzzleloaders, slug guns, and various milsurp... I've finally graduated to 30-30. I've been itching for 30-30 for a while; I got a Marlin 336 this week, trading a pistol for it. After mounting my old Bushnell Tropy 1.5-4x32mm that I removed from muzzleloader, I took it to the range yesterday. My impression... I found it the Marlin w/30-30 to be a sweet-shooting, accurate arm. I first boresighted - two shots onto paper at 25, adjust - three at fifty, adjust - then a few minutes later moved to a hundred, fired four-shot group, it was in a <2" circle, I kid you not. I was jazzed. Adjusted again... but never got better than 3-4 inches after that; apparently a warm barrel makes a difference, or maybe the 2" was a fluke? Hey, it would have been a smidge over 1" if I disregarded the one flyer. This Marlin 336 is an excellent rifle; soon as I get over this cold, I'm taking it hunting. I wish I'd gotten one of these twenty years ago, instead of starting out with a 30-06.

Virtues: short, handy, easy to carry one-handed (slim receiver), mild-shooting (I'm a recoil wussy accustomed to using a muzzleloader or slug gun) and apparently accurate. I look forward to taking first deer with it.

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