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What should my next gun be I am a 14 year old but i think i could handle one of these by the way my dad talks.

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Get you a .243, it's all you need...

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"Next gun" for what? Are you using the .30-30 today on deer effectively? You're not having to take shots beyond 150 yards, only hunting deer-sized game? If so - I'd stick with what's already working for you.

If you want to have a couple rifles to choose from, I'd trade your .30-30 for a good .243 and MAYBE (if you ever hunt anything larger than deer) consider getting yourself a .30-06. Between the .243 and .30-06, there isn't a varmint or big game animal on this continent you wouldn't be perfectly equipped to handle.

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Stick with your 30-30. Bigger is almost never better.

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The 30-30 is the best short range deer gun IMHO

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30-30 is a good brush gun....

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You don't say where you are hunting and the normal/extreme distances you will be shooting. The old proven 30/06 will handle most any distance, has a vast choice of different types of cartridges, and will take any game animal that 99%of theaverage hunter goes after. I would use it and if it doesn't already have a quality scope on it, then topping the 30-06 off with a quality scope would be my main objective. I prefer a bolt action, but the semi should be OK.

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ok i am hunting in arkansas...(pretty hilly)open fields all the time never in woods stand and on the ground both....i think i am gonna go with the results and stick with my 30-30 till i am 16 or so than get a bigger gun possibly

thanx 4 da help

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i say get a 270 thats what i use and im fourteen also the good thing is no kick low damage to the meat of the deer and very deadly at all ranges

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i am 15 and i still prefer my .243 over my 30-06. i love my .243. as said before, bigger isnt always better

by the way...i will be using my 30-06 for feild hunting more than likely. im not sure. its not gun season yet [&:]