30-30 owners
#51
RE: 30-30 owners
Shooting through brush makes for a low percentage shot no matter what caliber you are shooting.
#52
RE: 30-30 owners
i do once in awhile but my 30-30 is a antique. its a old pre 64 and i want too keep her nice so i dont take her out much anymore. i also have a nice pre 64 lever action 32 as well that i luv but doesnt come out much anymore
#53
RE: 30-30 owners
Yeah, I have read some articles on this where they have done tests and all of the guns shot through twigs and branches had thier shots knocked off line to where they where deflected and hit nothing they where aiming at. It didnt matter which caliber or which style of rifle. It didnt matter if it was a leaf or twig if the shot hit it, it was deflected enough to throw the shot off track. The terminology of a "Brush Gun" was meant to describe how you used the gun, not how accurate it was when it hit the stuff. There is some truth to a 30-30 being a better close range gun though since the gun kills better up close than a 30.06. Something about the way that baliistics and the way the bullet mushrooms rather than going clean through without expanding enough. I am not an expert in this area so I will leave it at that.
#54
RE: 30-30 owners
There is some truth to a 30-30 being a better close range gun though since the gun kills better up close than a 30.06. Something about the way that baliistics and the way the bullet mushrooms rather than going clean through without expanding enough.
#55
RE: 30-30 owners
ORIGINAL: Phil from Maine
This a true statement, however in this neck of the woods with paper companies and lumber mills you have alot of thick growth from the cuttings and for a rifle your would be doing much better with the 30-30 and not the high power some would recommend. Other than that use a shotgun.
Shooting through brush makes for a low percentage shot no matter what caliber you are shooting.
#56
RE: 30-30 owners
i also have a nice pre 64 lever action 32 as well that i luv but doesnt come out much anymore
This is one of the reasons that I have been looking into bow hunting. The challenge of getting close enough to the game to get a clean shot and the fact that I dont have to worry about my shot going 2-3 miles before it touches ground. I love my guns, but man is it getting tough to fine someplace to hunt that isnt thick with strangers coming from the city to infest my woods lol.
#57
RE: 30-30 owners
Yea I hunt with one when I am driving. Pleanty of power and range. Makes Clean kills. I saw two deer shot at onco with a 30-30. Very clean kill, so dont question the power of it.
#58
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 52
RE: 30-30 owners