.30.30 lever action
08-08-2007, 07:44 AM
#31
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Where the ducks don't come no more
Posts: 4,420
RE: .30.30 lever action
One of my favorite hunting rifles is my Win 94 AE in 30/30 Ackley Improved. Got it topped with Leupold Euro 1.5-4x20mm.
It shoots far better than any lever gun should.
Took two deer in rapid sequence with it last year at 190 and 180 yards respecitively. Longest shots on deer I have ever made or attempted. No hold over... just a wet smack sound and a pile of doe. Handloads go out at about 2400 fps with 150gr bullets. Great great deer load.
It shoots far better than any lever gun should.
Took two deer in rapid sequence with it last year at 190 and 180 yards respecitively. Longest shots on deer I have ever made or attempted. No hold over... just a wet smack sound and a pile of doe. Handloads go out at about 2400 fps with 150gr bullets. Great great deer load.
08-08-2007, 08:25 AM
#32
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 2,414
RE: .30.30 lever action
ORIGINAL: retrieverman
I started my deer hunting "career" 25 years ago with a 1960's model Marlin 336 30-30 and couldn't wait to get a "real" deer rifle, but after many years of being infected with Magnumitis, I have come back to a 30-30 as my primary deer caliber. I used to consider a 125 yard shot with a 30-30 a real "Hail Mary", but with the ballistics of the Hornady LeverEvolution ammo, a 200 yard shot should be easily do-able if the hunter does his part.
Here is a buck that I killed in 2006, and a hog that my son killed about a month ago.
I started my deer hunting "career" 25 years ago with a 1960's model Marlin 336 30-30 and couldn't wait to get a "real" deer rifle, but after many years of being infected with Magnumitis, I have come back to a 30-30 as my primary deer caliber. I used to consider a 125 yard shot with a 30-30 a real "Hail Mary", but with the ballistics of the Hornady LeverEvolution ammo, a 200 yard shot should be easily do-able if the hunter does his part.
Here is a buck that I killed in 2006, and a hog that my son killed about a month ago.
Retrieverman,
Awesome pics. Cowboy hat, lever 30-30 and a dead deer. Priceless. Great pic of the boy with his too. Thanks for sharing
08-08-2007, 11:35 AM
#33
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Posts: 1,184
RE: .30.30 lever action
I have learned that it may be the best brush gun out there. If you are shooting 50-100 yards coupled with the right ammo it can be very accurate. If I ever get the chance to do a hunt in the open I would choose something like a 270 or maybe a 7mm with a scope.
08-09-2007, 03:11 PM
#34
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Posts: 118
RE: .30.30 lever action
My grandfather gave me his old 30-30 after he passed away. He claims it took over 300 deer in the 50-years he owned it between himself and our family!!!!!!!!! It just killed a cow elk for my little brother last season. We spend thousands on new callibers, yet the 30-30 isthe most proven by far.
