Ep. 327 | The 30-30 Winchester — Is Grandpa Still Right?

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  @stevensmith9651 · 2 years ago

  Taking a deer with a 30-30 just feels like a right of passage if your a hunter

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  @Sharpspur1965 · 2 years ago

  My father bought me a Marlin 336C 30-30 for my 12th birthday back in 1977 from K-Mart in Radford, VA. I believe he paid $199.99 for it. I took my 1st deer with that Marlin rifle using only iron sights sitting on a fallen tree at 14 years old. Fast forward to 2003 and my son took his 1st deer with the same Marlin 336C 30-30 Rifle at 10 years old. Now 46 years later I still have that Marlin 30-30 in great condition and I’ll never ever part with it as long as I’m alive. My son will inherit my Marlin rifle.

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• MI

  @mikerichards8400 · 2 years ago

  I have used the Winchester model 94 chambered in 30-30 for more than five decades. It has never let me down when hunting whitetail deer, elk, bear, and moose within 150-175 yards. I have used Barnes, Federal , Winchester, and Remington Corelokt ammo.

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• RO

  @RobertWagner-k5i · 2 years ago

  The big thing is that yes, today more deer are harvested, but there are many MANY more different cartridges used.

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• PE

  @Perry2186 · 2 years ago

  The problem is Mark you hunt in the West why dont you look East of the Mississippi youll find but loads of 3030 used

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• KE

  @keyboardpuncher · 2 years ago (edited)

  I wouldn't hesitate to take a .30-30 hunting as long as my shots were 150yds or less (my own limit with it). One time, I was visiting my family back home and hadn't planned on having any time to go hunting so I didn't bring any hunting gear. As it turned out, I had a day open up and decided to go. My uncle was going to let me use his .308 but my cousin had been using it hunting, he was in his early teens, and didn't want to go back to using the .30-30 even for that one day (we had a .30-30 that was a 'spare' gun that any time someone needed a gun to hunt with could use it... like people visiting or whatever). I didn't care which rifle I was using (I'd taken a number of deer with that .30-30 over the years already), so I said he could take the .308 and I'd take the .30-30, with the joking note that it wasn't the gun that mattered. That morning, I ended up getting a decent 10pt with that .30-30 from about 125yds. I kidding him a little about it at the time. That was like 30 years ago or so. I still love going hunting with him and my uncle.

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• BI

  @BigdaddyE71 · 2 years ago

  I love the nostalgia of a green and yellow box of Remington Core'-Lokt 30-30 loads.

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• BU

  @BustedLimbOutdoors · 2 years ago

  Grandad killed his first deer and all of his deer with a Marlin 336. My Dad killed his first deer with that same Marlin 336. I was lucky enough to kill my first two deer with that exact same Marlin 336 during the same sit. 30-30 has a special place in my heart.

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• IL

  @ilikelife5401 · 2 years ago

  Dude is not taking into account that it’s the 30-30 vs every other cartridge. Sure, people hunt with other cartridges now, but for some it’s 270, for others 308, others 243, and for others 3006. The fact that the 30-30 was almost the exclusive cartridge for taking deer for as long as it was before other cartridges were popularized added with the fact that it is still used today likely means the claim is true that it has taken the most deer.

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• MI

  @michaelhale4041 · 2 years ago

  My first deer 🦌 was taken by a 30-30, and i can say I still have that rifle. I never think twice to pick it up to hunt with.

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  @mot0rhe4d40 · 2 years ago (edited)

  What the young buck fails to realize is. The 30-30 in many woods, is a family tradition. Simply due to the shear amount of them out there. That they are easier on youngsters, recoil sensitive shooters and those that know they dont need magnums to take whitetail 😉👍

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• VC

  @vcrudelejr · 2 years ago

  I took my first deer with a rifle in 1982. The rifle, a Marlin 336 in 30-30 and a 150 grain Winch ester flat nose slug. The black-tailed forked horn buck fell dead in its tracks at 110 yards. I’ve taken black-tailed-deer, black bear, mule deer, pronghorn and boar with the 30-30. Yes, it’s still a great hunting cartridge. I’d have every confidence in its use for elk in timber too.

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