My Marlin .30-30 is strictly a woods gun with a 1-4x Leupold. My standard handload is a 170 gr. Speer flat point & some IMR-3031 which chronographs at a little over 2000 fps.. I zero it at 100 yds. which puts it 2-3" high at 50 yds. For where I use it that fits the bill nicely. If I'm someplace where I need more "reach" I've got bolt guns for that. Unless I'm in a shotgun zone; then it's a 12 ga. 870 fully rifled slug gun. Never played with the Leverevolution pointed 160 gr. FTX bullets for the .30-30 very much because at 100 yds. and under the "old school" .30-30 bullets still work good just like they always have at those distances.
