Love it. If I were relegated to but on caliber from here on out I wouldn't mind it being the .30-30. (Mind you most of my shooting is plinking and target work with cast bullets, and the occasional hunting foray, so my needs are modest.) My main deer hunting companion this past year was a Winchester .30-30 M54 bolt gun, receiver sights and 190 grain soft flat nosed cast bullets at 1900fps. For me a wonderful three gun battery would be a single shot target rifle (preferably a Winchester HiWall) , lever action hunting rifle (make it a M1899 Savage, please), and a bolt gun (Winchester 54 of course just for the heckuvit)- all in .30-30.
I don't see myself ever again scurrying around the plains, crawling over mountains, or diving into the Alaskan/African bush after dangerous game, so the .30-30 suits me to a Tee.
