Despite the seemingly bulletproof deer running around these days, the .30/30 still seems to get the job done, year after year.
They were considered "big medicine" around the turn of the last century, even for elk and moose, and I suspect that they'd still do the job if magazine articles didn't suggest differently.
It's a pretty good round, though I wouldn't want to use it shooting across a large pasture or bean field.
I kinda like the one I bought a year ago, and when I pointed it at a deer last November, the deer ran about 40 yards and dropped dead. Just like any other rifle would have done.
