I remember in our neck of the woods the poor boys shot M94's and the rich kids had 336's with some sort of scope on see thru mounts. The 94's were available at the local discount store for $99 dollars and you knew deer season was coming because everyone started to grow beards. Phone lines at work would be tied up with everyone calling in on opening day to report results. Guy down the road bought 1 box of 30/30's to make sure his scope was on and then used the rest to hunt deer. Wasn't much of a shooter but that box lasted for years and he always had deer meat.