I had several, when I was younger... In my youthful ignorance, the 30-30 was a stop-gap, until I could afford 'real' rifles. Twenty-some years ago, my Dad decided he needed a deer rifle again, JIC. so, I picked him up a 336 at a gun show for $125. He thanked me, and put it in the gun cabinet is built him, where it sat until he died. Now, myself, his grandson, and others have taken no telling how many deer and other critters with that 30-30. I try to spend some time with it every year. I have figured out that the solids, with big hollow ends, make it act like a 30-06 on the receiving end.
