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Nicely done! Not much better than hunting in the snow, chasing deer.
I am convinced I could have shot at least 75% of all my deer with such a rifle. On my list of things to do is to actually do some hunting with just that setup. (the days of running iron sights are gone for me)

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like it a lot! you do know you could have still used a savage dont ya? mine was made in 1910 and loves the leaverlution ammo. this 3030 is really fun to hunt with! keep up good hunting.

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Nicely done! Not much better than hunting in the snow, chasing deer.
I am convinced I could have shot at least 75% of all my deer with such a rifle. On my list of things to do is to actually do some hunting with just that setup. (the days of running iron sights are gone for me)


I purchased the rifle with factory irons and the sight picture was fuzzy, put on a Williams FP receiver sight, removed the front sight hood and tried it. Sight pic was better, then put on a firesight, better out to 75 yards, but not good enough for me, so gave up and went with a scope.


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like it a lot! you do know you could have still used a savage dont ya? mine was made in 1910 and loves the leaverlution ammo. this 3030 is really fun to hunt with! keep up good hunting.


To scratch my itch to get a 30-30 I looked for a Savage 99 H barrel band but I realized if the irons did not work they were not D/T for a scope.


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Great buck, great picture and a nice looking rifle/scope combo. Good Times!


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Dandy buck ! Great hunt.

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Congrats on the nice buck. The more you hunt with the Marlin, the more you will like it.

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Who could have guessed that a 30-30 would kill a buck that big!Nice one and good story to go with it!

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WOW! I think marlin levers are good value. I also think they are of superior yet simplistic design. That buck is a toad! Happy Thanksgiving.


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Good story and congratulations on the Buck.

I have had very good results with the 30-30 using several different bullets including cast.

Your story has me thinking about using one of mine for a deer hunt in Tennessee next month.


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Dandy buck, congrats!! I have had an itch to shoot a deer with the same rifle in 35 Remington.

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It really feels good to scratch that itch... grin


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Wayne- well done! Congrats!
Thanks for sharing.


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I got the 3030 itch, boght one, and bloodied it this year also. Not nearly as nice of buck.


Take a look at the hornady LE rounds... I took my buck at 220 yards with it. No problem.



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Sumitch that's cool. I kinda miss the old 30/30. Had a 94 Winny when I was a kid. Nifty little cartridge.


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What a great buck roundoak. Nice work!


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Nice buck. Well done! cool


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Awesome buck. Good job.


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I bloodied my .30/30 this year, too. Just a meat doe, though. I used a Leupold M8-4X on mine. It worked fine.

I didn't even bother to load for it, I bought "shells" at the store (the horror of it all!!!).

Mine isn't as pretty as yours, , mine has "character" as defined by the previous owner letting it rust up a bit. Shoots pretty good, though.


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