Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles The .30-30 Winchester. Love it or hate it?

I am with some of the rest on it being a good weapon out to 150yds, but keep in mind that I am an old phart.

The Model 94 is iconic Americana.
I am awed and humbled to hold it in my hands.

Love it! Own 2, one a Winchester 94 and a Marlin 336 (chopped barrel to 17-1/2"). Very useful on my end of the country.

Nope. Back then people shot guns. Running them is a more recent phenomenon.

Whatever.

I love lever guns but it pains me to see them scoped.

And I know that the saying is true... "It's not the arrow, it's the Indian."

When I was 16 I saved and saved to buy my first deer rifle. Paid $150 for a model 94 top eject with a side mounted Weaver scope from a neighbor of my Grandmothers. It was a great rifle for a teenager in Pennsylvania. In those days we had excused absences for opening days of deer and trout season. I sure miss those days.

Hate it.

Side comment:

What caliber is that mtn LSS? (I have one in 708)

Ever wonder if the slugish firing pin on the lss is from the bolt lock? Ive seen the replacement spring s to remove them and they dont get as distorted??

Mine's a 7-08 as well. Nice rifle. That particular rifle happens to be sporting a cracked Warne ring as pictured. The rifle itself, though the spring is pretty contorted, has never had an issue (though it did have to go back to rebraze the bolt handle.)

I have had springs get sluggish a couple of times and that 30-30, mostly just sitting in the scabbard, has come in handy more times than I would have guessed for such a 'has-been'. 170 Core-lokts have no corners on 'sexy' but they sure get the job done.

Oh no, I have the deadly and completely unsafe half cock safety models, but hey, they have plenty of levers to choose from so equipped, a Winny 94-22, three '94 30-30's, a '94 38-55, a M-71 in 348, an original '86 in 45-70 and a Turnbull '86 in 50-110 WCF.

I need to pull the barrels, dig a deep hole and dispose of these dangerous weapons.

gunner -

Crimson Tide was being sarcastic, TnC.

Merry Christmas

Jerry

Yes, CT and I understand each other very well, especially after several verses of "Red necks, White sox, and......................................"

And Merry Christmas J.

I have 4 30-30s here and haven't used one in years. Have thought about it often, but never happens.

I have never found the cartridge itself very enticing. But I do like some of the packages it is wrapped in.

My main hang-up is that when I pick up a lever gun, I generally prefer a larger hole in the end of the barrel. Just my preference, but I will always happily grab a 35, 356, 375, 444, or 45-70 over a 30-30 every time.

As for the 30-30 being a "wounder of deer", I'd have to go with "operator error" on that one......

Blue Ribbon Beer....


Oh, and lay off the hole diggin' for awhile. We'll just focus on keeping the phillistines away from proper half cock models.

as a bowhunter mostly and a handloader of ammo of many many cartridges. sure the 30-30 is a decent cartridge for some to use and most often in lever guns with a tube type cartridge holder. glad some feel they need to use this type of gun in a 30-30 with a hammer in a lever rifle , wish you much safe luck!

I have the hole already dug in my backyard. Feel free to bring them by.

Put me in the love it camp.
I killed my first whitetail with my dad's M94 and a 150gr. Silvertip.
I have my dad's old rifle in the safe and it has been joined by a 1941 M94 and a M64A in 30-30.
A lever gun of some kind gets taken to camp for walking the woods and sneaking around the edges of the swamp.
I am still using up a lot of 1000pcs. of 170 Gr. Rem. RNCLKT, nothing fancy but they sure do work.
If a M54 in 30-30 was to come along I would sure add it to the battery.

StarchedCover

, 10-Rahjah brudda Joel.