That is pretty much the way my early years in Pa. were.. Most guys had 30-30's, .32 spl. a few .35 Rem. one model 30 that I know of and several pumps. My Grandfather shot an open sighted m.54 '06. My dad a .32 spl. I broke in on the .32. Many of my cousins had .300 Savages, one aunt had a .250 m.99.
My older hunting pal had a .270.. By the time I was in high school and college,things began to change a great deal..My neighbor had used a .30-30 and a prewar .30-06 most of his life bought the first .264 in the country.. He used this and a pump .270 during the later years of his life.
The 30-06 pump began to replace the .30-30 for those who hunted and had little interest in firearms. The .243 and 7mm Mag became popular with the guys who liked guns..
The guy who almost always killed a buck each fall used an old .35 Rem. pump from the close of WW2 until about "65..
He bought a 721 .300 H & H and later had it rechambered for a .300 Wea. He killed a pile of bucks with it the years I knew him. Now in that country I see lots of slide actions, but more bolt actions.
