Well, a 30-30 ain’t no 303 Savage, but it’ll do til you get a real rifle.
gregintenn;
Good evening to you sir, I trust the week behaved for you and you're well.
Your statement triggered a couple memories for me so hopefully it's okay if I share them.
My late father in law said he shot a hole in the farm house roof with a .303 Savage which his father had brought with him from Minnesota when he'd moved up to Manitoba. Seymour related to me he saw it behind the entrance door, racked the lever, pulled the trigger and then it was really loud after that. Both the boom and his mother giving his father what for because he'd left it loaded where the boys could get at it maybe?
In a Gun Digest back in the day, Sam Fadala had an article on the .30-30 and if memory serves opined that likely the availability of 190gr bullets made some folks believe - possibly with reason - that the .303 Savage was better for say moose sized animals. He found some factory .303 Savage 190's for the article, pulled the bullets and loaded them in the .30-30 he had.
For the life of me I can't recall any firm conclusions, but perhaps there were some? Not sure, sorry.
Thanks for twigging the memories, all the best and good hunting.
Dwayne
PS Afterthought.
We've entirely consumed 2 bucks, one local mulie and a Columbia Blacktail that were shot with a .30-30. I'd think that indicated they were dead then, no?