I've killed quite a few deer with the .30-30. I have a Winchester M94 from 1948 with a Redfield aperture sight and a 1968 vintage Marlin 336C that wears an El Paso Weaver V4.5 variable scope. In the Missouri Ozark timber both knock down whitetails with zero trouble and are more than capable... as they've been for a long time now. I don't hunt with the .30-30 every year, but now and again I'll pull one out, check the sighting, and cruise the timber with it during the firearms season. Either of them also makes coyotes coming to the call in the brush country real sick - real fast.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.