Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting 30-30 brass. Trade or buy a 30-30?

I have a friend with most of a 5 gallon bucket of once fired 30-30 brass. From another friend’s estate.

He wants to know if I think he should get a 30-30, or trade for other brass/components

What do you guys think?

We live out west, but a 30-30 for “social engagements” might be just the ticket.

Always nice to have a 30-30 around

I'd recommend getting a 30-30 to the guy. Social purposes aside, it's a great hunting cartridge for timber, and it's fun to shoot.

This is a rhetorical question, right???? What kind of commie doesn't have a 30-30?????

5 gallon bucket? That's enough to buy 2 .30-30s.

I have 3, two M94 Winchesters and a 14" Contender. One of the M94s was my Father's and is basically retired, just a sentimental possession, the other one kills the hell out of deer.

I don't know what to do with the Contender. My proficiency with it is.....well......not proficient.

I’ve got this doorknob, guess I have to build a house! Of course you need a 30-30.

Old70

We've got at least a dozen 30-30's around here. Only one model 94, the rest Savages. That brass makes a bunch of other stuff I have here too.

First CF rifle I owned was a .30-30 lever-matic. Still have it. Then I bought another. And another. Then I sold one. Won’t sell the remainder, ever. Have enough components to last.

To the OP, buy one. You won’t regret it.

I bought a 22 Magnum because I found a box of cartridges in a used car I had just bought.

Im in the woods of Idaho and always have a 30-30 around. They are a mild and splendid little rifle that is nice to work with iron sights. There are a couple of things one should have

AR15 5.56 with 22lr dedicated upper
30-30 levergun
308 rifle
30-06 bolt action
Shotgun

Thats the real essentials. If theres extras other than these your blessed. Despite what some may think or say a 30-30 can do a lot and with deer sized game and larger its got much better range than the pistol caliber leverguns. Its pretty darn good and an old Winchester 94 carries like nothing else.

Mine has 24" barrel mild and easy to shoot well it's a theodore roosevelt m94 commemorative. I didn't ignore the 20" carbine either but it's 32 win special. Easy to reload ,shoot cast well in the 3030. What the hell are you waiting for? Mb

everybody should have a 30/30 imo. doubt you'll ever have problems finding cheap ammo. good newbie training round too.

I need a 30-30, don’t have one right now.

i like the 25-35 better but they are hard find and more money. so i have a 94 with 125 sierra hp loaded.

With things the way they are (bullets, primers, & propellant in such short supply) I’d trade for stuff you need more.

That’s to say nothing of used rifle prices right now...

On the other hand, others are correct that no red blooded American should be lacking a thuddy-thuddy!

Sir, you are correct!

this looks like a sign from heaven. Buy a .30-30

I've had lots of trouble finding any kind of 30-30 ammo for most of this year

I have 2 94 carbine that belonged to my neighbor and a Marling 24” half mag. I also have my dad’s 94 .32 spl..in carbine.. And a .25-35 similar to the Marlin.. I have killed game with all.. The .30-30 is the easiest to get components for and empty brass can almost be found any where,, I like them all very much.. Lots of times I put in a .30-30 when we are going camping or on a road trip.. Buy a nice Marlin or a 94 what ever you like... The Marlin can easily be scoped...

I have seen 94 WInchesters marked "WSP", IIRC. Never underestimate the value of a quality 30-30. Easy to shoot. Powerful enough, even if it may be a tad slow to load.