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I just finished up my late deer season with two, fat mulie does. I always shoot a couple with my Henry single-shot 30-30. I have an SWFA 6x scope on it. What a blast to shoot. I have shot around a half dozen deer with this rifle and have not caught a bullet yet. The farthest has been 168 yards. Amazing what this seemingly anemic cartridge can actually do. I tried all kinds of pointy bullets in it and have gone back to a stiff load of 3031, over a 150-grain round-nose blem from Midway.


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I like hearing that. I'm putting together a Contender carbine in 30-30.

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Originally Posted by sbhooper
I just finished up my late deer season with two, fat mulie does. I always shoot a couple with my Henry single-shot 30-30. I have an SWFA 6x scope on it. What a blast to shoot. I have shot around a half dozen deer with this rifle and have not caught a bullet yet. The farthest has been 168 yards. Amazing what this seemingly anemic cartridge can actually do. I tried all kinds of pointy bullets in it and have gone back to a stiff load of 3031, over a 150-grain round-nose blem from Midway.



Congrats......I knew it landed in a good place.


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Excellent!

That should be a fun little rifle to have and great for training newbies with as well.


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I want one in 30-30 pretty bad! Love hearing this!

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Originally Posted by diamondjim
Originally Posted by sbhooper
I just finished up my late deer season with two, fat mulie does. I always shoot a couple with my Henry single-shot 30-30. I have an SWFA 6x scope on it. What a blast to shoot. I have shot around a half dozen deer with this rifle and have not caught a bullet yet. The farthest has been 168 yards. Amazing what this seemingly anemic cartridge can actually do. I tried all kinds of pointy bullets in it and have gone back to a stiff load of 3031, over a 150-grain round-nose blem from Midway.



Congrats......I knew it landed in a good place.


Thanks, Jim. It is a fun little rifle. I put a lot of rounds through it, trying to figure out the latest and greatest. I finally decided that it needed to be a 30-30, not a .308. I went back to basics and that is where it will stay. I put the super chicken on it and it is perfect. I have a 200-yard steel plate that is a chip shot after giving the scope four clicks.


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Congrats, the 30-30 has been getting it done for a very long time.


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I enjoyed taking several deer with my Handi Rifle in 30/30 Ackley Improved.
Now I have a Henry Single Shot in 357 Magnum and starting the fun all over again.
Can you guess how difficult it is to resist making metal chips when I have a couple hundred 357 MAXIMUM cases in my possession?!

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Shoot it with Mag chamber they make those chips for the best 35 caliber straight wall cartridge.


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There’s a lot of people that think deer are hard to kill. The .30-30 with well placed shots continues to fill freezers.


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Originally Posted by Tom_in_VT
There’s a lot of people that think deer are hard to kill. The .30-30 with well placed shots continues to fill freezers.


That's why I have 4 in my safes right now.......they just plain work.


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I have a Ruger No.1A in 30/30. Purchase was based on several deer taken with several 30/30s I’ve used, Handi Rifles and Marlin lever guns. I had two mint Rem 788’s in 30/30 but collectors adopted them before I got to shoot them even once! My deer kill with 30/30’s has been 100% success rate. I hope to get this stainless walnut No.1 out from it’s “unfired” status soon!

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Originally Posted by sbhooper
......... Henry single-shot 30-30. I have an SWFA 6x scope on it. ......


Help me out. Spent time shooting one today. What mounts are you using and do you have a stock pack or something to get any kind of cheek on the stock?

Rifle was very accurate with TAC and Barnes Tipped TAC-TX 120.

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Originally Posted by JCMCUBIC
Originally Posted by sbhooper
......... Henry single-shot 30-30. I have an SWFA 6x scope on it. ......


Help me out. Spent time shooting one today. What mounts are you using and do you have a stock pack or something to get any kind of cheek on the stock?

Rifle was very accurate with TAC and Barnes Tipped TAC-TX 120.


The cure:

https://www.beartooth-products.com/...-raising-kit-2-0-no-loops-model-in-brown

The looped version might not be bad for the single shot but my oldest is left eye dominant so I figured I'd leave it open for his use as well.


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