Thread: anyone hunted with a 30 30

Originally Posted by outinabout

i use 7.62x39 in the bush, which has ballistics very similar to the 30 30. put a reflex dot sight on if you dont like the iron sights. as long as you use these calibres as they were intended (up to 150) they are great bush guns in my opinion.

My uncle use to hunt with Winchester 94 in 30/30 ,as outinabout said great to 150m but forget about anything past that.More than what you need for bush hunting ,the big old flat nose projectile seemed to flatten all he shot at.

From what I understand , at one stage the 3030 had taken more deer in the US than any other calibre (possibly all calibres put together ) and will continue too do sofor many years too come.
The problem today is there are too many shooters out there and not so many hunters .
The 94 is a handy little repeater , light ,fast and accurate and a fantastic little bush gun in the hands of a HUNTER .
Sold mine cause it was gutless compared too a 6.5 swede.
Bought a rossi 92 in 357mag too use in the bush , but still got the sweed for now.

Originally Posted by mohawk

From what I understand , at one stage the 3030 had taken more deer in the US than any other calibre (possibly all calibres put together ) and will continue too do sofor many years too come.
The problem today is there are too many shooters out there and not so many hunters .
The 94 is a handy little repeater , light ,fast and accurate and a fantastic little bush gun in the hands of a HUNTER .
Sold mine cause it was gutless compared too a 6.5 swede.
Bought a rossi 92 in 357mag too use in the bush , but still got the sweed for now.

I've personally owned (and hunted with all of them) the following lever actions:

Marlin 30/30
Ruger .22magnum
Winchester 94 30/30
Winchester 92 44/40
Winchester 94 .22lr
Winchester trapper 94 30/30
Marlin 44mag
Rossi (blued) 44mag
Rossi (SS) 44mag
Rossi (SS) .38/357

All were ''fun'' to use, but it was just a phase I went through. I would have shot a hundred or so deer/pigs between all those lever actions and the .38spl Rossi had well over 2000 goats to its name....but I now look back and laugh at myself for holding onto the those rifles for so long. The day I sold them all and went back to using a suppressed bolt action for general hunting was ''a moment of clarity'' and I've never looked back.

kj

Kimjon , did you ever shoot deer with the 357 ?

Originally Posted by mohawk

Kimjon , did you ever shoot deer with the 357 ?

Yes, but with mixed results.

I rarely used .357mag ammo in it, mainly using it with .38spl ammo. To get a bang-flop kill I found that it had to be an Atlas-joint shot. I only shot a handful of deer that I can remember with the .38spl. I do remember trying neck shots for a while, but with no shocking power I lost a few when I didn't hit bone, so gave up on it for that kind of hunting.

kj

Hi Guys, it`s the same old story, what you have got is what you use for your type of hunting. I started with the old 303 , then moved up to a P/Hale standed in .308 for bush hunting and most shots are under 50 m. But I`m a lefty, with the right hand bolt I had to make the first shot count, nothing wrong with with the two of them. Have got a Marlin lever in .3030, 16" barrel with a 3x scope and it is very accurate and in the bush it is a great little gun , my first shot at a sika hind for meat , got her and a small spotty, the bullet had gone right through her and hit the spotty as well, I call it "Sudden Death" Ceers,Home brew.357.