Thread: Hunting reds with a 30-30

Like many American kids I started with a 30-30. It was a Savage 325 bolt action with no scope. I graduated to a Savage 99F in 243 in 1959, then to various other rifles. I was an addict early.

I kind of prefer the 170gr ammo. It drives through a bit better, IMO. Still, I killed them DRT with 150 Remington round nose soft points.

I gave my boyhood buddy and still friend a Savage 24V years ago in 20ga 3" and 30-30, when he moved to Alaska. He used it to shoot Sitka deer (very small deer...60-110 pounds) and spruce grouse. He ended up popping a big Alaskan moose with it while ptarmigan hunting in an area where he had a moose tag and had gotten skunked on three previous hunts that year. He was carrying 170s and was glad he did.

He called me to complain I had ruined his ptarmigan hunt, the cheeky sob.