Thread: Hunting reds with a 30-30

As per the title....who hunts reds in the thick shit with a 30-30 ? Whats your experience with them or opinion please...
Scoped or open sights etc

It will work no problems hold on it won't be accurate out to 1000m its not fashionable and there's way better rifles at 5x the price

more deer in the states been shot with 30/30 than anything else

Yeah Ive read that they dont shoot great groups esp when the barrel starts to get hot but 1st shot is usaully pretty good....Ive never had a 2 d shot at a deer in the bush lol

I take it its a lever action quite good if your a leftie as well

To bloody heavy

Originally Posted by Full noise

To bloody heavy

to bloody soft.

They are great in the bush, my mate liked mine so much he made me sell it too him

That leverloution ammo is good medicine

Points well easy to carry through thick stuff not much for shit to hang up on. It's solid but don't feel heavy. What's not to like


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that sums it up well, pretty hard to beat .

Scoped or unscoped ?

Unscoped....so much more handier I reckon


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Love the old 30-30 shot a spiker with it couple of weeks back while sitting on the quad, at massive a range of about 45 meters, dropped on the spot.
She takes a beating and just keeps going



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Originally Posted by BRADS

Love the old 30-30 shot a spiker with it couple of weeks back while sitting on the quad, at massive a range of about 45 meters, dropped on the spot.
She takes a beating and just keeps going



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R U OK Brads, there seems to be no flash harry optic or brake fitted to you gun. Are you having a moment??

Favourite bush gun, flattened some big Urewera stags over the years and never had to chase one! Found that Silvertips tend to go straight through Jap deer, mainly I think because they never very far away!
Haven't found anything that kills em any Deader!!