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Do you own a 30-30?

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  • Do you own a 30-30?

    • Yes. And I am over 40

      Votes: 151 80.3%
    • Hell yes. And I am under 40.

      Votes: 14 7.4%
    • What's a 30-30?

      Votes: 23 12.2%

    • Total voters
      188

    deemus

    my mama says I'm special
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    Feb 1, 2010
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    The discussion about 30-30 popularity keeps coming to mind. Someone mentioned it could be age specific. What say ye?

    I bought mine at a pawn shop in the 80's. Came with a rubberized scope which is still on it. Its taken lots of deer and pigs. Any time i hunt in E TX it goes with me. I load some 125g HPs for it that are as lethal as anything I have ever loaded for a gun of any caliber.

    Pawn shop guy said the guy he got it from told him it was dead on at 100yds. I took it from the pawn shop to the woods, and shot a nice 10 point buck with it a few hours later.

    Along with the guitar I traded in, I was only out $32 for it.
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    diesel1959

    por vida
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    The first lever gun I ever owned was sort of an inheritance, from my wife's side of the family. It was a 1950s-vintage Winchester Model 94 in .32WinSpl. Sadly, I no longer have that firearm; however, I've had two other Model 94s and now have a Marlin 336.

    I think it's fair to say that more deer have been taken in this country with the trusty .30WCF/.30-30 than about anything else out there.
     

    Big Green

    In Christ Alone
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    Mar 5, 2018
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    College Station
    I’ll play, might as well since my comment started the discussion.

    Yes, bought it in 09 when I was 29. It was reasonably priced, was from a fellow Marine, required no 4473 and I figured it’d be cool to have. Put less than 40 rounds through it a few weekends later and haven’t fired it since.

    It’s a Winchester Model 94 made in 1981.
     

    PinnedandRecessed

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    30   0   0
    Feb 11, 2019
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    I remember when all the old coots were snatching up the pre-64's when Winchester announced the discontinuation of the 94. After the speculators decided the fad had passed I picked up an early 50's model with a nice honest wear petina for under $400. I don't shoot it much but it's a good looking rifle and a great piece of Americana.
     

    satx78247

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    Jun 23, 2014
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    I own exactly ONE .30-30, a pre-WWII single shot "Euro-style stalking rifle", that weighs about 4.5 pounds, that I bought in 1970 at WAFFEN BENNEWITZ in "K-town", BRD.
    (It was just too "purty" to leave in the shop.)

    Inasmuch as .30-30 is not a common caliber in German rifles, I've wondered numerous times about who had it custom-made BUT the rifle's not talking.

    yours, satx
     

    Dawico

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    14   0   0
    Oct 15, 2009
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    Never have owned one but have shot a few.

    Meh on the round itself. Never had a need for it and it has not really interested me as a plinker.

    Not that I have anything against it per say and if the right deal came along I could own it but I am definitely not pursuing it.
     

    Lonesome Dove

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    7   0   0
    Sep 25, 2018
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    Cut n Shoot, Texas
    I have a hand me down pre 64. I’ve shot the shit out of it. I’m a hunter yet never have I hunted with the 30-30. They will do pretty much what most any other rifle will do out to 200 yards or so. Hit targets and kill animals.
     
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