For a Nice Sunday Evening Read: Jack O'Connor on the 30-30 Winchester

[challenger_i]

Saw this and thought I'd share:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...0967b807&ei=41

[HWooldridge]

We have four 30-30’s - two Winchesters and two Marlins. One Marlin is an old waffle top rifle with 24” barrel - my dad bought it new in the early 50’s and I inherited it when he passed. It’s quite accurate and will group right at an inch at 100 yds. from a bench rest. My typical shot distance on deer around here is 125 to 150 yards so I have a 6x Leupold zeroed an inch high at 100. Contrary to what some might say, it’s almost always a one shot killer - my sons and I all trust it will hit where aimed, and I think that confidence helps us. If somebody misses, they don’t blame the gun…

I always thought the 30-30 was underrated by many people, but I never shot deer on the plains and long shots don’t happen much in my world…YMMV

[kungfustyle]

Thanks for the read!

[Der Gebirgsjager]

Good article. The .30-30 is one of my favorites. Even after all these years, what can one add to what O'Connor had to say? Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see much or anything about the 170 gr. bullet, my favorite.

DG
cC

[K43]

Back when writers gave information and not just an advertisement posing as an article.

[dverna]

Thanks for posting that

I recently purchased a .300 BO. Would have preferred a .30/30, but none offered in a bolt gun.

[Mk42gunner]

I agree with MR. O'Connor.

I believe that I could have used the .30-30 for at least 95% of the whitetail deer I have killed over the years.

One thing I never understood was that twenty five to thirty years after this article was published, there were several articles that said basically the .30-30 is only good to 75-100 yards max, but in the same issue of the magazine there would be an article praising a T/C Contender in .30-30 for use on deer to over 200 yards. with a 14" barrel no less.

More accurate than a lever action? Maybe. More powerful? Highly doubtful.

Robert

[Noah Zark]

Thoroughly enjoyed.the O'Connor article and agree pretty much with everything he stated. He hit one of my pet peeves, though. Most of the gunwriters of the period (starting with Phil Sharpe) got in the habit of using the term "foot seconds" instead of "feet per second" or "ft/sec" or the like (m/sec for our viewers at home outside the US).

Noah

[K43]

Did you ever notice the fun guys tend to post in the same threads?