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03-06-2008, 09:45 AM
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30-30 medicine gun
Ok I hafta start this thread, an I appologize for it cause I ain't tryin to stir up a stink. But the last couple of years I have fallen more an more in love with the 30-30 and particularly my marlin 336 (nothin wrong with a winchester I ain't sayin that). But I keep hearin and readin people talkin about the useless 30-30 and runnin it down.
We know how old the 30-30 is. We know that MILLIONS of them have come off the lines. So there has GOT to be somebody beside myself (and my grandfather when he was alive) that was PROUD to be a 30-30 owner. That cartridge has taken alot of game in these United States, and I have yet to see it not do the job if the jerk on the trigger did his/her/its job. So I am standin up an testifyin! Firearm : Marlin 336 (1975 edition with no safeties) in 30-30 with the front sight hood and iron sights only. Ammo : 170 grain Remington Core-Lokts or 165 or 170 grain lasercast handloads. An I am proud ta own it. I saw a deer shot just this season at about 70 yards with a 30-30. He came within an inch of winnin one of the local big bucks contests. He was shot in the right from shoulder, and the round exited his left hip. Not an ideal shot, but he didn't move nary an inch. Myself I woulda probably aimed for the chest on a dead on shot if I couldn't get a good bead right between his eyes. Maybe this year I can get some stand time in and get me a buck. GoodOlBoy
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