.30-30, am I missing something?

[NapalmCheese]

I love my .30-30, I inherited it from my dad in near perfect condition, never been hunted a day in it's life (maybe I'll take it hunting, maybe I won't). I enjoy occasionally shooting it for all sorts of reasons and, as I said, I keep going back and forth about whether I'll take it hunting some day.

That being said, why the sudden resurgence in .30-30 popularity? Ammo is scarce and people are apparently hoarding lever evolution like it's dragon gold. What's the deal?

Is it just that people are frightened that their ARs might get taken away and in searching for a 'high' capacity middle weight cartridge and gun to replace it are flocking to the .30-30 lever guns? I would have thought the .44s and .357s would have been a better fit.

[toby]

30-30's are just plain COOL and you can't take the cool out of lever action rifles.

[NapalmCheese]

30-30's are just plain COOL and you can't take the cool out of lever action rifles.

I'll drink to that!
If all goes well in a month I'll have another one (of the .22 variety) to add to the collection.

[SonofWWIIDI]

30-30's are just plain COOL and you can't take the cool out of lever action rifles.

^^^This^^^

A buddy of mine has a commemorative model winchester he got from his dad. Never been fired. We took it out to the range and had a blast with, literally!

[Eljay]

A lever action was on my to-buy list for 2013 to get in before long gun registration hit. Finances ended up not allowing it but perhaps others were luckier. Combine that with general shortages...

[BajaJames83]

Well I usedbto enjoy shooting rifle until I became a ca resident, and all my rifles got nutered with some weird mag release contraptions. ...
Now the only rifle I still shoot and bring to the range regularly is my good old marlin 30-30. That thing never gets old

[Henry Shooter]

I have a few myself. Just plain fun.

[NapalmCheese]

Fair enough, I guess we are agreed that they are just fun.

I suppose one of these days I need a Marlin 336 to accompany my Model 94.

Tell you what though, if I happen to find a model 95 in 7.62x54r that might just make me bust out the checkbook. A cool gun with super cheap ammo? Sign me up!

[challenger]

My wife was to be a huge AR nut before she got her first lever gun. Now she owns a Henry Big Boy .44, Henry 30-30 and an Uberti Yellow Boy .45 Colt. When we go shooting she never brings her ARs anymore only her "cowboy guns."

[Ninask]

Brass is still cheap,
the 30-30 will hunt a wide spectrum of critterz,
best leverguns chambered in 30-30
enough gun for most situations

[deadcoyote]

Ammo is really everywhere, i pick it up at yard sales all the time. Also, a .30-30 will pretty much work in most any realistic hunting scenario where I live. I dont mind if people want their high speed low drag hunting rigs, I just find it odd when everybody I know uses a Xcaliber ultra-super-non-banded-short-raptor magnum with a 24x scope for woods hunting where you might shoot to 150 yards once every 5 years.

the longest shot I've taken on a deer ended up ranging to 179 yards and I did it with a 7mm mauser mil surp rifle with handloaded nosler projectiles and iron sights.

[controlled_burst]

My Marlin 30-30 was handed down from my step dad to me, it oozes cool from every pore.

CB

[Mute]

I've taken more game with my .30-30 Winchester than any other rifle I own. They're light and handy in the field. What's not to love?

[CSACANNONEER]

I have 3 pre '64 '94s and a Handi rifle in 30-30. What's not to love about them?

[Untamed1972]

My dads 30-30 winchester kicks like that friggin' team of mules. A dozen rounds will literally leave you bruised.