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A favorite of lawmen and deer slayers alike, .30-30 lever-guns defended our Home Front in two World Wars, fed a then-mostly rural nation and still have utility for sport and home protection.
My childhood wasn’t different from others of the Baby Boomer generation. Northern Virginia after World War II was an odd mix of The Walton’s and American Graffiti. The rural south still existed where we now call it “outside the beltway.â€
[quote="preventec47"] . . . Frank always said “it always worked just fine for anybody who could get close, shoot well and didn’t have his head all confused from reading stuff in gun magazines!â€
Might as well face it, you're addicted to guns . . .
[quote="preventec47"]... As a law enforcement or home defense gun Frank compared his Winchester to an SKS, calling it his “Appalachian Assault Rifle.â€
People were smarter before the Internet, or imbeciles were harder to notice.
Thanks for writing such a great article. It kind of tells it like it was, in more rural places besides just Appalachia. The 30-30 is definitely a part of rural America. Let's hope it stays that way.
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough. מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976 Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
'A Man's got to have a code...
I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted and I won't be laid a hand on.
I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them." -John Bernard Books. Jan. 22, 1901
I really like Frank Marshall and Ed Harris' thinking as well. Frank Marshall has passed on but for those of you that arn't aware, you can read more by Ed Harris over on the Cast Bullet Assoc. forum. The is also a post over there, under the Suggestions forum I think, regarding putting Frank's writing into a book. A great idea. I'd pay to read the words of Frank Marshall and Finn Aagaard.
It won't take the place of this forum but the info there is helpfull to a levergunner.
This is my daughter and her first buck. One shot through the chest at approx 120 yards after a long sneak in rough country. The big buck bounded away at the shot but toppled after a couple jumps. 30-30 is a keeper!
TR
This is a less than ideal e-version of a glossy snap shot.
Fire Up the Grill - Hunting is NOT Catch & Release!
[quote="Noah Zark"][quote="preventec47"] . . . Frank always said “it always worked just fine for anybody who could get close, shoot well and didn’t have his head all confused from reading stuff in gun magazines!â€
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
-Mark Twain
Proverbs 3:5; Philippians 4:13
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Jones for that
This running with the Joneses boy
Just ain't where it's at
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LIUNA #996 for the last 32 years, retired after 34 years.
Took my first deer when I was 12 years old with a 30-30 pre-64 Winchester, and took a Trophy Muley at 150 yards with it again when I was 16. Fond memories indeed.
Good post. Fun to see who we see eye-to-eye with. I would like to comment that we're talking about a leveraction .308 here. Same bullets will work in a 30-06 or 300 WM. How cool is that?