palmer_mike
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Deffo now 308win. Pretty sure it was 308marlin (it is a lever action rifle).
30-30 on Moose... proof you don't always need a cannon?
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Sharpshooter.123
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That’s good, I enjoyed that, very informative 
palmer_mike
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Meant to say NOT 308win (bloomin predictive text)
8x57
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Only in relation to north America.
Something similar was once said about the .303British but that was world wide. I suppose these days the claim would be in relation to the 7.62x39 out of the venerable AK47.
scrumbag
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Lot of game must my taken with 7.62x39 in African and from parts of Europe going East… also Latin America
alberta boy
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I'd say it pretty close between the 30/30 and the 303 in Canada , both still see a lot of use . My personal preference is for a Lee Enfield , but I was born in Enfield Lock so I may be prejudiced .
AB
alberta boy
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It's actually getting fairly popular here as a deer cartridge , I wouldn't use it on larger game if I had a choice though .
AB
scrumbag
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Cool
I used a 7,62x39 to kill a fat whitetail this fall. 90 yards on a run. Two years back my hunting partner killed a large mule deer doe at 80 yards. She hit the ground dead. Loaded well it kills game handily. ~Muir
scrumbag
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I'm sure it does buddy.
Relatively wide bullet vs weight and not going too fast should lead to good energy transfer I reckon.
Scrummy
Yup.
2550 fps for my 123 grain Hornady Interlocks. ~Muir
scrumbag
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That will do nicely!
I like the old Interlocks though I think Hornady are scaling back their manufacture.
Scrummy
simgre
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To my mind there’s one reason why the .30-30 isn’t more popular in the U.K. as a whole, and that’s because of the guns it’s chambered in, lever actions. It was only ever chambered in one bolt action, which was discontinued decades ago.
In all honesty, were you to see someone out in the country with a lever action, what would be your first thought…
In all honesty, were you to see someone out in the country with a lever action, what would be your first thought…
scrumbag
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Interesting chap.
Sako75Hunter
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Probably that I'd stumbled across the production set of a western!
8x57
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Personally I wouldn't give it a second thought other than to wonder what chambering it was in, but there again I'm fairly familiar with lever action rifles.
I wouldn't say that I'm a huge fan of lever actions but I'm not against them either, just that they are not my personal choice.
simgre
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I’d hazard that most who stalk/hunt in the UK would say the same.
Not exactly true, though all are now discontinued. There was the famous model 54 Winchester, I believe Remington chambered the Model 30 around the same time. Savage had one for years and there was my favorite, the Remington 788. I had a couple 788 thirty-thirtys, Very accurate. Oddly, both of my rifles had the front sight mounting screw hole drilled through into the bore. Never hurt anything.
I built a custom Model 96 Swede in 30-30 many moons ago, and had another that was set up for cast bullet benchrest with a speed lock and heavy barrel. The problem with putting this cartridge in a bolt gun is that rim and the taper of the case makes it very hard to feed. It is more suited to a tubular magazine in that respect. A set up like on the 71/84 Mauser using a tubular magazine and a lifter might work but it would be difficult to engineer and expensive to produce. ~Muir
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