The 30-30...Still A Great Hunting Rifle

Above, my Winchester 94 .30-30. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Regular readers of this blog know that my favorite firearm is my 1962 Winchester 94 lever-action .30-30 rifle. 

I bought it used from a reputable gun dealer in Albuquerque in 2019. Since then, the Winchester 94, particularly the pre-1964 ones, are in high demand. Luckily, I got mine when I did as prices for these have skyrocketed. I got mine for under $500. Nowadays, they average $700-800 and up. True Gun Value says the average price for a used Winchester 94 is currently $841.88.

I use mine for target shooting, but there are many who still use it for hunting. 

North Texas e-News has posted an article that contends that the .30-30 is still a great hunting rifle by Luke Clayton.

The article begins with:

Way back in 1962 at the tender age of 12 when I harvested my first whitetail in the pine and hardwood forest of northeast Texas, I thought my iron-sighted lever action 30-30 was all the rifle I would ever need for hunting deer. Looking back six decades, I’m now convinced I was pretty close to right!

The 30-30 has been around a long time, since way back in 1895 and was one of the first cartridges to use smokeless powder. It’s name is derived from the caliber and grains of smokeless powder; thirty caliber and thirty grains. Pushing a 160 grain bullet at almost 2,000 fps, it was the speed demon of the time!

To read the full article, go here.