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Scorch · August 18, 2007, 11:31 PM

Up until the 1980s, you used to hear it so many times it would make you sick. "The 30-30 has killed more (insert here-deer, bears, game, etc) than any other cartridge ever." Now, I don't have the data the ammo folks were using to back that claim, but it could have been true. A 30-30 will kill deer deaddeaddead. So will a 303 Savage (essentially the same round), a 35 Remington, and a 44-40. None of them are hot-rod rounds, but they launched their stubby flat nosed bullets fast enough to poke holes in deer, moose, elk, bears of various sorts, sheep, antelope, and so on.

BTW, the 170 gr bullet for the 30-30 was supposedly a better penetrating round for elk, bear, moose, etc. And it works.

August 18, 2007, 11:31 PM	#9
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 15,248	Up until the 1980s, you used to hear it so many times it would make you sick. "The 30-30 has killed more (insert here-deer, bears, game, etc) than any other cartridge ever." Now, I don't have the data the ammo folks were using to back that claim, but it could have been true. A 30-30 will kill deer deaddeaddead. So will a 303 Savage (essentially the same round), a 35 Remington, and a 44-40. None of them are hot-rod rounds, but they launched their stubby flat nosed bullets fast enough to poke holes in deer, moose, elk, bears of various sorts, sheep, antelope, and so on. BTW, the 170 gr bullet for the 30-30 was supposedly a better penetrating round for elk, bear, moose, etc. And it works. __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Summit Arms Services