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30-30remchester · July 6, 2009, 06:58 PM

I shot my first deer with a 30 carbine using 110 grain hollowpoint bullets. Range @100 yards. Very small mule deer buck. Broadside heart shot. Bullet was recovered in the heart.Penatration was just a few inches. So in conclusion from one experence, the 30 carbine is too weak to make a humane deer cartridge.

July 6, 2009, 06:58 PM	#19
30-30remchester Senior Member Join Date: April 18, 2009 Location: mountains of colorado Posts: 977	I shot my first deer with a 30 carbine using 110 grain hollowpoint bullets. Range @100 yards. Very small mule deer buck. Broadside heart shot. Bullet was recovered in the heart.Penatration was just a few inches. So in conclusion from one experence, the 30 carbine is too weak to make a humane deer cartridge.