My favorite Bing bang of all time as a kid I shot one! Felt like a cowboy fell in loved. THE DAY I turned 18. I bought the pretty brass one from Walmart. That gun is the best thing I own. Usually as a kid you find something you want and you save up blah blah. And normally after 3 weeks you move on to something else. But I saved up for 10 years. Im not kidding. At 18 I pulled the little safe out with the old Kodak picture of me shooting it at 8. Took that box to walmart and bought it. My dream came true the day I bought that gun. ❤🇺🇸

Very hard to get tight groups without a free-floated barrel but the 30-30 is still one of my favorite because it is so fun to shoot. It kind of takes you back in time when hunting was a little bit harder. You can put thousands in a rig and go out and put the crosshairs on a deer at several hundred yards and make it look easy with an ethical shot at that range, but getting a Marlin or Winchester in 30-30 and putting venison on the table is priceless.

Kind of mirrors and supports Paul Harrell's video on the 30-30. Much more accurate and able to reach out farther than many of the commenters in this vid think. There are still people claiming that this round is only accurate to something like 75 yards. I am guessing they never owned or hunted with a 30-30 and are just repeating old wives tales. Zero at 125 and you can hold iron sights right on at 50 100 150 with a reasonable expectation of success.

My first deer rifle was a 30/30 Marlin. Where we hunt, you're walking/standing in pretty thick brush and you can MAYBE get a 100 yard shot at something. That rifle was compact and quick to bring up when you catch deer sneaking through it. The lever action was smooth and quick for getting the next shot ready also.

Never saw a left handed Winchester .30-30 before. Joking!! I saw a video the other night of a guy using 150 gr. ammo in a Winchester .30-30 and his groups were horrible. The .30-30 was meant to use the 170 gr. ammo due to the rifle twist. I don't care who says what. 150 gr. bullets are better suited to the .308 or the .30-06.

The 200 yd human silhouette group told me all I needed to know. Even though the group was large. Every one of those hits was a kill shot. Very adequate for SHTF in a restricted state. Thank you for helping me make a decision.

I've had my .30-30winchester model 94 since I was 12. I have a 3-9×40 mm Simmons on it and with my 160 FTX handloads shoots sub 1/2 to 1/2 MOA at 100yds. Dialed 3" high at 100 yds is 6-3/4" low at 200 yds. They hit the deer and the deer drops. No tracking with this round and that's any round or flat nose as well. The energy is amazing less than 200 yds

G’day once again, on all of my original 92’s and 94’s and a Rossi 92, have all had ghost ring sights put on, some by me and the others came that way. My 1906 build 94 in 30-30 has a Lyman ghost ring sight, as does the same year 92 in 44-40. My 1926 94 has a Williams ghost ring peep sight, the diopter is adjustable form 2mm to 12mm for target/hunting use. I have several others and the Rossi has XS Ghost ring sights and it’s in 44 Mag with 16” barrel. It will print my handloads into sub 1” groups at 100 off sandbags. If you want accuracy with open sights, nothing beats ghost ring or peep sights. They are a sight to see and use. I have been shocked how accurately you can group with them. Cheers.

Thanks for a great analytical video of the Marlin 30-30 groups. I have a Winchester model 94 chambered for the 30-30. When I shoot the Winchester PowerPoint 150 grain ammo and the Barnes Vortex 150 grain, I get groups that average about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch at 100 yards. Out to 200 yards it widens to about 1 inch. The rifle loves both brands of ammo!

30-30 always seemed fine for doing what it was designed for - 150 or less yds in the bush. 150 gr was always a flat shooting load in that range, especially 50 and 100 yds (most of the time). Not a sniper rifle by a long shot. 30-30 loses it's flatness really fast with heavier bullets like 170 & 180 gr. Was suprised with the hornady, gonna try that, as mine is a Marlin. Up here in Canada, finding ammo for 30-30 is no challenge at all, and $1 a shot is the usual cost, even during Covid and Riot times.

The second rifle I bought is a Marlin 336 , it’s my all time favorite rifle , I put a bigger loop lever cuz I have big hands and the factory lever was too small , ammo is hard to come by and more expensive , good thing I saved all my brass over the years cuz I just started reloading it , great video 👍🏽

Crazy timing on this video... I've just been playing with grouping with my Marlin 336. I had done this a few years ago when ammo was more plentiful, and Hornady American Whitetail was my winner. Always appreciate your videos WTW!

History tells us that a 30 30 win is extremely accurate at 75 to 125 yards..they actually put it into expensive bolt actions years ago and it was excellent..it just depends on the quality of the action and barrel

Love these videos. I took a deer this fall at about 46 yards. I knew that the bullet would be a little lower than it was at 100 so I knew exactly where to hold. Inspired by WTW himself!!! Thanks WTW thanks for producing the content! Big time help.

I don't have a 30-30, but I always wanted a lever action rifle. If the ammo situation improves I may look into a 30-30. Good information as always. 👍

I have a 30-30 story for you. My daughter In-laws great uncle during WW2 along with other men, guarded the Hoover Dam with their Winchester 30-30 rifle's from Japanese fighter's.

That’s a real nice Winchester you have there. I totally agree, you don’t put a scope on a Winchester lever gun. I have a marlin from 1980, I love it. I now have a scope on my marlin because of my age and eyes. It shots pretty good compared to a bolt gun. I haven’t purchased ammo for it in awhile and $100 a box is cray. But I am sitting pretty good in the ammo dept. I learned from my elder’s years ago about ammo. It old goes up and never comes down. So I purchased years ago. Thanks for doing the 30/30. Who tee who!

I worked my hinie off the summer I turned 13 in 1965 to make enough money to buy a Winchester lever action model 54 yep 54 that ain't no typo from Sears & Roebuck for $65. I always hunted the deep woods and never seen a deer over 50 yards away. But if'n I seen 'em I got 'em. Carrying the gun with one in the chamber and the hammer on half cock safety it is one of the fastest guns to shoulder and shoot you could have. That quick first shot is what made the difference between getting a deer and not for me. I still love my old 30-30 for close in hunting.

I’ve never seen a marlin 336 shoot 150 grain 30-30 worth a crap. 170 is what I would recommend. Great shooting as always.

Awesome video WTW. The Marlins I’ve shot and been around are super accurate and group well with the right ammo.

I’ve got a 30/30 336 with a laminated stock and a 3-9x40 Tasso on top.It’s a Remlin and I purchased it about 5/6 years ago and I love it. I’ve fired about 600 rds and it’s as smooth as butter. Love it 😊...... Great videos,good knowledge and very entertaining so keep up the good work , Trev 🇦🇺🏁👍

Adam I was mightily impressed with that 200 yard paper, you could have laid a steel straight edge through the three holes. As for the sights several companies make adjustable peep sights for the Model 94 top ejectors at a reasonable price...

A 3030 can be extremely accurate. As a handloader I load Sierra Game kings spritzers. The same bullet in any other 30 cal. 308 3006 etc. I extended the oal ( overall length) and single load each rnd. For hunting I put that one in the pipe and same weight round nose in the tube. It won't extract so has to be fired at one point to unload. Surprising how accurate a 3030 can be. Reason factory ammo is rounded so you don't have a point of a bullet on the primer of the cartridge Infront of it in the tube. Could detonate from recoil etc. So anyone considering this never try.

3:29 If I didn't realize your camera has reversed the image, I'd be wondering where you get a left-handed 336. Best results in my 1973 336A .30-30 has been Leverevolution for factory loads, with Remington pretty far behind in second place, and 34 gr. of H4895 behind Sierra 150 gr. flat nose for handloads. I have some handloads with LVR and 160 gr. Hornady FTX, but I haven't tried them yet. My rifle pretty much likes them hot. Maybe because of the long barrel. When I spend more time at the range, I get all factory stuff shooting OK to pretty darn good at 100. That trigger takes some learning for bench shooting.

The 30-30 will force you to Hunt, know your gun & game animals habits. That’s hunting. Using scoped long range rifles is harvesting. There is a big difference.

That's a great group for that cartridge. Hornaday sure is proving themselves to make high quality stuff for just about every lead slinger.

Doesn’t matter at 100 yards. U don’t need optics. The .30-30 is a bush beast!

Thanks wtw. The 30 30 is a really good deer rifle inside 200 yds. My dad left me his marlin 30 30 and I shot a big doe with it on Friday the 27th at 80 yds and she dropped like a rock. Appreciate your videos brother!! I know every gun is different but I get just over1" moa with the 150 gr. Remington core lokt soft point at 100 yds.👍👍

Who, I have three Marlin 30-30s, I hand load everything, I love the 30-30 but after three hundred yards, she drops right back to mother earth. I have a 115 year old Winchester 1894 it has a 26" barrel and does help a little, and I have a Marlin cowboy with a 24" barrel, it actually shoots right with the Winchester out past 200 yards. Thanks for all you do!!!

Last year I used my Winchester model 1866 Yellow Boy in .44WCF, to take a nice buck, dropping him where he stood. It has an octagon barrel and ladder sights. I’ve always shot for the spine at the base of the neck, because I prefer not to track my deer kill. If I hadn’t purchased a Bergara B-14, 6.5 Creedmore, I’d be using the Winchester again this year. It’s definitely one of the sweetest shooting rifles I own.

A good saddle rifle

It is mind boggling how the slow and heavy bullets from the 30 30 react to gravity and drop at 32 ft per second squared and the fast light 22 250 bullets react to gravity and drop at a rate of 9.75 meters per second squared.

A great upgrade in Lever rifles is the Browning, a box magazine and chambered for "pointy" .308 ammunition. A huge jump in performance and the charm of a lever action gun. 😊👍

I did the same sort of test with a .30-.30 a long time ago. I used Federal 170 gr rounds and got the best groups. 150 gr rounds wouldn't pattern good at all. In my test they dropped 16" at 200 yds with a 100 yd zero.

You did it again buddy and I have always said that ammo always makes the difference. Thank you for another great video and for the information. Keep on shooting and I will be waiting for another great video to 👍

I also have a Winchester Model 94 (I paid $187 brand new for it). The way I mounted a scope was with a forward (often called a ‘scout scope’ position) mount. I use a Leupold 2.5x IER (intermediate eye relief) scope, which I doubt they still make, and it works great. Better accuracy for my aging eyes than open sights but allows for a large field of view.

I was gifted my 3030 on my 8th birthday. Took my first deer wirh it when i was 12. I have a 270 a 30-06 and a 300 mag. That 3030 dtill makes it to the woods wirh me damn near every time i hunt.

First I saw a left handed marlin. At the range i saw right handed same scope on it. I have a 336 marlin. Made 1972. Reload IMR 4064 with 125 gr Sierra HP. Just over an inch at 100yds. Enjoyed the video 👍

I have two Marlins in .30-30. The first is a Marlin 336CS with an old (and cheap) 3-9x40 Redfield scope. Got it for my 16th Christmas and it has been my deer and hog gun for 37 years. My second .30-30 is a Marlin 336SS with stock iron sights that I have as a truck gun since it won't rust.

I love my 30-30. Was passed down from my dad to me. Got my first deer @ 15yrds. Was shooting Remington core loks but it wasn’t consistent so I tried Winchester xp. Was better but I feel my 30-30 likes the federal power shok better. Was able to get a better grouping @ 75yrds. Last yr my son got his first buck @ 67yrds and it dropped right on the spot. Now my son is already claiming it as his gun.

I know this is a year-old video but I wanted to comment, I use an Old Stevens 325 Bolt action that was made in 1949. it's slightly older than me. I hunt in the Woods mostly and all of my shots are never over 100yrds. I use a williams Peep Recever sight and I always zero at 50yrds. I hand load and use 150gr. Hornady round-nose bullets. It always does the job. good video.

Lever actions can be inaccurate if the barrel band is too tight or too loose, or if the handguard is too tight or too lose (depending on how it it is secured to the rifle). If I get groups like that I check my scope and mounts and then check the rifle itself. I've taken levers that were getting 10 moa and made them sub moa by simply tightening a screw. If yours isn't shooting well check anything that is secured to the barrel and make sure nothing is "funky".

John Browning didn't design the first smokeless center fire rifle cartridge in .30-30 caliber to shoot beyond 200 yards because Winchester lever guns weren't originally designed for optics. It's a medium power general purpose gun, just as it was designed to be. Browning designed the 30-30 to hit well but be modest for general use, and that's what still makes it great.

This was good timing im working up a load for my 30/30 and my groups are what your last shots were and i was disappointed but my buddy says there good so you backed up what he said thanks

I miss 30-30 at 10.99 a box and all the others at less than 16.99 a box . WTW it wasn’t you it’s a 30-30 I’ve had 3 …I promise … a 30-30 is a whole lotta gun for what it was intended to be used for !! Thanks for the video! Appreciate ya

Marlin 336 (non side safety) 30-30. Also the Marlin .357 lever action. Was purchased together years ago by a family member. They both reside with me now. My grandkids love shooting the "Cowboy" .357.

The norm for a lever-action gun is about 2-2,5 MOA groups. To me the 30-30 is a short range rifle. And superb in the woods when the range rarely gets over 80-100 meters. And i am comfortable to take shoots out to 150 meters. I do have a Win 94AE chambered in 307 Win. It shoots 1MOA groups with a scope on it. And with a little more power than the 30-30. It is my go to rifle for those longer shots out to 200-250 meters.

My Winchester 94 is also a 1972 manufacture year! I love shooting it and its always been dead-on accurate!

On opening day I looked over my options and reached for the family deer gun a 1955 Marlin 336c and grabbed the last 4 shells I loaded in High School that got me my first deer. By 8am a 170# Doe came in hot and she stood 20 yards from my blind. The 30-30 hit with force and folded her. A high shoulder shot took out both lungs and the top of the heart. Made a golf ball sized entry and exit hole so the blood trail was painted for a blind man to follow. There is a reason the 30-30 is still a relevant cartage and it's taken the most deer in our family history.

When my dad passed back in 1999 he had a Marlin model 30-AW in 30-30 that I kept and decided to do something with it . I took it to a local gunsmith and had him to take the barrel off and use a 308 Winchester reamer and punch the chamber out to a 307 Winchester . It took it from a 150 yard to a 300 yarder with a Burris 3X9 compact !

An Army buddy's Uncle backed his pickup out of the detached garage to go deer hunting. When he got out to close the garage door, he spotted a nice 4-pointer grazing nearby. He grabs his 30-30 from the cab's rack, nails that buck at 85 yards. Puts the rifle back in the pickup and pulls the truck back into the garage. Deer season is over, and his Thermos ain't even cold yet. 'Merica. North Central North Dakota.

My first rifle was a 30-30 love that rifle

I’d bet some of the reason why the Winchester group size was so big was the crosshairs were still settling down. Cheaper scopes are bad about that. That’s why I don’t like shooting a single shot then adjusting with cheaper scopes. I completely understand not wanting to waste ammo though. It would have been better to at least fire one shot of the Hornady at 100 yards too. As far as using iron sights on the 94, a peep sight is much easier for me to shoot with. I have one made in ‘69. I also have an angle eject made in ‘83 that shoots about 1.5” at 100 yards with any ammo but I found one load that would shoots incredibly well if you pay attention to the brass. 30-30 brass often has necks that aren’t concentric.

We asked for it on the Live and he delivered!!!! Thanks for this man love my 94!!!

That just proves how important it is to find the right ammo for your particular firearm. You plink more than most people. We dang well know it ain’t your trigger finger causing fliers. Everytime you say it could be me I’m here watching saying, nope, no it isn’t.

Nice Marlin, and nice Winchester. The 30-30 levers do what they were designed to do, and does it well, this side of 200 yds. If I am hunting deer in a place where I think I need more reach, then the 25-06 comes into Play, and the 30-30 stays at home

2k19 the first deer camp I’ve spent alone due too my grandpa being in the hospital. Got in the tree stand 30 mins before sunrise opening morning in northern Michigan and dropped my first 10pt buck at 60 yards open sights, “skinner sights” He didn’t move a inch from where I pulled the trigger. 150 grain

I have a Winchester 94 30-30,, i love it, i wouldn't ever sell it or trade it for no amount of money,, it was made in 1978 or 79,, my friends Marlin 336 is the same year,, his Marlin is more accurate than my Winchester,, but not by much,, the Winchester looks better & feels better in my hand,, i like it better than the Marlin

Who_Tee_Who how are you ? Back in early 70s my uncle sold me a ‘94 Winchester. It had a Redfield, four power scope with bass and mounted into the rear sight dovetail . First time I ever saw a Scout scope mounted on a rifle. I am into reloading, so I make my own 170 gr.hard cast bullets, gas check them and shoot 3 inches high at 100 yards. This puts me exactly 3 inches low at 200 yards so my dead aim hold will always bring home the venison all the way out to 200 yards which I’m glad to say it has done. I saw the Windchester loads did not fare well and that is always the case with me too, that is why I live to handload, from 1986 and still going strong. If you would like to try my 170gr. cast bullets on top of accurate arms 2460 just let me know and I will send you a box. Be strong, live long and enjoy the sport.

I'm a fan of American Whitetail. Works great in my 7mm-08!

I have a henry 3030. I hit my steel target at 100 yards with the iron sites. It did take me seven tries. Also, I was doing it free handed.

1976 Marlin 336 in .30-30 that I've had since I was eleven years old . Until 2007, I shot handloads using the Speer Hot Core 170 grain bullet at 2,130 fps. When Hornady came out with the gummy-tip FTX bullets, I made the switch and have been using them ever since, handloaded to 2,380 fps / 2013 ft /lbs. At 100 yards, it's 3.25" high, velocity is 2182 with 1692 ft/lb. Its dead on at 200 yards, where velocity is 1994 fps for 1413 ft/lbs of energy. At 275 yards, which is as far as I've ever shot at game and also as far as I've ever done so with an aperture sight, the velocity is 1860 fps and it's still hitting with 1,229 ft/lbs of energy. I'm a "still hunter" kind of guy. As a result, even in the wide open west where I formerly hunted the most, my shots would more often be measured in dozens of yards rather than hundreds. I became a still hunter guy because my first gun was my Marlin 336 and instead of worrying about performance I didn't have, still-hunting let me make the most of what I had. I hunt the same way, no matter rifle I'm toting, so my longest shots were a 275 yard poke at a California HIgh Desert mule deer with a Ruger No.1 B in .300 Weatherby Magnum, and another 275 yard poke at a Santa Rosa Island pig with a Model 1903 Springfield fitted with a Lyman Model 48 aperture sight, In 2007, I had the magazine tube bobbed to half length. I never had to shoot at game with the thing more than once and in stock form, it was a 2.5 MOA rifle with significant vertical stringing when shooting from a full magazine. With the bobbed magazine, a glass-bedded butt stock, and a decent Leupold scope, it's 1.5" or tighter for four shots at 100 yards. But as I hunt it with an aperture sight, it's a 2 M.O.A. rifle for me as I actually use it. I'm okay with that, because that's as precise as I was ever able to shoot a National Match prepped AR-15 A2 when you had to use aperture sights in service rifle matches. The Hornady FTX bullets were game-changes for me. With the handload I use, I've got all the power and trajectory I can use with the sights I"m using. Back when I was using handloads with Speer 170 grain Hot Core bullets, I shot seven elk with that rifle, at distances from about 35 yards to 125 or so. With the ammo I load now, it's got more "juice" than ever and it's really all the hunting rifle I need. I found myself using it more and more and ultimately sold off the rest of my hunting rifles and frankly, I don't miss them. After 47 seasons as a licensed hunter, my world isn't going to come to an end if I go on a hunt and see game but don't kill it and I'd still rather brag about how close I got to it than how far off I was when I shot it.

The rule of thumb for the ,30-30 is minute of pie plate.. It's all you need at 100 yards on deer.

Still really hoping to see some of these videos with a 35 Rem

My brother inherited his grandfather's 1894, and we haven't been able to find a box of 30-30 on the shelf since.

30s have been around for a long time for a reason. The work. However the 35Rem is generally more accurate. I have a marlin 336. Put a scope on it with see through rings on top and you have the perfect brush gun! I use the irons to get on target, and then switch to scope for precision shot. It works for me and is guick.

It's a under 150yards I use Remington 165 soft point . Always get so much better troops. You just need to remember It's a woods rifle IE- close shots not 200+yards. That is just my thought.

Late again but saw premier thanks Adam. Wish I still had my Win 94. Was a dumb decision.

I have never shot past 75 yards with my 30 30 it's just too much brush around here but it is my favorite little rifle I feel like you can't miss great video god bless you

I was hoping for a really fun video,.............and here it is!

I have killed several deer with my 94 Winchester, that my dad got me when I was 15 in 1974,the serial numbers put mine as being manufactured I'm 1973- 1974,so it was new when my late father bought it for me! I still have it & use it! Still one of my favorite guns!

Looking forward to this one. Love this round. I imagine at 200 yards you might need a shovel to figure out where the bullet went, but at 50 yards it packs one hell of a punch. We'll know soon.

I don't ever remember 30-30 ammo being affordable, now its just not on the shelf. Really enjoy shooting my 336.

People! This post is excellent for showing what exactly happens when a good rifle man has limited amounts of ammunition and is using a loaner! I can assure you that had there been four boxes of ammunition and a bit more time, well this would have been a much different post! Enjoy!

I remembee my uncles tellin me as a 12 year old not to even attempt to shoot a deer at over 100 yards. Said the 3030 would tumble after that, and anything passed 200 , if i managed to hit it wouldnt penetrate the skin.. fast forward, 17 years old, and got a 300 win mag for christmas... Didnt have a scope yet so i took my ol 3030 on a weekend hunt.. i hunted side by side with dad that day, , i had zeroed at 125, and we decided hed cover the back and me the front of the blind we were in.. right about dark, a 7 point come out . Not no trophy or nothig, but exceptionally big bodied.. i was cussing because all we had were 3030s.. i told dad to try and holler him in, i ranged him at 233 yards.... Dad said , why?? Take him now, itll be too dark by the time we get him in? I told him my uncles said the 3030 wasnt capable past 100 yds... My dad rolled his eyes, and aaid " dont listen to them idiots boy, you can shoot better than anybody i seen, if you can make the shot , take it, the rifle has the power.. i sat the crosshairs right about his shoulder line... Just could see it .. BOOM.. he dropped right there like a bolt of lightening hit him... I turned to my dad, and he had the camera filiming it ... To my suprise it was a complete pass thru,. Huge damage. 130 grain core lokt if i remember... Dad showed them uncs what a 3030 would do when they laughed ,when i told them it was about 225 yards.. "bull" " stop lyin boy"... 3030 is better than old timers think... Ive sense taken deer at 6-700 yards with my 3000.. but if the area is 250 yds or less.. im bringin my marlin instead

Try longer barrels for distance but my carbine is meant for stalking in the thickets. It's a Winchester 94 carbine born in 1947 very new like condition. Shoots hole in hole groups at 100 yards off bench but with iron sights, it can't be consistent. It's getting a scout setup as soon as parts come in. My eyes are too far gone with 55 years of hard work like welding and such. A Leupold STD W94 scope mount (old stock) will fix you up (carbine model) with a scout scope from Vortex. XS mount for other top eject models that has a tapped receiver or will need to tap. You will need to tap the rear barrel band for the mount on the carbines. But for deer I'm keeping it practical at 25- around 250 yards. Lucky to get more than a 75-yard shot where I hunt. Mine likes the Winchester ammo but I haven't tried the Hornady. Took my first buck with a 94 open sight at 19-year-old at 25 yards. He came to a grunt call to fight because of his sweetheart he was protecting lol Never forget that foggy morning!

I had a nice marlin 30-30 that a took a buck. The next day i went to shoot a doe and it wouldn't hit nothing. I later went to dispatch a doe that someone shot and it still missed when i was right in front of it. I don't know what was wrong with the rifle. I love them old lever actions.

Whoo tee Whoo my marlin 336 is a tack driver at 100 yds. Killed a 10 point with a throat shot at 60 yds in low light so I didn't have to track at night. 30-30 is extremely accurate!

Iron sights for me . The stuff I hunt is so thick a scope would be knocked around to much to be accurate . Most of the deer shot with mine are quick shots when I scare them out of heavy brush and a scope would be to hard to use in that situation .

Been hunting with my Marlin 336 for the last 20 years. My ranges are 60-120 yards. No problems dropping deer at all.

I have a Marlin 336 I use. Mine is .35 cal and I have the same exact scope on mines!! You gained a subscriber when I saw a gun that looked exactly like mines!👍🏽😂

I have used my Marlin 336 for 5 yrs. now. I use Winchester Power Point 170 gr. I sight in at 100 yds. using a 1.5x4.5 scope on a bench with a steady rifle rest. At 100 yds., my groups consistently average 2", three to five shot groups. Moving out to 200 yds, I average 4 in. groups, 6 to 7 inches low. Every year, before deer season starts, I take it out and shoot at least 10 rounds at 100 yds. I make sure my "0" is 2 in. high at 100 yds. I have never had an occasion to shoot anything at 200 yds., but I have dropped a nice buck at 150 yds., aiming for the neck and dropped him in his tracks. BTW, I know this video is a year old, but I cannot help but wonder where it was filmed. Last year, although they were not as easy to find, I paid less than $30 each for 2 boxes of Winchester Power Points in NW Georgia. The 2 boxes I bought this year were also less than $30. I always buy my ammo for next year about a month or two after deer season ends this year.

Thank you so much for doing this video. It proves my point; guys don't even try to impress me by telling me you shot a deer at 500yrds with a 30-30. You are no friend of mine. Aiming 11ft over the top of the deer? Get serious! You can't even see the deer, it is so far below the barrel. LOL

It's important to add that most 30-30s will NEVER see 2400 feet per second. That is a number created by a 24 inch test barrel. Most 20" barreled 30-30s are closer to 2200fps

i bought my first Henry 30-30 i use winchester 150 grain it works well. i'm always on the lookout for good information videos. thanks

I’ve heard if you open the barrel bands so the barrel can move as it heats up it can stop the groups from stringing vertically

Yours is an angle eject model… you can mount a scope right on top. I have one and it functions perfect. The holes are drilled already.

1958 yr 336RC 3rd 336 Marlin. Love those guns

I just got my father’s Winchester model 94 AE. Angled Eject. It was made after 1983. His dated 1987.

3030 is a great up close and brush gun. I hunted with one last year and got 2 deer. After 75yrds the pattern opens up and drops like a brick.

I hunt whitetails with my Winchester 94, 30-30. I hunt wooded areas, and that's why I use this caliber. I don't believe 30-30 caliber is or was designed to hunt at longer distances, that is why the old rifles eject the spent bullet from the top, so no room for a scope. I'd trust my 30-30 up to 100 yards, 150 yards max. I can be very accurate with the iron sights at 75 - 100 yards. Little more practice and some can shoot on point at 150 yards. If, personally, I want to hunt at 150+ yards, I'd probably pick a 270 or 30-06. It's in a way easier to find 30-30 ammo now, not as easy as it was 3 or 5 years ago but there's some on the shelves now. Last time I bought some, price ranged from $19 to $25 for 20 bullets.

I have a 30-30 and I love shooting it.

Interesting! At your home the writing on the safe is backwards and the Winchester loading gate is on the wrong side. Alternate universe? Alien broadcast? Reminds me of the photo of Billy the Kid that made him look like he was left-handed because the tintype image was mirror-reversed. The loading gate gave it away there too. On the other hand, if you are in a parallel universe your barrel twist is in the opposite direction and that might be affecting your bullet performance in the northern hemisphere of whatever planet you’re actually on.

At 200 yards with my Thompson contender and 4x leupold EER scope I could put 110 grain plinkers in a 1 to 2 inch group all day long. They were loaded pretty hot but still shoot able in a lever action rifle. With a 180 grain soft point and loaded too hot to shoot from a lever action rifle they'd hurt your wrist, but they'd reach out and touch whatever you aimed at at 200 or even 300 yards with a 14" bull barrel. I miss that gun alot... Years later someone stole some guns from me and took the 180 grain loads I had loaded up for it. I'm just hoping they had a lever action and fired them in it. They were really way too hot to even shoot in the TC. But 30-30s are fun to shoot...

At first i was like “when the hell did they make a left side eject marlin 336?!?!?” Then he picked up the box of boolats and it was an 03-03. It all makes sense now….

The dog: Can I have ear protection as well? Ouch! Nevermind...

I run a Savage 170 pump gun in 30-30 with iron sights. My favorite load is 28 grs. of H-335 and a Lee 170 gr. FN powder coated cast lead bullet.

Henry big boy in 30-30. Found it at a price to good to pass. It had to follow me home.

I have Winchester 94 30-30 angle eject. I bought it new in the late 80s or early 90s. I was using Hornaday leverevolution 160 grains. I have a Cabela's lever action rifle scope. Using sand bags my group was fairly tight. I can't remember how tight actually. I'm in California so I had to switch to copper. I got some cor-bon 160 grain and they were the same as the Hornaday. Then I switched back to Hornaday leverevolution nonlead 140 grain and they are a little higher at 100 yards. But I haven't fired it in a while. It's my only deer hunting rifle. But deer are extremely hard to come by here so I have not got one in many many years. Too many people in a small area.

First issue is that you are using conventional round nose bullets which do not have a very high ballistic coefficient. I believe Hornady makes a bullet called the levolution. It is a spitzer or pointed bullet. Normally pointed bullets in a tube fed magazine can cause a big issue in that the point of the bowl of presses against the primer and The recoil can make the guns fire in the tube. Hornady made a bullet with a soft rubber tip that when the gun is fired it's a cushion. Those bullets have a higher ballistic coefficient and the bullet drop would be much less and they are fairly accurate as well. There is an ammo shortage so you have that working against you. When I was in the army we did not have scopes we had iron sights and I hit targets out to 600 yards with iron sights they were better guns but the point is that iron sights can shoot much further than you think. Like you said it takes just a little practice to get used to iron sights. When I first started the hunt that's all I had it's all I could afford and I hit there with iron sights way over a hundred yards. Now there is a difference between buck and peep sights. And I keep sites are a little more accurate. I have a Marlin 30-30 and at 100 yards I get about an inch and a half group whether I use the scope or open sights shoots the same and hunting deer in the woods that is sufficient cuz most of your shots in the woods are never over 50 to 75 yards so that gun is good for hunting in the woods in the brush it's easy to handle getting through brushing easy to bring up and hit a running deer 30-30 is a good gun. I have used 270s 30 06s and they all dropped there but the best one that I love to hunt with is the 30-30. If I was out west I'd use a 270. However keep in mind the design of the bullet determines the drop in most situations. The rounder the bullet the the more it will drop. The pointy at the bullet the restaurant. Not counting velocity. I have a one to four redfield scope on my 30-30 which is great for hunting in the woods or for the longer shot. Good demonstration in view of the bullet shortage you did a very good job.