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As with hunting in the woods, in a personal survival/defense situation, most of your shots are going to be well under that 150-yard mark. 30-30 the perfect round for both hunting and defense? It is very simple: You don’t need an overly powerful round to be effective. It doesn’t have a real heavy payload, especially compared to the. With an effective range of about 150 yards, it drops faster than other rounds, such as the. 30-30 is not the heaviest-hitting round out there, and it is not the fastest. My friend and hunting partner, Mark, bought a Winchester Model 94AE about 30 years ago, and it is still going strong. Since then, I have gotten myself a Henry Model H009B, and all is good in the world once again. Due to financial reasons, I ended up selling that rifle. It was perfect for the woods here, in New Hampshire and Vermont, where I do most of my hunting and where most shots are in the range of 75 yards or fewer. I loved that rifle, and I fell in love with the. 30-30 Winchester.Ībout 30 years ago, I bought my first. Whatever you call it, arguably no other round has taken more deer than the. The second “30” stands for the 30 grains of smokeless powder used in the rounds at the time. The “.30-30” designation came about because Marlin didn’t want the Winchester name on anything to do with its (Marlin’s) product. The original Winchester cartridge was known as the. Not to be outdone, Marlin chambered its Model 1893 to take this new cartridge. Both the round and the rifle were introduced to the world in 1895. There was a need for a smaller-caliber hunting round to be used in areas of dense cover, as well as a rifle to shoot it. 30-caliber round to be used in the company’s Model 1894 lever-action rifle (today’s Model 94 is the direct descendant of the 1894). In 1893, Winchester produced the first smokeless. Browning and Winchester Arms that brought us the. Henry introduced the world to the lever-action repeating rifle, but it was John M. 44? Well, it was this rifle that paved the way for all the lever-action rifles we see today, including the. 30-30 with a round in the chamber ADDRESSING A NEED: THE. It is not the rifle but the person using it. With that said, I’ll take a person who can use a hunting rifle efficiently any day over someone armed with an AK but who can’t hit the broad side of a barn. I spent 12 years of my life in the military, where I had to familiarize myself with many different firearms-ARs and AKs being only a couple of them. Believe me, a hunting rifle you use to hunt deer, bear and boar will put a world of hurt on someone looking to do you harm.ĭon’t get me wrong ARs and AKs are great firearms. A few hundred years ago, people defended themselves with the same firearms they used to put food on the table. One only needs to look back at our country’s turbulent history to see that. Still others believe they can’t protect their property and their lives with anything less than an AK or an AR.
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The growing paranoia has opened up an entire firearms market geared to the prepper, the survivalist and those just looking to protect their home and family. Those who came before us faced many risks, but they didn’t let the concern for those dangers control their lives. Threats are out there they have always been.
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Or do they? The media, in all its forms, does nothing to stop the spread of fear. More than any other gun, the Winchester Model 94 is synonymous with “deer rifle.The author’s shooting partner lines up a shot In 2020, Marlin-what was left of it-was bought by Ruger, and we are expecting a 336 rebirth this year. In 2010 Remington Arms bought Marlin and brought the operation from North Haven, Connecticut, to North Carolina, where it could join Remington’s former owners in their Dance of Doom. Like the Winchester, it has been made in all sort of versions and calibers. It is, I think, the second most popular rifle made in America, coming in behind the Model 94 with 6 million sold.
#WINCHESTER 94AE 3030 UPDATE#
The Marlin 336 debuted in 1948, and is an update of the Marlin Model 36. Over 7,500,000 have been produced in a dizzying array of calibers and configurations. It then took a hiatus from that year until 2011, and is again being made. Browning design, was in production from 1894 to 2006. Both are among the most popular and successful centerfires ever made. Used within their limitations, few rifles work as well as the 94 and the 336. Pros and Cons of the Winchester 94 and Marlin 336