Will a .30/30 kill a whitetail deer??
I don't know. I hear they used to use them a long time ago but today's whitetails are probably a lot tougher that they were in the 1950's. And do you eat ice cream when you go to hunt deer? If so what is your favorite flavor?? I'm thinking vanilla cause I like it. Can you buy sprinkles at the grocery store??
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none of them will kill a deer if ya cant hit them😂
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Yup, works good if you get within 150 yards. light to carry too.
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Really? It has killed many. Why are we talking about ice cream in the same post?
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Well, it's no 32 Winchester Special, but it'll do.
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just don't mix up the oil change.
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Well, it's no 32 Winchester Special, but it'll do.
I still have Dads 94 in 32 special in the safe. I also have a box of 60 or so year old hollow point ammo for it. Dad said he tried the HP ammo and it just ruined way too much meat, so I have a box of 19. Obviously a way over powered cartridge for white tails. 😉 Bob
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I still have Dads 94 in 32 special in the safe. I also have a box of 60 or so year old hollow point ammo for it. Dad said he tried the HP ammo and it just ruined way too much meat, so I have a box of 19. Obviously a way over powered cartridge for white tails. 😉 Bob
I have my dads 94 in 32 also. He bought it brand new in '54 and it's one of my favorite guns. It's accounted for a bunch of deer and at least one elk.
I take it out and let it run a couple times a year. The darn things are just a hoot to shoot!
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Well, it's nothing like a S&W 916 with slugs, but I guess It'll do in a pinch.
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When it comes to using OLD guns, the older the better for me! This nice doe went down with a .44 diameter round ball of lead! DRT without any tracking required.
Nice, I didn't realize that deer liked sledding. If they ski, I wonder if they have two bindings on each ski?
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Gee --- whitetail hunting is a big thing in these parts. If a 30-30 is way over powered, why do 99,9% of the deer hunters use a .243, 30-06 or 308?
I've taken several with a .243 and with a .223 - the latter being just barely marginal at best,
I guess you missed the wink at the end of my post. Dad was born in 1908 on a farm in Ohio and other than the interruption caused by WWII, hunted white tails his entire life. He was an excellent shot both with his 94 Winchester in 32 special and his 99 Savage in 250. Going through the depression made him frugal in regards to not wasting venison. He said he shot one deer with the hollow point 32 special and had too much blood shot meat so never used them again. That is why I have a box with one missing. Do I really think it is too big for deer? Of course not, it was a joke. My first deer rifle was a 94 in 30/30 and I have carried it often in the last 50 or so years here in Michigan. The last deer it took was a couple of years ago when I loaned it to a young lady who promptly shot a nice little buck on opening morning. I have way to many rifles in various deer appropriate calibers so I am not the person to ask about why people buy and use the calibers they do. Bob
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Well, if you don't think a 30-30 (30 WCF) will cut it for Whitetail Deer, then step up to a Winchester Model 1894 SRC chambered in 38-55! 🙂 Yes, that's my old Winchester!
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How did you manage to lean it against that deer without waking him??
That is my Don impression. 😁😁😁
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It was full from all that corn that it ate and was sound asleep!
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My first rifle and the only deer rifle I had for over 20 years was this Savage170 in 30-30 this thread is got me thinking I need to dig her out of the back of the safe and take her hunting again. It is also the rifle that I made my longest kill shot with.
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This is my Dad's 32 Win special
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SC deer can out run a 30/30. Not enough velocity .
This is true even if they are running toward the muzzle.
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