Both the Fusion and the Federal Premium rounds retain a lot of energy after they leave the barrel. 30-30 rounds come in either 150- or 170-grain bullets, although there are some 160- and 165-grain bullets out there. My Marlin 336 liked Remington, and my friend, Mark, likes to use Winchester ammunition in his Winchester Model 94.Īccording to the people at Henry, “Once you find the ammunition that functions best, keep with it.” I have to agree. My Henry happens to work best with either Federal Premium 150-grain Trophy Copper or Federal Fusion 170-grain rounds. 30-30 ammunition, and all of them are good. Every rifle is different, so you will need to experiment. With that said, the right ammunition for your rifle might or might not be the same stuff that I use in mine. The theory is that if it will drop a deer, bear or boar at 75 yards, it will drop anything. There are no “special” rounds for this gun. 30-30, the rounds you would use for hunting work perfectly well for home- and self-defense. This Federal Fusion 170-grain round packs plenty of energy for hunting and self-defense. It is not the amount of lead you can throw down range that counts, but shot placement. It is much better to hit and bring down your target at 75 yards than it is to shoot and miss or wound at 200 yards. 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. 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.
Or do they? The media, in all its forms, does nothing to stop the spread of fear. The author’s shooting partner lines up a shot
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