A just post-64 lever Winchester with saddle ring. Always a blast to hunt with, and a great rifle as it has seen the worst the woods can dish out and survived it - long before I got it. No worries about screwing up a good finish on it, it has none.
Looking forward to getting some of the newer pointy bullets to run in the magazine - keeping seious bullet drop pushed out to 250 yards will certainly make it a lot more rifle, and much less necessary to use a scoped 30-06 bolt action. I've never had iron sights bust me in the forehead when the shot was available, and using a good scope turned down to 4 power seems a waste of money.
I hated the whole concept of the ol 30-30 when I grew up, hunted with a HK 91 for twenty years just to make the point that I could be wrong. The lever action is the gun for most deer hunting nationwide, and the 30-30 is stocked anywhere ammo sells.
Get one and spend the savings on some good weather proof hunting clothes.
Looking forward to getting some of the newer pointy bullets to run in the magazine - keeping seious bullet drop pushed out to 250 yards will certainly make it a lot more rifle, and much less necessary to use a scoped 30-06 bolt action. I've never had iron sights bust me in the forehead when the shot was available, and using a good scope turned down to 4 power seems a waste of money.
I hated the whole concept of the ol 30-30 when I grew up, hunted with a HK 91 for twenty years just to make the point that I could be wrong. The lever action is the gun for most deer hunting nationwide, and the 30-30 is stocked anywhere ammo sells.
Get one and spend the savings on some good weather proof hunting clothes.