If you could only have one 30cal

I would have to go with the OP...for just one rifle and 30 cal cartridge...
Marlin 336 in 30-30!

Used my grandfather's to take my first big game animal at 15...a whitetail doe.
Did use my Dad's '94 30-30 to take my first black bear, at 18.
Used my friend's Dad's BLR in 308 to take my first whitetail buck, at 21.
As a lefty, I have always loved the levers! Did not get my first left handed bolt action rifle until I was 30.
While I love the BLR (my 358 gets used a lot!) for the detachable magazine and ability to use spitzers...and a little more reach and energy...nostalgia will win out for the Marlin!
Of all the animals I have harvested over the past 35 years, the average distance has been 136 yards, so the 30-30 will work just fine, with proper bullet placement! (although it is not legal for bison in BC, and would not be my first choice for grizzly bear)
And I also have a custom LH Remington 700 in 300 WSM that is a great performing rifle, but again, nostalgia will win out for the Marlin!
 
JACKSMYDOG said:
It's not that I don't like 30, but more I guess I have no need for one. I do not hunt, have little interest in shooting beyond 100 or so yards, and I'm cheap, so 5.56mm or 9mm are my go to CF rounds...
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With those parameters you should just stick with .22 LR.
 
My Kimber Adirondack in 308 , light maneuverable a joy to carry and deadly accurate , have many 308 rifles including win mod 88 in rifle and carbine models and they are also a joy but wood and blued and require lots of luv in ####ty weather
 
After thinking it over for a bit, I would pick my Winchester pre-'64 .30-30. Being a 7mm & 9.3mm fan, the .308 and .30/06 are kind of redundant. There's nothing the mid- .30's can do that I can't do as well if not better with the metrics. The model 94 at least has some justification for it's existence as being a short, slim & light rifle for just packin' around.
 
I’ve already got her, a kimber 84l Montana in 30-06. The only other .30 in my stable is a .308 marlin express because I like levers and needed the pigeon pair to my 338 marlin express. There isn’t much I don’t have covered with that ‘06.
 
hoytcanon said:
Anschutz 1781 D FL German stock in .30/06;
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Reminds me of my 1574 in .308. Not exactly the same but the family resemblance is there.

For 1 30 cal my choice would be .300 Win. If there can only be one; and the purpose is hunting it'll be something that got scared spit-less by a Model 70. Might as well be a Darcy Echols. The sale of the others can fund it.

If its just for target shooting it would be a .308 by default, since my game is FTR. If it was open and had to be a 30 caliber; more than likely a WSM. Since it has to shoot; it'll be on something scared spit-less by a M700. Might as well be the Barnard I already have; but could be one of the other clones. It wouldn't be a Remington.
 
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