30-30 on Elk

[boneaddict]

A 30-30 has killed a ton of big game.  I've killed at least one bull with one.

[mountainman]

Slim Pickens used an old 94 To shoot elk

[MarkyMark]

Slim Pickens


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[runningboard]

used Winchester model 94 to take two cows when I was young, one shot each.

[tgomez]

My cousin uses a marlin 336 30-30 open sights for elk,bear,deer. I would use the Hornady lever revelution ammo in a 30-30 as it increases speed and downrange accuracy, you get a 300 yard rifle instead of a 200 yard rifle!

[Bofire]

  yup, first elk, a cow, 1962 "thuty-thuty" shot her real steep up hill just under the jaw bone, dropped in her tracks. 170 grain winchester ammo in a Marlin 336.
Carl

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

3 cows and one bull with my fathers 1959 model 94, 30/30 in the early '80's , loved that gun so much I got a 30/30 barrel on a T/C Contender for the "High Buck" hunt (only one 3x3 deer with it) then I discovered archery...

[kselkhunter]

My family and friends have taken multiple elk with 30-30, and I still use my Marlin 30-30 for elk when in the thick stuff.  I put a red dot sight on it a few years back, and prefer that to open sights now.  Inside 150 yards, plenty of power for elk.  Great brush gun. 

[cle elum bowhunter]

Killed my first bull with a model 94 when I was 12.  First shot put him down, then he got back up and second finished him.  That was in 1978.  I just took that same gun to Montana with me last November as a back up/thick timber option to my trusty .270.  BTW, that was my first rifle hunt in 16 years. Hence my user name.

[Chukarhead]

The Knock-down Ballistics (ft-lbs) for a 30-30 are slightly better than a muzzle loader at the muzzle and significantly better in general at 100 yards.  So if you like a muzzy you will love a 30-30.  Heh  Tho ft-lbs doesn't take into account larger bullet diameter and I tend to think that is a big factor which is why I like .338 much more than .300 or 7mm. 

This may be true with patched round ball, but very few muzzleloader hunters use that on elk (because the ballistics are terrible).  Muzzloaders fling heavier bullets that maintain greater energy downrange, as compared to 30-30 bullets.  Also, modern in-lines with magnum loads put even the hottest 30-30 loads to shame in every category other than muzzle velocity (depending on the loads--most are better across the board).  I have plenty of anecdotes, but you can see the data here: http://www.hornady.com/assets/files/ballistics/2015-Standard-Ballistics.pdf

 

[MarkyMark]

But a 30-30 you can almost guarantee when you pull the trigger it will fire.... Not so much with that muzzy.


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[The scout]

  and the new lever evolution ammo turn's  a 100 yard gun into a three hundred yard gun

[RadSav]

and the new lever evolution ammo turn's  a 100 yard gun into a three hundred yard gun

A 10% increase in speed increases range by 200%?