I've got a Mod 64 & 94 Win & 336 Marlin, all in 30-30, all in iron sights. Favorite way to hunt! My Mod 64 is my favorite, but any of the leverguns in most all the cartridges will do the job, shot placement most critical, along with excepting a given cartridges effective range! Hunting shouldn't be about how far, but how close anyways!