Snowdog
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A friend of mine is bent on buying a lever gun, he just doesn't know what caliber yet. He got the bug after playing around with my .44mag Marlin M94.
He stumped me with a simple question that I couldn't find a definitive answer for: What are the strong points of the .30-30 Winchester and .44 Remington magnum out of a lever gun?
The only thing I could think of was "advantage of range versus advantage of magazine capacity".
I told him both likely had the same muzzle energy out of a carbine-length barrel, but that the .44 would likely lose much of that after 100 yards when compared to the .30-30win.
He's now under the impression the .44mag delivers more punch within 100 yards, but the .30-30, with its flatter trajectory, gives a rifleman perhaps around 50 or so yards more range to work with. Is this accurate enough to be left alone, or should some other facts be pointed out?
He's looking for a lever gun "just to have",possibly to be used on deer in the near future, using iron sights only. However, the rifle will be more of a bane to tin cans and paper targets than any animal. He’s also not interested in the .444, .45-70, .35rem or anything else that can be found in a lever gun… just the .30-30 or .44mag.
I also (hopefully not erroneously) told him a .44mag might be cheaper to feed as far as plinking is concerned. Did I fib on that one?
So, here’s the summarized question if you believe you can help shed some light:
What (in a ballistic sense) sets the .30-30win and .44rem magnum apart from each other in terms of abilities/uses (if any) when fired out of a carbine-length lever gun? This would include ranges and types of game one could hunt.
Thanks in advance.
He stumped me with a simple question that I couldn't find a definitive answer for: What are the strong points of the .30-30 Winchester and .44 Remington magnum out of a lever gun?
The only thing I could think of was "advantage of range versus advantage of magazine capacity".
I told him both likely had the same muzzle energy out of a carbine-length barrel, but that the .44 would likely lose much of that after 100 yards when compared to the .30-30win.
He's now under the impression the .44mag delivers more punch within 100 yards, but the .30-30, with its flatter trajectory, gives a rifleman perhaps around 50 or so yards more range to work with. Is this accurate enough to be left alone, or should some other facts be pointed out?
He's looking for a lever gun "just to have",possibly to be used on deer in the near future, using iron sights only. However, the rifle will be more of a bane to tin cans and paper targets than any animal. He’s also not interested in the .444, .45-70, .35rem or anything else that can be found in a lever gun… just the .30-30 or .44mag.
I also (hopefully not erroneously) told him a .44mag might be cheaper to feed as far as plinking is concerned. Did I fib on that one?
So, here’s the summarized question if you believe you can help shed some light:
What (in a ballistic sense) sets the .30-30win and .44rem magnum apart from each other in terms of abilities/uses (if any) when fired out of a carbine-length lever gun? This would include ranges and types of game one could hunt.
Thanks in advance.