Tactical Context
"The Tactical 30-30 Lever Action Rifle"
Tactical: Approach taken to achieve
specific objectives or
to solve a specific problem.
Maybe we should revisit this question:
what, exactly, are the specific objectives
or problems to be solved in this thread?
Home defense? Check.
Deer/hog hunting? Check.
Bear/elk/moose hunting. Maybe.
Fast rnd cycling relative to bolt? Check.
Hunting/HD/SD w/ commonly available ammo? Check.
HD/SD w/o raising jury eyebrows (relative to AK)? Check.
What am I leaving out here?
Well, let's, for starters, remember that
tactics are a facet (or an extension) of
strategy, by which I mean that
strategy provides the context, the outline, the setting, and
tactics is the solution set to the problems presented by the strategic context.
You have probably also heard it said that strategy is knowing what to do when there is
nothing to do, and tactics is knowing what to do when there is
something to do. That's perhaps a little glib, but still useful.
Things that don't move, or that don't often move, are strategic. Trees, houses, fire hydrants, boulders, mountains, rivers, buildings, roads -- your basic fixed emplacements. They are some of the elements of
planning.
Have a house. Have a car. Have a rifle and ammunition. Have food and water. Have training. Have warm clothing. Have the stuff needed to make fire.
HAVING these things is strategic.
USING these things to solve the problems presented in the strategic contexts is tactics.
As the quote above says,
"to solve a specific problem" -- as an element of strategic context.
So, given that you're solving problems in context, we can add a few things to the list:
- light carry while hiking/running (context: hilly country)
- reliable shooting in extreme cold (context: winter/North)
- run-and-shoot reloads (context: fighting in rough cover)
And other stuff that will have to wait until I get back from dinner.
Now, I
was going to mention one-handed shooting, but the full-length .30-30 just doesn't lend itself to that. Shorten it a bit and you get a better balance for that. (The 1894C is lighter and better balanced if you have to shoot one-handed.)
I understand that I'm not telling most of you anything new, but I wanted to 'splain my reasoning.
Later, guys.