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72 year old friend wants to deer hunt for the first time but needs a rifle.
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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 3962001" data-attributes="member: 26737"><p>.30-30 has taken a lot of deer in Oklahoma; it's not great at long distance, but at the distances you see, especially in the eastern part of the state, it'll tote the mail. As noted, the kick is the potential problem, but that has more to do with the rifle style than the round itself--lever guns just seem to kick harder than others,</p><p></p><p>If you can find one, an Israeli surplus Mauser in .308 would make an outstanding deer rifle. A friend traded into a pair of them about 30 years ago, and expected them to kick like mules, but nothing could've been farther from the truth. </p><p></p><p>Personally, I thought the SKS was an overpriced rifle when you could get it and a case of 7.62x39 for $150, but if you could find a decent price on one, it would also make a good deer rifle. 7.62x39 is ballistically similar to .30-30, and the rifle is relatively compact, plus, with the semi-auto action to absorb part of the energy, it's recoil isn't too bad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 3962001, member: 26737"] .30-30 has taken a lot of deer in Oklahoma; it's not great at long distance, but at the distances you see, especially in the eastern part of the state, it'll tote the mail. As noted, the kick is the potential problem, but that has more to do with the rifle style than the round itself--lever guns just seem to kick harder than others, If you can find one, an Israeli surplus Mauser in .308 would make an outstanding deer rifle. A friend traded into a pair of them about 30 years ago, and expected them to kick like mules, but nothing could've been farther from the truth. Personally, I thought the SKS was an overpriced rifle when you could get it and a case of 7.62x39 for $150, but if you could find a decent price on one, it would also make a good deer rifle. 7.62x39 is ballistically similar to .30-30, and the rifle is relatively compact, plus, with the semi-auto action to absorb part of the energy, it's recoil isn't too bad. [/QUOTE]
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