I just went to the desert last Sunday and spent four hours dispensing lead.
We had targets at 50/100/200/300 yards and I simply pulled out my new 336 30-30 with factory open sights, loaded it and with the forth shot hit the 200 yard 6"x8" plate! I believe I would have hit it sooner and more frequent if it was not for the wind going from 10 to gusts of 30 mph and pushing me around.
At 200yrds, the 30-30 was only indenting the steel place approx. 1/8 at best! Really, how much penetration will the 30-30 get past 150?
My friend has a scope on his and suggested that I should do the same.
I personally do not believe a scope fits well on a lever action rifle. This is simply form/function. I am in the process of modding a tang sight to fit.
My question is do I really need to scope a rifle that a 200yrd shoot is questionable because of low SD of the 30-30? Oh I forgot to mention that my vision is 20/15.
http://www.chuckhawks.com/sd_vs_game_weight.htm
We had targets at 50/100/200/300 yards and I simply pulled out my new 336 30-30 with factory open sights, loaded it and with the forth shot hit the 200 yard 6"x8" plate! I believe I would have hit it sooner and more frequent if it was not for the wind going from 10 to gusts of 30 mph and pushing me around.
At 200yrds, the 30-30 was only indenting the steel place approx. 1/8 at best! Really, how much penetration will the 30-30 get past 150?
My friend has a scope on his and suggested that I should do the same.
I personally do not believe a scope fits well on a lever action rifle. This is simply form/function. I am in the process of modding a tang sight to fit.
My question is do I really need to scope a rifle that a 200yrd shoot is questionable because of low SD of the 30-30? Oh I forgot to mention that my vision is 20/15.
http://www.chuckhawks.com/sd_vs_game_weight.htm