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Joined: Oct 2010
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Why in the world is. 30 carbine so stinkin fun to shoot?!?
I’ve seen the the ballistics, and a guy that used to carry one hunting had to get a SOLID couple hits on a deer EVERY time…or we had to track them hundreds of yards. So I’ve never really cared for them, nor have a shot them.
I got a good deal on one in a trade…and this sucker is a HOOT TO SHOOT!!!!
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It may be for sentimental reasons, but the 30 Carbine is one of my most favorite guns ever. It's the first rifle my dad turned me loose with. (now think back ammo prices 25-30 years ago) ... An aperture sight, a huge bucket of ammo, a slew of cans and bricks out in front of you ... a young fellow can have a good time. I have utmost confidence I can hit whatever I desire with that gun. It taught me that low recoil and reasonable impact energy is a really nice combo. Now add the collector value of some of these rifles. Fun gun!!!!!
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Old Mossy Horns
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IDK. I can't splain it, but they are fun. My son has one and choses to carry it to the stand sometimes and has loaded a few deer in the truck as a result. I don't know of him losing one yet.
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Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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I used to hunt hogs with one a friend of my Dad’s loaned me. Wish I had one now.
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a.k.a. Dingle Johnson
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Joined: Dec 2013
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I miss mine. Fun shooing rifle. I traded it for a Yamaha XT350 Enduro bike.
"When I say ever thing I mean ever thing." - Frankie
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Posts: 15,383 Likes: 77
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Tons of fun to shoot but ammo costs make it lose the charm very quickly
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Posts: 11,315 Likes: 13
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Booner
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Why in the world is. 30 carbine so stinkin fun to shoot?!?
I’ve seen the the ballistics, and a guy that used to carry one hunting had to get a SOLID couple hits on a deer EVERY time…or we had to track them hundreds of yards. So I’ve never really cared for them, nor have a shot them.
I got a good deal on one in a trade…and this sucker is a HOOT TO SHOOT!!!!
What kind did you get?
How you do anything is how you do everything
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I always wanted one. I about had myself talked into one when you could get a decent one for around $600. I have a lot harder time talking myself into one with what they get outta one now.
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Got a Ruger Blackhawk old western single action 30 cal carbine. It was my grandfathers. Love to pull that thing out every now and then and let her sing.
If Caitlyn Jenner can keep his wiener and be considered a woman, I can keep my guns and be considered disarmed!
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The carbine and M1 Garand are my favorite guns to shoot. .30 Carbine had a reputation for being weak during the Korean War, but it’s actually a pretty decent cartridge.
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Got a Ruger Blackhawk old western single action 30 cal carbine. It was my grandfathers. Love to pull that thing out every now and then and let her sing. I was recently given one of these by a relative. 👍
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Fun little rifles for sure.
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I got a old one that still shoots good but I don't like it . 30 carbine and a ruger 10/22 or two guns I just dont like holding . I got a 10/22 too. Lol
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Tons of fun to shoot but ammo costs make it lose the charm very quickly If you reload and make your own projectiles from wheel weights….it’s significantly cheaper again. Unless you don’t enjoy pouring, powder coating, and sizing bullets. If you don’t enjoy that, it’d suck.
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The carbine and M1 Garand are my favorite guns to shoot. .30 Carbine had a reputation for being weak during the Korean War, but it’s actually a pretty decent cartridge. Compared to a 30-06, it’s a wuss…apples and oranges. Any opposition soldier that got hit with a 30-06 173 grain bullet would a whole appendage blown off or a giant hole where it hit. I wouldn’t want to get shot with either!!!
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Booner
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The carbine and M1 Garand are my favorite guns to shoot. .30 Carbine had a reputation for being weak during the Korean War, but it’s actually a pretty decent cartridge. Compared to a 30-06, it’s a wuss…apples and oranges. Any opposition soldier that got hit with a 30-06 173 grain bullet would a whole appendage blown off or a giant hole where it hit. I wouldn’t want to get shot with either!!! I often think about which one I would of carried had I been there. I think I'd prefer the carbine because it's lighter and I could carry more ammo. The garand would of been miserable to carry. For the Pacific campaign, I think there would be even more benefits to the carbine.
Last edited by goodman_hunter; 04/28/24 08:20 PM.
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I found myself thinking about getting one at $1425.00, I tried to justify it because I got a deal on .308 hard cast 110 gr.round tip wad cutters. No clue if they would work and already have an AR and AR pistol in .300 blackout, so yeah, they work.I just don't need another caliber to reload for!!
But they are pretty!!!
half of one, six dozen of the other
I can eat fifty eggs.........Cool Hand Luke
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Ones of these days I need to find out whats mine is worth
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The old timer that took me in and taught me the hunting outdoors when I was young shot a 30 cal carbine with a peep sight.Man killed lots of very nice bucks that us boys would push out of the clearcuts draws. We all had shotguns and he told us as long as those deer stayed in there they were ours. But when they went uphill they were his. He shot a 10 round clip and wasn’t shy about pulling the trigger. We drug a load of deer out those hills back in the 60’s/70’s .
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I don’t have a 30 cal but I kinda feel the same about the 300 BO.
It’s just fun to shoot. It’s all I hog hunt with and my daughter has killed some good deer with it.
Everything woke turns to shucks
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