By: floridahunting

floridahunting — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:50:28 +0000

thanks for the info. great that I’ve come across with this. and mt guide, better enhancement there too. keep it up

By: Mt.Guide

Mt.Guide — Sun, 25 May 2008 02:53:02 +0000

First off you have to ask yourself what are you going to be useing your rifle for? The Lever action is a repeater and can fire almost as fast as a AR-15. Is it as good of a battle rifle as a AR-15? Not in expert hands, put a AR-15 in a novices hands and a 30-30 in a experts hands and I know expert could hold his own. The 30-30 lever action has been used by law enforcement officers. The 30-30 you talked about can serve both functions. A AR-15 in 223 caliber is not legal for hunting deer size animals in some states. Talk with some of the vets who have used the 223 in combat and you may find that the people who have been wounded with it were back in the fight. The 30-30 on the other hand shoots a larger caliber and heavier up to 150, 160 or 170 grains soft nose bullet vs a 55 grain FMJ surplus ammo in 223. The bottom line is inside 200 yard a 30-30 with Williams peep sights is less expensive than a AR-15 by about half, and if you look long enough by maybe a third. Ammo can also be had for about $10.00 to $15.00 a box if you wait for a sale, and 30-30 ammo is avaiable in most that sell ammo and you don’t need any of the fancy new stuff, a box of Remington or Winchester will do fine. So ask yourself are you going into combat like a soldier? Then a AR-15 would be a better choice has a higher rate of fire ammunition weights is less so you can carry a larger amount of ammunition. For primative conditions where keeping your weapon clean may be difficult a lever action has fewer problems with jamming than a semi automatic. For survval situations when hunting the spring life in the magazines can be saved by shooting your rifle like a single shot, this will require you to make a decision about how safe this would be? One other consideration for me is a AR-15 going to be legal to own where I live or travel. What about different calibers in the AR, right now the different calibers have different problems some are reliability to availablity of ammo. The bottom line is stick with 223 or 308 in the AR this may change as different calibers have problems worked out. The Lever Actions are proven in the other calibers 357 magnum lever acions can also shoot 38 specials, this has the added advantage of being able to have a revolver in the same caliber as your lever action, other calibers are 44 magnum which will also shoot 44 specials or you can also shoot 45 colt in a rifle and revolver.

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By: floridahunting

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