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    wilkup reacted to R. Cram's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    which one of us dinosaurs don't have a soft spot in our hearts for lever action winchesters and single action revolvers, too much...
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    wilkup reacted to dabouv's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    The marlin levers in 308 marlin and 338 are nice lever options with a little more punch. I like having the right tool for the job. My...
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    wilkup replied to the thread 30-30 for elk?.
    I literally refer to my leverguns as “Cowboy Assault Rifles” 👌
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    wilkup reacted to RockyMtnMT's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    The original assault rifle!!!
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    wilkup replied to the thread 30-30 for elk?.
    After running basic 30-30 ballistics off Berger’s page and recalling Steve took his to Africa w/ the 143 Lever Hammers, I actually feel...
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    wilkup reacted to HARPERC's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    I would like to revisit some less than ideal experiences with a .30-30, using the Lever Hammers. It would likely improve my opinion of...
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    wilkup reacted to Calvin45's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    Awesome. My dad has a marlin 336 from the 70s, my father in law has a Winchester 94 from the 50s in immaculate shape. Lord willing...
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    wilkup reacted to AussieWriter's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    There was a guy on the hunting channel a few short years back, who set a mission to hunt all the bigger animals in the US using only a...
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    wilkup reacted to RockyMtnMT's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    You are right on! I have to add. When I carried my 30-30 in Africa it was so much fun. Someday I can see myself hunting only with...
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    wilkup reacted to Calvin45's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    And I’d add that for every animal supposedly wounded and not recovered because of an “underpowered” cartridge there’s another one that’s...
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    wilkup reacted to APDDSN0864's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    Moose, Caribou, Grizzly Bears, Black Bears, Walrus, Seals, Sea Lions, and an unknown number of smaller species in Alaska and Canada! Ed
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    wilkup reacted to Straight Shooter's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    Think of the number of Alaskan moose that have been killed wit a 30-30.
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    wilkup reacted to Straight Shooter's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Haha Haha.
    Kevin Costner shot a charging bull buffalo with an 1860 Henry and I saw it with my own eyes . . . . . .on tv.
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    wilkup reacted to jbur13's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    The next day my Dad and I walked back to retrieve the gun and we couldn't find it! We circled and walked around for a while and gave...
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    wilkup replied to the thread Hammer HHT vs Absolute.
    Never been a better time to start 👌
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