.30-30 Win Ammo Prices

The 1895 cartridge that put "smokeless" in the American West and everywhere else in the early United States. The 30-30 is permanently linked to the lever-action carbine like Winchester 94s and Marlin 336s. Along with .45 Long Colt it is the de facto cowboy round and more deer have likely fallen to the .30-30 than any other cartridge. Today, it still does the work inside 200 yards and there are still shooters who say: "I don't need anything else." Good people.

Flat-nose 150 and 170 grain loads rule, a tube-magazine requirement from the old days. Lever-safe ogive loads are out there with polymer and soft tips.

There are often deals on .30-30 Winchester. You can find these online but more likely on your local retailer's dusty shelves or squeezed in between new boxes of whatever is the latest thing. Look around and .30-30 can be the most economical short range deer round out there.

Also nice for training between smaller calibers and the big boys. Lever-action shooters tend to be nice company.