re: .30-30 Winchester. Why so unpopular now?

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I didn't know the .30-30 was around for injun blasting. I thought they mostly used stuff like .44-40

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Late 1890's? Google can answer it for sure. I mean, I'm sure there were some whiskied up red skins shot with one, but Custer wasn't packing one in his saddle scabbard.

I must say, however, the ole dirty thirty has killed more deer then blue tongue and chevys combined.