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re: Scope Recs 30-30 Lever
Posted on 9/17/25 at 7:28 am to Goldensammy
Posted on 9/17/25 at 7:28 am to Goldensammy
Waste of money. Shoot iron sight.
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Posted on 9/17/25 at 7:47 am to Bigfishchoupique
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Waste of money.
Nah. Good optics are universally better than iron sights. Irons can be serviceable but that's all they are. I took the scope off of mine for a year and put a peep sight on it and I had a scope back on it the next season. The very slightly better carrying is not worth the loss of functionality.
Posted on 9/17/25 at 7:50 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Good optics are universally better than iron sights. Irons can be serviceable but that's all they are.
Yup. I put a skinner peep on mine when I first got it. I was able to shoot around 2" groups at 50 yards on targets. Took it hunting and shot a doe at 30 yards. In the woods I struggled finding what I wanted to shoot in the peep. Put a scope on it the next day and can hit 1.5" groups at 100 yards.
Posted on 9/17/25 at 7:59 am to Goldensammy
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Leupold VX-Freedom 2x7-33
I have this on my Henry 30-30. I love it. I have a skinner on my Ruger Marlin 44mag. I love it too, but it does force you to wait about 15 minutes later for a shot vs a scope in the morning, and it cuts your evening hunts short due to visibility.
This post was edited on 9/17/25 at 8:00 am
Posted on 9/17/25 at 8:06 am to Loup
My main problems with irons are low light performance and long range performance. Both are always going to be better with a scope. Now that we have excellent LPVO's available, irons are really only useful as a backup option on an expedition trip.
If you have good optics properly mounted, you'll never need a backup. I wish all my rifles had irons on them just in case, but the only situation I can think of where i prefer irons is driving rain, where scopes are just really difficult to keep clear.
If you have good optics properly mounted, you'll never need a backup. I wish all my rifles had irons on them just in case, but the only situation I can think of where i prefer irons is driving rain, where scopes are just really difficult to keep clear.
Posted on 9/17/25 at 10:31 am to bigtiger440
“I just have iron sights on all of them”.
How old are you? Once a person hits early to mid 40’s iron sights don’t work well.Eyes lose the ability to focus on 3 things-rear sight,front sight and target.Peep sights work better as only have to focus on front sight and target.If one is nearsighted they don’t work well.
My wife shoots a Marlin .30-30,I put a Leupold VX3,2 1/2x8 power scope on it.
She’s made a good many 1 shot kills,furtherest 165 yds.
Best deer mounted on our wall she killed,11 pt.-1 shot,dropped him in his tracks at 100 yds.
How old are you? Once a person hits early to mid 40’s iron sights don’t work well.Eyes lose the ability to focus on 3 things-rear sight,front sight and target.Peep sights work better as only have to focus on front sight and target.If one is nearsighted they don’t work well.
My wife shoots a Marlin .30-30,I put a Leupold VX3,2 1/2x8 power scope on it.
She’s made a good many 1 shot kills,furtherest 165 yds.
Best deer mounted on our wall she killed,11 pt.-1 shot,dropped him in his tracks at 100 yds.
Posted on 9/17/25 at 5:43 pm to LSUA 75
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How old are you? Once a person hits early to mid 40’s iron sights don’t work well.Eyes lose the ability to focus on 3 things-rear sight,front sight and target.Peep sights work better as only have to focus on front sight and target.If one is nearsighted they don’t work well. My wife shoots a Marlin .30-30,I put a Leupold VX3,2 1/2x8 power scope on it. She’s made a good many 1 shot kills,furtherest 165 yds. Best deer mounted on our wall she killed,11 pt.-1 shot,dropped him in his tracks at 100 yds.
I’m 44, luckily I don’t have an eyesight problem presently. I have plenty of other rifles if I need them. The distance issue only presents a problem in certain stand on our club, if I’m sitting in a stand over a couple acre green field the I grab the 30-30 or 44. If I’m hunting in cutover then I grab something with a scope on it.
Hopefully I have a few more years before the bad eyesight hits me. When the time comes I guess my sons will get a few lever guns.
This post was edited on 9/17/25 at 5:45 pm
Posted on 9/17/25 at 7:43 pm to bigtiger440
My 30-30 has a scope, but not for distance shooting. Open sights work much better in an open space than in thick woods. A scope helps you make a quick identification of whether the deer is something you want to shoot or pass. It also helps you pick out better shots in thick woods.
Yeah I know, binoculars. I’d rather not be switching between binoculars and the rifle if I know it’s a deer. That’s too time consuming and clumsy.
Yeah I know, binoculars. I’d rather not be switching between binoculars and the rifle if I know it’s a deer. That’s too time consuming and clumsy.
Posted on 9/17/25 at 8:40 pm to upgrade
Irons are cool, until deer:30
Posted on 9/17/25 at 9:18 pm to Goldensammy
Anyone ever mount one like this? I’d love to mount one on my grandfather’s old Winchester but it top ejecting.
Posted on 9/17/25 at 9:22 pm to TopWaterTiger
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love to mount one on my grandfather’s old Winchester
Ahhhhhh man now youre treading on sacrilege.
Scopes are great on rifles meant to have scopes. Faboogering up a 94 IS NOT great!!!! Use that thing the way pawpaw did.
Posted on 9/17/25 at 11:06 pm to Yewkindewit
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A scope ruins the appearance of a lever gun IMHO. And, the elk horn sights are perfect for accuracy out to 150 yards
Yup. Popped this guy on my last day of hunting with my Henry .45-70. Just the buckhorn sights on it. (He was also the first buck I ever killed by calling him in with a can call). Have wanted to keep my lever gun as traditional as I can.
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