Thanks again will have to look tomorrow - gettin late.

I've never owned a lever rifle, always been a bolt guy.  When I was in my late teens, our neighbor said he was having a difficult time sighting in his lever .35 Remington carbine.  Since I was on a position rifle team, my father volunteered me to sight it in for him.  One shot and I knew why he was having trouble.  The recoil knocked the lens out of my glasses and the comb on the stock was so sharp that I got a cheek bruise with the very first shot.  I did fire it a few more times to get it as close as I was going to, but I can tell you I never fired three shot groups before making an adjustment.  I don't think it mattered much becuase I am sure he was well aware of the recoil and there were no carefuly squeezed shots on his part.
 
My father has an old J.C. Higgins .308 built on a Mauser action that is also a glasses lens knocker, but it takes about five shots to loosen it up -- LOL.   He loves that rifle and I loath it.
 
Bings,
 
My brother had a Grice Pee Wee in .308.  It is a Mohawk action with a Douglas barrel and a Fagen birds-eye maple stock that Grice gun shop used to put together.  I believe that the stock configuration is quite different than the original Mohawk because the recoil is a whole lot less.

I ripped ones throat out with my teeth- then went after his family

In 1976 I was able to sneak up on a deer in Jefferson County and knife him to death.

In 1970 I tried pulling a badly wounded buck out of a brush pile planning on knifing him to death (my rifle was empty). Trust me when I say that is not a very good idea and one I won't repeat.

ORIGINAL: tull66

We need to start a new thread about the powerful recoil of thr 30/30.

We ?? It's all yours...........

For my 12th birthday dad bought me an H/R single shot 20 gauge that had a 30/30 barrel that would fit on it. Thus a single shot 30/30. We never could get that gun to shoot straight, kicked like a mule cause the gun was so light...

The 308 Mohawk I carry now beat me up real bad on the day I purchased it.
I was in the service stationed in Colorado and had been eyeing the Mowhawk 600 in the pawn shop for 4 months. Finally got the jing to buy it and ran right off to the shooting range. T-shirt, no recoil pad. I ran a box and a half of shells through her. Next day I was black and ble clear to the center of my chest...

ORIGINAL: psu_fish

.243
.25/06
.257
.270
.280
.30/06
.308
7mm-08
30/30


That's all you really need in PA.


Even then a .30-06 180 grain is too much power. I shoot 150 grain out of my 30/06 and the deer dont move

 
Huh???????  Are you Doc Trouts kid or sibling?
That's just dumb.