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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 3462822" data-attributes="member: 26737"><p>A .30-30 lever gun will take any deer you can find at the ranges you'll see in eastern Oklahoma, but it kicks like a mule (FWIW, my first "real" rifle was a Marlin lever gun in .30-30). They seem to have fallen out of favor, though, so you might be able to find a decent deal on one, though this is the wrong time of year to be looking to buy any kind of deer rifle.</p><p></p><p>I never cared for them, but about the best deals you could get on a deer rifle would be an SKS about 25 years ago, when they ran about $150 for the rifle and a case of ammo out the door, but I'm told those things have gone up in price. 7.62x39 is ballistically similar to the .30-30.</p><p></p><p>You might be on the lookout for Israeli Mausers in .308. You'd think they'd kick like a mule, too, but a buddy traded into a pair of them, and they were surprisingly pleasant to shoot. This was also about 25 years ago, but I doubt that my buddy had $100 total in the them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 3462822, member: 26737"] A .30-30 lever gun will take any deer you can find at the ranges you'll see in eastern Oklahoma, but it kicks like a mule (FWIW, my first "real" rifle was a Marlin lever gun in .30-30). They seem to have fallen out of favor, though, so you might be able to find a decent deal on one, though this is the wrong time of year to be looking to buy any kind of deer rifle. I never cared for them, but about the best deals you could get on a deer rifle would be an SKS about 25 years ago, when they ran about $150 for the rifle and a case of ammo out the door, but I'm told those things have gone up in price. 7.62x39 is ballistically similar to the .30-30. You might be on the lookout for Israeli Mausers in .308. You'd think they'd kick like a mule, too, but a buddy traded into a pair of them, and they were surprisingly pleasant to shoot. This was also about 25 years ago, but I doubt that my buddy had $100 total in the them. [/QUOTE]
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