Where I live, where most of the hunting is deer hunting in brush and woodlands, the .30-.30 lever is popular, but it seems mostly to be popular for a kid's first deer rifle, or for someone who doesn't hunt a ton. I started out with a Marlin Lever action .30-.30, fairly inexpensive nice rifle. I killed 3 deer with it, including the buck shown below which was my first ever deer (beginner's luck), then traded up to a bolt gun. The lever gun shown was then stolen in a breakin in 2003. I wish I still had it. I would still use it for brush hunting. Hard to beat for a quick, point and shoot type brush rifle. At least for the hunting around here. Would still like to buy another one some day

Bake