Winchester 30.30 (1969)

Winchester Lever Rifle: Lever Action, 30-30 caliber, sometimes referred to as a "saddle gun".

The .30-30 Winchester, .30 WCF (Winchester Center Fire) or 7.62X51 mm cartridge was first marketed in early 1895 for the Winchester Model 1894 lever-action rifle.  The .30-30 was America's first small-bore sporting rifle cartridge designed for smokeless powder. The .30-30 has established itself as one of the most common deer cartridges in North America.
 

Although the original name is .30 WCF, the -30 in the designation was added to the name by Marlin, who did not want to put the name of rival Winchester on their rifles when they were chambered for the cartridge soon after its introduction. The -30 stands for the standard load of 30 grains of smokeless powder. Over time, Marlin's variation on the name stuck.

This Winchester 30-30 is my favorite lever action rifle: Note that I used .30-30, 30-30, 30/30, 30.30 and 3030 here in order to make this page easier to find by whatever variation a person searches for. This gun has seen it's share of use since 1969. The wood is sun bleached from spending a lot of time on the rear window rack of a pick-up truck.

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