probably one of the best ammo test channels on youtube, and I love how familiar he is with his guns, so few people truly understand how much a bullet can drop at range.

Hey dad, Really happy to see that people like the video you spent such a long time on. I know you put a lot of hard work into this passion and I’m so happy you have found a community to share it with ❤️

finally someone that has shown the true potential of the 30-30 , if it was as weak as most people think it would not have been around for 100 years

The amount of work that went into this presentation is exceptional! The thorough research and informative results is very much appreciated. I don’t even hunt but it was so interesting to see real world terminal ballistics in action to pair with the exhaustive testing. A big thank you to you and your family for sharing your experience with us!

I congratulate you sir! This is perhaps the most conclusive test of the old but, great .30 WCF on the web. And you proved to the young'uns that the .30-30 won't bounce off an elk but rather drop it in it's tracks. A great video, thanks for posting!

About fifteen years(?) ago while in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan. Another gun enthusiast and myself got voluntold to disassemble then clean & reassemble a good friends 30-30 Model 1894 rifle circa 1923 birthdate. With good screwdrivers we tackled this task with success. But boy oh boy those stepped screws were butter soft steel! Not a task i wish to repeat. However this fine 26 inch barreled rifle with full length magazine was first purchased by his great grandfather. The Mullins family were settlers in the Cypress Hills. His ranching/farming ancestor bought it to hunt elk in the high stands of alpine black spruce. Apparently close range neck shots filled the larder for many years. And it was said, often only one shot required for each harvest. Thank you Brobee for another excellent demonstration of your fine families shooting-hunting prowess! 😉

I believe Brobee223 has to be the most ethical hunter in Canada! Excellent storytelling and real-world ballistic testing. Well done sir!

Heck yeah, excellent video! 30-30 is still capable. Thanks for the demonstration!

Weil, at 21:00 it's quite clear the 30-30 is plenty adequate, and you win that argument! Congratulations on an outstanding shot, excellent camera work, and thanks for the valuable ballistic data.

I hunt with a 1894 30wcf that was my grandpaps. Made in 1909. It has a 26" barrel octagon. Ive taken 2 bull Alaskan moose. And several caribou when i lived in Alaska. Now it takes deer in Pennsylvania. God bless 😊

This video is huge step up in production value, entertainment and gained knowledge from real word experiences yet still retaining the original video style. Looking forward to more videos! CWD is in my immediate whitetail deer hunting area. I'm upset but recognize that I will not eat an untested deer.

Fantastic video the shooting data alone is worth its weight and hunting portion was top shelf.

Thank you,well done. I’m from the Catskills and harvesting from the earth is part of our life. What a joy to share the experience with your daughter, and provide for your family.

My first deer hunting rifle was a Marlin 30-30 I would go to the hardware store every couple of weeks just to hold it and look it over till I saved up the money. I get it out every year just to bring back back old memories and maybe make some new ones. Very nice video and well done. Happy hunting,thank you!

Congratulations on very successful hunts and a great video presentation. You did a very respectful preparation for your hunts which shows that you honor the tradition and practice of ethical hunting and providing for your family. Very well done sir, and to your daughter, from your neighbor to the south in Montana.

My uncle who taught me to hunt on the Western Slope of Colorado always told me it was all shot placement. I lived in a small town in Delta County. He had only one rifle he used from the time he was 12 until his passing. It was an old 30-30, break open single shot with a 24-inch barrel with iron sights. He only used hand loaded 110 grain spire point bullets. This was load was at the highest velocity which I won't mention. He killed so many deer and elk in over 60 years, never lost one, almost all were one shot kills. Great video.

Excellent video! Thanks for emailing it to us at RPP!

Over the years I have followed your videos. I really enjoy content. Great video as usual. I enjoyed it.

Great watch.Who woulda thought the old 30-30 could do that at 310 yards.I was always told its a 100 yard gun.Ive taken some deer with it.Rhe old pre-64 feels good in the hand to carry all day too.

My man, one heck of a shot on the elk. Great video as always.

This is the best video ive watched in a very long time. It covers plenty of topics. Especially ethics. Thank you for this well educated video

This channel will explode if the creators post even 1 video a year of this quality! Wow! Loved every minute. ♥️

My Dad used a Savage 30/30 for years hunting Deer, Elk And Moose. He change to 308 Sako later on, and I got the old 30/30. He also had a 270 he used for Pronghorn. But that 30/30 put a ton of meat on the table.

What a wonderful and detailed explanation of various bullets’ performance, and even better was the shot. Perfect. What ever you hunt with shot placement and familiarity with one’s weapon is paramount. Bravo!

Outstanding!! Thanks for taking the time to produce a fantastic video. Congratulations to you and your daughter on a great season.

Fantastic shot on the Elk. The 30-30 proves that you don't need lightening speed and dynamite power to harvest cleanly. Thank you for all your prep work. Congrats on your success! Great video!

This is a uniquely well done video. Best Wishes from Montana! M.H.

Thanks for the video. 30-30 is a great round, and as you proved nicely, it’s effective for much more than people give it credit.

Excellent... your experience on the interweb is to be expected... full of space cowboys. thanks for your TESTING, and bringing us along on your hunts.

Nice information on this video, you and your crew did an amazing job

I love your videos, thank you for sharing your journey. I'd seen this one before, but I had something special happen today, and had to watch your 30-30 hunting videos again. I was helping my brother clean out his storage and found that he had my deceased uncles old Winchester model 94 in 30-30. I've been wanting a wood stocked lever gun for a while, but couldn't justify a $1000 spend that also comes with the expense of a new cartridge. He'd had the rifle for over 15 years, and never shot it. It had developed quite a bit of surface rust. I gave him $200 for it, and can't wait to bring it back to life. I have other guns, but this is the one I plan to use for my close range medium game hunting from now on. Thank you for inspiring us to use our old cartridges and rifles to their best with best practices! I'm amazed that you dropped an elk at that range with this round. Elk is suck good food for the whole family.

Excellent job on your production of this video. I am a fan boy of the 30-30 and of the 160gr Leverevolution cartridge. I was aware of its reputation for core jacket separation, and your research showed it is most prevalent at shorter distances.

great presentation thank you so much, enjoyed it!

Awesome video, thank you for all the energy you put into making it!

A very respected but oddly underestimated cartridge. People forget that at the time it was introduced the 30-30 was indeed considered fairly impressive in terms of range and capability. My first deer was with Model 94 at about 30 yards, the deer ran into the thicket and in a big half circle came back out and expired on the path behind me. My father had to follow the blood trail around just to make sure it wasn't a tall tale! As far as use on big game within reason, I don't see the issue. In fact, I've found that using a cartridge with potential exceeding the hunter's proficiency can lead to a false sense of proficiency. You don't need a 7mm mag to shoot 100 yards and you have no business shooting at a living creature at 500+ yards unless you're starving or truly are an expert marksman. Anyway, great video and THANKYOU for keeping the tradition alive for our future generations!

Great voice over man! Well read! YES, somethjng about a lever and 30/30 or 35 Rem just stir the memories of my beginnings of hunting deer. ❤❤

What a wonderful video! nothing gets me more excited for hunting season than watching videos in this format! Great content!

The legend is back So glad to see you post. Excellent video.

Great video, thanks! Really appreciate the reverence for the game you hunt.

FANTASTIC video! I thoroughly enjoyed watching it! The 30-30 is plenty capable, indeed!

Thank you for such in depth testing, it answered a lot of my questions.

I took a 6x5 bull elk a few years back with a 30-30, 160 grain LeverEvolution. Worked perfectly. It had everything people say makes it not work, but the elk didn’t know it. First, it was a 30-30. Second, the recovered bullets had jacket core separation. The elk dropped within a few feet of where it was shot.

My dad gave me his pre-64 model 94 30-30 some 30 years ago.He shot many deer with this gun. I thought I might want something with more power. However this gift from my dad is still used every nov.

Nice to see a new video from you, man!! Hope all is well in the great white north!

Fantastic all around. Thanks!

I love watching your process. I archery and rifle hunt throughout Alberta but watching your videos just puts me back in the field enjoying some of those perfect days in the field. I enjoyed the bullet testing, CWD info and the hunting vids!

This is just a beautifully shot and narrated video, love it.

Great video! Thank you.

Outstanding production, thank you

Great footage, and exceptional work on the testing and presenting the results. Really appreciate your work on this project! Stay safe, and enjoy your fine harvest!

What a great video! Thank you for the effort this must have taken

Very well done and informative, great job, thanks for sharing

Well done! Thank you, great video! Hats off to you!

Great video. Loved your bullet/load analysis and hunting footage! Enjoy the elk meat.

This is an AMAZING video. I knew range effected bullets. But actually seeing it for myself, is just next level. I salute you sir

What a professional channel, impressive!

You've done some good stuff over the years, you put the time and effort in to figure out how to make things work. Also showed people what needs to be done to figure it out. And it's payed off, well done.

What a well-done video with great information. I like your style of presenting information. I am now subscribed!

Very well done! Congrats on the harvest!

Excellent ammo review and elk hunt.

Wicked 👍🏼👍🏼 Awesome Alberta hunt season for you and your family. Your choice of caliber only exemplifies the ignored abilities of the ole 30/30 cartridge. Well done 😊 Thanks for sharing your very well put together video.

One of the best videos I ever saw on UKposts. Thank you.

Great job , thanks for the testing .

Good hunting nice shots! Very well done nice to see good hunters. 👍🏻

Nicely done sir, thanks for sharing with us

Great job with the preseason ammo testing and practice. 👍

Very well done video with lots of prep work done and well documented.

Great video, thanks for sharing it. Nicely done on the hunting too. JT

Great video. Beautiful property!

What a spectacular video... just stunning!!!

Excellent stuff as always Brobee!

Awesome ballistic reviews--and shows the 30-30 is still a viable choice. Nice presentation! JX

This video made my day.. thank for sharing this with us. The 30-30 Win has taken al sorts of game over the years and stated by others Shot Placment is a big part of a successful hunt.. most people when i tell them that my hand loaded 12ga slugs are about 1200fps they say thats not fast enough to be effective.. well the 3 doas and the 8 pointer i have taken with them never complaned... The Hornady 170gr is a very nice bullet.. i have made reduced loads 2500fps for my 20" barrel 308 Win give very nice accuracy but have not had the chance to use it on game... Congratulations on the successful Elk Hunt and the harvesting of the deer as well and big Congratulations to your daughters successful harvest with her great grandfathers rifle.. that is very cool to hear about.. The more i watch your videos it gives me more confidence to use the more simple things.. my 12ga shot gun.. a 30-30 win or my 35 Remington... I am fortunate to have some very nice and $$$$ bolt action hunting rifles but for the hunting i do the 35 Remington or 30-30 Win is all i would ever need for a rifle.. and my 12ga hand loads have been very good for me as well... Be well

Outstanding video Sir, new sub from the lower 48 ❤ ty for the work you all put into this and glad you got some quality daddy daughter time in

Amazing content!

Awesome!! Really good stuff. Thanks

that was really well done. thks for sharing.

Excellent work!

Best comparison ive ever seen on here. Awsome job. Got my subscription 🙌

High quality video, thank you.

You don't find content like this much on UKposts, bravo. Also the 30-30 dumped that cow, I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it

Excellent video. Thank you! I’ve been hunting for 20 years and I was told a long time ago that if you hit a deer it would run off with its tail down. If you missed its tail would be up. Your video and my experience proves it’s a correct observation.

First time watching one of your videos and absolutely loved your testing / results with multiple ammo / bullets. I too love the 30/30 and will be very interested to see what Hammer Hunter Monolithic bullets do in comparison. Have this video saved for reference when I get to that point. Again....loved the video.

Great video! Well done.

Greetings from the south Okanagan, thanks for the video. As a boomer who has been blessed to hunt a fair bit, I'd suggest those who don't understand the capability of some cartridges both lack field experience and aren't clear on the mechanics of the process. The shot placement on the cow was perfect, well done. Nice to see a full freezer, filled by a family. Stay well all.

That was an absolute great video on the 30-30.

Use to deer hunt with a fellow that we called the “Toothless Wonder” since he did not have any teeth. He used a Winchester 30-30 and a box of Winchester Silvertips from the middle 1960’s. He only loaded one bullet into his rifle at a time. He would put the bullet in his pants to remove any tarnish buildup on the brass. If you heard him shoot, there was something DRT (dead right there) which was usually a nice tender doe just right for the eating. He would stuff the dead deer into the back of his hatchback 1984 two-door base model Ford Escort and away he headed for home. That night, he feasted on tenderloin, deer gravy and lots of his wife biscuits. If he busted a buck, he dropped it with one shot as well.

The bullets made for the 30-30 just work perfectly at the 30-30 velocity

Brobee! I’ve been waiting for this, great quality videos once again

An extremely well done first half from a technical point of view, and great hunt footage after, with one of the most distinguishable voices on video! As a guy who regularly carries 2.5 or 3x glass the last 20yrs, I also commend your preparation, skill, and ethics in using no- to low-powered optics. There's a place for big scopes--and to each their own, of course--but a .30-30 with a 4x is a pot filler!

30-30 can do a lot - Hunting is quite about shot placement vs power too.

While visiting a local gun store I overheard a conversation between two old timers were heard to say that “in days of yesteryear that the elk must have dumber because they would readily fall down when shot with a 30-30 Winchester “ One of the most successful hunting guides for elk in the Selway wilderness in Idaho used only a BLR in 243 Winchester, and never lost an animal. Just goes to show you that it’s the skill of the hunter and not the size of the gun that really matters.

It all comes together when you know you gun and what it's capability is. Well documented process. I'm a 30-30 for life guy from ME.

Excellent video and research sir. I took a bull moose that I called in to within 25 m with my 336 and Hornady 160 GR FTX. It walked away and fell within about 10 m. I can do irons accurate to 100 m. But anything more, and the target is bigger than my front sight. No scope for me! Amazing that you dropped a scope on it and dialed it in so quickly!

Very impressive video! I've recently gotten into hunting with an old lever gun and this was great to see! I used the 170 core lokt on a muley buck 2 seasons back inside of 100 yards and it worked great, like you though I have had my reservations about the jacket separations especially when going up to elk. I've played with the Hornaday FTX and the drop profile, for a 30-30, is flat out impressive! I have not been able to find the mono flex locally but I will definitely be trying them out as soon as I can! Congrats on the cow, any drop shot on an elk is a good one!

Great video and awesome hunt! Love seeing the 3030 get it done👍🏼

Nice video. I use that flex tip 160 in my .308 MXLR with the same DRT results. It`s a beautiful rifle.

My winchester 94 30-30 is my go to and all i been using is the hornady 160 ftx cause they are worth the money but this is an amazing video and you made me so much more confident in my 94 thank you. 30-30 elk hunt is a dream hunt of mine. My remington 170 gr core lokt hollow points say they are made for elk but ill stick with the hornady

I settled on the 140 MTX bullet for my Marlin 336 in 30-30. Nice to see the excellent performance of that bullet in your test. My reason for the use of the lighter bullet is simply NO LEAD in it. See available x-rays of cup and core bullets on game. You may switch also since you're feeding the family. Nice video, thorough tests too, thanks.

YES!! Another .30-30 vid!