Youtube is great for learning how to fix something or to get an idea of how something works. It is like a hunting show in that people show what they want you to see rather than everything that happens. I personally think that hunting shows are the worst thing possible for young hunters to see because they get the impression that in 30 minutes they will se 20 deer and get at least a shot at a monster. They don't see the four days of hunting that went into that hunt and the hours spent in the stand trying to stay awake.
Zero both guns 1 inch high at 100 yards. Get within 100 yards of the deer and make a good shot and either will do the trick just as well. Some may be DRT and others may run 100 yards and the reason why is the subject of endless debate. Shoot at 300 yards and you better have a good idea of ballistics for the 30-30 because that bullet will be dropping like a rock! It will probably still kill a deer very dead but probably a foot or more of drop. The 308/30-06/270 will have significantly less drop at that distance.
I have never attempted to shoot a 30-30 at over 150 yards but I am sure there are people that do it all the time. Mine are zeroed in at 100 yards because that is about the maximum I ever shoot a deer. My Marlin 336 killed 4 deer last year (none by me) and has probably killed 50 since I got it. I rarely hunt with it anymore, not because it isn't a deer slaying machine, but because I just moved on to other calibers.
Zero both guns 1 inch high at 100 yards. Get within 100 yards of the deer and make a good shot and either will do the trick just as well. Some may be DRT and others may run 100 yards and the reason why is the subject of endless debate. Shoot at 300 yards and you better have a good idea of ballistics for the 30-30 because that bullet will be dropping like a rock! It will probably still kill a deer very dead but probably a foot or more of drop. The 308/30-06/270 will have significantly less drop at that distance.
I have never attempted to shoot a 30-30 at over 150 yards but I am sure there are people that do it all the time. Mine are zeroed in at 100 yards because that is about the maximum I ever shoot a deer. My Marlin 336 killed 4 deer last year (none by me) and has probably killed 50 since I got it. I rarely hunt with it anymore, not because it isn't a deer slaying machine, but because I just moved on to other calibers.