It's a Marlin 1895 Guide Gun Stainless, caliber 45-70. Oh, and I have a Springfield Scout/Squad. Very good rifle. I much prefer it to the original length barrel, and I find it just as handy as the SOCOM models with slightly better ballistics.Who makes that 30-30 you have jeepnik?
Hmm, folks shoot 1000 yd matches with the 45-70. And if you'd like to stand at 300 yds, I have a few friends who could teach that at 300 yds and beyond, it will poke a nice round hole in your torso.Scout rifles are by their nature a highly versitle, light and very handy rifle, I would not consider a 30-30 or 45-70 in that role. They make great brush guns but they don't have anything left at 300 yards. 308s, 7-08s, 260, 7x57, 6.5x55 or 257 Roberts is much better suited to that role I would think.
200 yards is kind of limited I would think, but I suppose it depends on where you hunt, a 200 yard rifle would be just fine here in south Alabama, however a 200 yard rifle in west Texas is completly useless. Those muleys won't let you get that close in open terain.Hmm, folks shoot 1000 yd matches with the 45-70. And if you'd like to stand at 300 yds, I have a few friends who could teach that at 300 yds and beyond, it will poke a nice round hole in your torso.
But, it was my understanding, of what I have read, of what Jeff Cooper wrote, that the Scout concept was for a rifle to be used at ranges inside 200 yds. But, I could be wrong. It's not a sniper rifle, it's not an assault rifle, it's a do most things fairly well rifle. And leverguns have been doing just that for, what, 150 years, or there abouts.
Once again, a do everything fairly well rifle. For most of this nation, 200yds, in a hunting scenario is "adequate". In a self defense scenario, beyond 200yds, heck even less, you'd be better slipping away that shooting back.200 yards is kind of limited I would think, but I suppose it depends on where you hunt, a 200 yard rifle would be just fine here in south Alabama, however a 200 yard rifle in west Texas is completly useless. Those muleys won't let you get that close in open terain.