Hunting with a .30 Carbine

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New_Pollution1086

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I recently acquired a m1 carbine and was told by the previous owner that i could hunt with it.

so was he b.s.ing me (he also told me ammo was cheap) or can i hunt anything?

I was thinking deer at very close ranges, wild boar?

I don't hunt much, it's a very hard sport to get into when your family doesn't hunt at all.

T
 
Check your state laws.

The rifle itself may or may not be legal for hunting in California. Check legal magazine capacities and such. Also check the laws on ammo, since you might have to load it with something other than the usual military ball stuff to be legal.

For having enough power to kill a deer, I think you'd be fine as long as you bought or loaded ammo with decent bullets (non-FMJ).

Daryl
 
I have yet to see .30 carbine ammo with soft point bullets. You can purchase light 30 cal bullets with soft point and reload for hunting ammo. Keep your shots at 75 yards max.
 
Even with soft-point bullets, I'd limit the use of the Carbine to coyotes and such. The Carbine is a good little weapon for home defense, but that cartridge is in no way a serious contender for deer.
 
So the .30 carbine is a lesser round than the .30-30?
Brent
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The .30 carbine compares pretty close to a hot .357 mag. Still plenty for close range deer, provided good expanding type bullets are used.

Daryl
 
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I have taken feral pigs and Florida deer with one. In the old days I used Hornady "Frontier" JSP and gun show remanufactured JSP. Today if I were to use it for hunting I would probably load Mag Tech 110gr JSP or maybe Cor Bon DPX. They seem to be the most available and the Mag Tech is half the price of the Federal or Remington loads with similar performance.
 
The .30-30 launches a 170-grain bullet at some 2,200 or a 150 at about 2,500.

The GI Carbine's 100- and 110-bullets come out in the 1,900 to 2,000 ft/sec range. That's sorta marginal for expansion.

The sights are rather coarse, so pin-point accuracy is difficult.
 
If your are...

a competent hunster and can wait and take a good shot, you maybe br surprised by the HP 110 ammo by Winchester.
I havs had my daughter 110lbs, 5'4' carry for one and on;y year of deer hunting in Michiagn. I was back-up with m70 .308.
I have two co-workers use the M1 Carbone from tree stands and take a deer.
I had a co-worker indicate that his father used one in Wisconsin for use during a deer drive because he get a number of bullets in a deer on the run. :(

You should have been practicing for a couple months to be sure you accustomed to it. Its not a simple process.
 
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