Thread: Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?

Mine wasn't 100% reliable. The safety flopped around under recoil, blocking the bolt and therefore unable to open the action and reload quickly. I taped it forward when hunting and just ran it with the bolt half open. Push it closed if a shot presented its self, actually a good way to hunt I found.

It had a factory 5 shot mag and without a scope it was a joy to carry.

I discovered how hard it is to use open sights in the dark dank bush, I missed out on on a lot of opportunities that would have been easy with a scoped rifle. That's the main reason for moving the rifle along, while it was cool, I didn't see myself using it again for hunting. My eyes seem to be showing signs of aging! The two deer I got were in the open on a sunny afternoon (it had just cleared from several days of rain, they were enjoying the sun as much as I was!), about 60m away and slightly down hill, so easy shots in the end.