2,200 feet per second is an approximate muzzle velocity for most bullets fired from a 20" barreled .30-30 rifle. given the high velocities of most rifles these days, this performance is sometimes scoffed at. but, consider this.--
2,200 feet per second is just another way of expressing 1,500 miles an hour, a speed not attained by quite a few modern fighter planes. so, you users of the .30-30, the next time someone asks you how fast the bullets go from your rifle, just tell them, "about 1500 miles an hour ... " and then mumble "... for a little bit ... " under your breath.
now, the .30-30 fired parallel with the ground from average should height is only in flight for a fraction of a second (determined by the formula d=1/2 a(t)(t) ), but, still in all, it is still a "modern ballistic."
and, to put the matter in some perspective, it puts the performance of the 7.62x39mm russian (model 43) cartridge*** in the shade, as that cartridge shoots a bullet roughly 2/3's the bullet weight of the .30-30 at not quite the same velocity.
so, don't scoff at the .30-30 winchester. within its range limitations, it is a plenty lethal deer cartridge, and more than a few elk and black bear have fallen to it, as well.***** so, if you want to keep a .30-30 on a gun rack ready to go to protect family, kin and those dear to you, you will be well and suitably armed. get a "red dot" sight mounted on it for night time use, and you will be ready for about anything.
if you have little ones, and kids not quite suitably mature to be around an untended firearm, keep it secure under lock and key or in a gun safe. prudence is, after all, taking precautions for a dangerous instrumentality, and a .30-30 is most assuredly that.
john jay @ 04.27.2022
*** read that as "ak-47 kalashnikov." no point buying one of those buggers, when you can pick up a marlin 336 or winchester 94 "used" for "cheaper than dirt" after most deer seasons. and, have a lot better gun, to boot.
***** needless to say, but i will say it anyway, it is more than enough gun to handle 200 to 300 pound two-legged mammals, regardless of disposition and/or the "courage & influence" of drugs and/or alcohol, or just plain stupidity. very quickly, and without much fuss. just keep it handy, and quickly accessible. it's no good to you, if you cannot get at it. kapish?
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