Educational
Zone #77 - Interesting Firearms - The Winchester .30-30 Rifle - Page 2
The
front sight is a standard bead sight which
helps in quick target acquisition when used
for running game.
These
old rifles have a tube magazine under the
barrel and hold seven rounds in the magazine
and one in the chamber.
It is loaded through a gate in the side of
the action.
The rifle is about 37 inches long and this
makes it very handy in the field.
It is probably one of the biggest reasons
for its popularity.
The
rifle loads the rounds straight through the
top of the action.
The
spent cartridge case ejects from the top of
the action on this old model.
This was considered to be a disadvantage for
those that like to mount a scope.
But a scope is not really necessary in thick
woods and these rifles work great with standard
sights.
Modern models have a side ejection that allows
scopes to be mounted on top.
The
tubular magazine means that each round rests
against the round in back of it and round
nose or flat nose bullets must be used to
prevent the pointed nose of a spitzer bullet
from setting off the round in front of it
with its sharp nose during recoil.
Some modern bullets have been loaded with
plastic tips to solve this problem.
