The added -30 stands for the standard load of 30 grains (1.9 g) of early smokeless powder and is based on late-19th century American naming conventions for black powder-filled cartridges. When the cartridge was chambered in the Marlin Model 1893 rifle, rival gunmaker Marlin used the designation. When chambered in the Winchester Model 1894 carbine and rifle, it was also known as. 30 Winchester Smokeless first appeared in Winchester's catalog No. 30-30 is often said to have killed more whitetail deer in North America than any cartridge in history, and it remains highly popular today. 30-30 over those cartridges is that it leaves lower volumes of spoiled (destroyed or bloodshot) venison after a kill, leading to less wastage. In any case, a hunting-specific advantage of the.
30-30 somewhat closer to parity with higher-velocity cartridges. 30-30 is not commonly used for extreme long-range shooting across wide-open spaces, but modern innovations in ballistic tipped bullets for leverguns have moved the long-range capabilities of the. 30-30 will often retain more terminal energy. 35 Remington produces more muzzle energy and recoil, the. 44, et al.) also often paired with lever actions, and produces that energy with mild recoil. 30-30 is substantially more powerful than the Magnum handgun cartridges (e.g. 30-30 is by far the most common cartridge shot from lever action rifles. Since its introduction, it has been surpassed by many cartridges in the long-range shooting attributes of speed, energy, and trajectory, yet remains in widespread use because of its practical effectiveness in forested hunting situations. 25-35 were offered that year as the United States's first small-bore sporting rifle cartridges designed for smokeless powder. 30-30 (or "thirty-thirty"), as it is most commonly known, and the. 30 Winchester Center Fire cartridge was first marketed in 1895 for the Winchester Model 1894 lever-action rifle.