30 carbine is a war relic, behind the front line defense gun. I have one, it's a hoot to shoot. The wife likes it as well. With the right ammo it's a good close in deer or hog gun. We used to hunt in the dense swamp and a long shot was 25 feet. The handy little 30 carbine made it easy to climb up to the stand. The deer and hogs in Florida are quite small.
The last AW ban put the 30 carbine clips in the ban column.
Pint sized hogs, huh? Tell that to the daughter of a buddy of mine, another NRA Instructor. On her 16th birthday she waded hip deep into a swamp and busted loose with four shots from a Model 629 44 and dropped one of those tiny hogs. It later fed over thirty of her friends at her sweet sixteen. That tusker went over 400 pounds before being dressed. A local restaurant in a pretty upscale hotel here in the suburb of Miami known as Coral Gables cooked it up for us. I was stuffed for days on that pig. Damn it was good. So if a 400 pound pig is small, can you tell me what size ranks as medium or large? Wild hogs are ranked as dangerous game, btw. They regularly tear hunters up with those wicked tusks. They'll rip you from ankle to crotch in a heartbeat.
I know what you mean. I went to our local gun range and sighted the gun in at 100 feet ... pistol range but here in the PNW it's a great brush gun. A former marine gunny told me that it's better than a .357magnum .....