A little warning coming from experience. I would make a suggestion for you. If you keep this gun do not even keep it in the same house as a 30-30. If you also have a 30-30 I would suggest getting rid of one of them. The ammo for each look very similar. Almost the same size. The 30-30 round can be loaded and chambered. They will Not ride down the barrel correctly! Had a guy that I knew when we were young. He got his dad's 30-30 ammo mixed up with his 35 rounds. When he fired the wrong round it blew the barrel apart right about where his hand was! He lost parts of a few fingers! Almost lost his whole hand! It would just be best not to even have both kinds in the same house!