Ammo availability is a real issue if you do not want to reload.

There was a time when 30.30 accounted for more Deer, Black Bear, and other game than every other cartridge on the market then and now. It is still used widely by many hunters.

Bottomline is 30.30 is cheapest and best available.

While 30.30 will work, unfortunately it is not the best perfroming ammo for the range of uses you have posited. I would go with 8x57JR because of both general availability and versatility.

Michael Dittamo
Topeka, KS