I have a 30/30 that I sold a while ago to a friend of mine so his daughter could take it hunting. It was a pretty sweet lever action rifle the kind they shoot from the hip with in the hold westerns. I never go hunting anymore, but I still kind of miss that gun. It was fun to shoot and even though I know it went to a good home, I'm a bit sad (even though it's been 15 years now).
I've never had a 30/30, always had other rifles that did the same thing, but I've shot and hunted with many of them and enjoyed it. They can be fired quite rapidly and I never minded peep sights.
I had a scope on mine, but I had to put and extension on the hammer because the scope got in the way. I think about the only time I shot it was to sight it in and that was it.
I've used them with scopes too, easier, but I enjoyed the open sight shooting, made me feel like a cowboy from the wild west.