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Bolt a flashlite (excuse me, tac light) to the mag tube, like guys do for a shotgun.

Folding stock is mandatory.

Picatinny rail on top with a Ecog or similar. Co-witnessed to a peep, duh.

Low-mass firing pin.

Heat shroud on the barrel.

Tactical loading port hatch.

Thread barrel for a flash suppresor.

Hard chrome the whole [bleep] thing. Or Parkerize.

Replace fore-end with a tri-rail. Hell, a quad rail. Mount a sling attachment point, laser illuminator, and........... something else to it. Oooh! One of those vertical grips.

Gotta have extra ammo somewhere for those mutant cannibal firefights. Elastic loop thingy on the folding buttstock?

better sights and a can of black spray paint,fer a start.

I guess if you live in a state that bans or restricts semi-autos...

...I'd probably get one of those Marlins in your fave calibers that holds as many rounds as possible. Since you won't be shooting a .223 or .308, I'd use the Hornady Leverevolution rounds with pointy flex tips for best feasible trajectory.

But even in California, you can have an AR, if properly configured.

you could of course, steampunk it...

http://www.gunrightsmedia.com/showthread.php?t=420734

As I recall lever actions were the original 'assault rifle'. Nothing much has changed in the last 150 years, but a good receiver sight makes them a contender out to a couple hundred yards, give or take. Danged if I don't like the Model 94 and the Marlin guns in .30-30, but there are alternate chambers in those models which provide for longer range or more bullets as one deems important.

Suppression is noise. It does not hurt much of anything.

I think a lot of the posts have covered the humorous, but if you are serious about making your 30-30 a rifle that can quickly engage targets at short range, I would say put a good micro red dot sight like the Aimpoint H-1 (or T-1 or R-1) on it. Have a ghost ring sight setup as a backup.

With an appropriate zero, you should be able to hold dead on out to around 200 yards with impacts not more than 3" above or below point of aim. A person who can shoot accurately past 200 yards without magnifying sights is truly exceptional, and the 30-30 practical effective range is probably not much more than around 200 yards.

I've been thinking the red dot sight would be good for the 30-30 for hunting situations, too.

The proper term is not"tactical" it's "Cowboy Assault Rifle."

The Turks devastated the Russian army at Plevna with Winchester lever action rifles.

No mud flaps with rubies????????

Fuzzy dice hanging from the muzzle....?

IIRC, somebody showed up to one of Jeff Cooper's classes with a 16" '94 in .30-30, to the vast amusement of the staff.

Guy said it was the only thing he was allowed to have Noo Yuk City. More amused laughter from the staff.

Guy proceeded to run the courses along side his AR-equipped fellow students, and damned if he didn't do pretty good by comparison.

Hmmmm, says Jeff Cooper. He buys some '94s and has his no-longer amused staff run the course with them. And damned if they didn't do pretty good themselves.

And so, says Jeff Cooper, in one of his oft-reprinted articles, he came to believe that a man with a '94 .30-30 was armed very well, indeed.

Always enjoy re-reading that from time to time.

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=945897

Dang near choked on my coffee on that one. Har, har.

That one's still missing a bi-pod !

A 30-30 only holds 5-6 rounds. How about a Marlin .44 mag or .357 mag? They hold 10 rounds. Can match your sidearm. You could modify the magazine tube made like a .22 auto and have preloaded tubes you can carry on your back for quick reloading.

if 10 well placed .44 Mag rounds don't solve your problem, you have serious issues to deal with.

Years ago i read an article in a LE mag. talking about 30-30's as patrol rifles. I thought heck, 30-30's have been used as patrol rifles long before this article came out. I wish Savage would come back out with the 99 in the same quality as was used in the 50's & 60's as the two that i own.

Might work.

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