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Re: Model 54 in 30-30 RAS #13741385 04/14/19
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,004 In the woods... RAS OP Campfire Outfitter
OP RAS Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,004 In the woods...	Good news. Got the rifle in. It’s really beautiful. I am tickled happy. Bad news. The stith isn’t going to work. I am in need of a steel receiver sight if anyone has one. Thank you. Jeff "...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.

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Re: Model 54 in 30-30 RAS #13741589 04/14/19
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 23,068 Annapolis, Md. G gnoahhh Campfire Ranger
gnoahhh Campfire Ranger G Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 23,068 Annapolis, Md.	Gotcha covered, Jeff. "You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz "Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty

Re: Model 54 in 30-30 RAS #13786434 05/01/19
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,342 Finger Lakes NY fishdog52 Campfire Regular
fishdog52 Campfire Regular Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,342 Finger Lakes NY	Got my hands on one these 54's, in 30-30, earlier today. First time I've handled one. It is in near perfect condition, excellent metal & bluing, with minor stock dings consistent with being .a safe queen. Bore is perfect. I was struck by its sheer good looks. I have admired the model 70 FWT, with that schnable tip, for years. I didn't know it had a predecessor. If there is anything to criticize, it might be the trigger, but it was far from horrible. I will now agonize over this for awhile. Fortunately, it is in private hands, so no rush and no pressure. Imagine your grave on a windy winter night. You've been dead for 70 years. It's been 50 since a visitor last paused at your tombstone..... Now explain why you're in a pissy mood today.

Re: Model 54 in 30-30 RAS #13786473 05/01/19
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 23,068 Annapolis, Md. G gnoahhh Campfire Ranger
gnoahhh Campfire Ranger G Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 23,068 Annapolis, Md.	Do. Not. Let. It. Get. Away. My theory as to why these things always have good bores: they weren't shot much, having been in the domain of once a year hunters. "You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz "Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty

Re: Model 54 in 30-30 deerstalker #13802063 05/08/19
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,699 Southern Oregon USA S Seafire Campfire 'Bwana
Seafire Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,699 Southern Oregon USA	Originally Posted by deerstalker that one would be next to my bed so fast my wife would be worried! holy grail on my bucket list! you and me both brother! the only thing close to it would be one in 257 Roberts... or a model 30S in 25, 30 or 35 Remington.... "Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC “Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez

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Re: Model 54 in 30-30 RAS #14427836 01/02/20
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,918 AK peninsula 458Win Campfire Tracker
458Win Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,918 AK peninsula	One reason I love this forum is I can learn things. I have owned a few M54 rifles. Mostly 30-06, but I recently ran across a nice, early, unmolested 30-30 carbine with the factory Lyman 48 peep for $500 . It should be pretty handy for Kodiak Blacktails. Phil Shoemaker Alaska Master Guide, Alaska Hunter Ed Instructor FAA Master pilot www.grizzlyskinsofalaska.com Anyone who claims the 30-06 is not effective has either not used one, or else is unwittingly commenting on their marksmanship.

Re: Model 54 in 30-30 RAS #14428381 01/02/20
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 23,068 Annapolis, Md. G gnoahhh Campfire Ranger
gnoahhh Campfire Ranger G Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 23,068 Annapolis, Md.	I should say so! "You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz "Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty

Re: Model 54 in 30-30 458Win #14428445 01/02/20
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 2,701 Lakewood, CO z1r Campfire Regular
z1r Campfire Regular Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 2,701 Lakewood, CO	Originally Posted by 458Win One reason I love this forum is I can learn things. I have owned a few M54 rifles. Mostly 30-06, but I recently ran across a nice, early, unmolested 30-30 carbine with the factory Lyman 48 peep for $500 . It should be pretty handy for Kodiak Blacktails. Sounds like mine, pics of which are on page 2 of this thread. Congrats!

Re: Model 54 in 30-30 RAS #14430955 01/03/20
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 5,189 TX J Jeffrey Campfire Tracker
Jeffrey Campfire Tracker J Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 5,189 TX	I picked up a nice one a few years back. If I recall correctly, I tried loading spritzer type bullets but it was a no-go. I think mag length was too short. Now I just load 150 Speer flat points with good success load wise. I haven’t hunted with it. Mine has the peep sight and it nice, but I need to get my front site fixed as it got dinged at some point.

Re: Model 54 in 30-30 RAS #14431245 01/03/20
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,599 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas K kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana
kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,599 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas	Score!!!! Well done!!! Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester "Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored." WS

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Re: Model 54 in 30-30 RAS #14432773 01/04/20
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,004 In the woods... RAS OP Campfire Outfitter
OP RAS Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,004 In the woods...	I got a receiver sight on this rifle and it is very accurate with plain old green box Remington CL 150s. I know I could go faster with handloads, but probably not more accurate. I could have sold this rifle twice since I have bought it. Once at the range and once in my basement. Both observers were quite intrigued with the rifle. Don’t see a whole lot of bolt actions in 30-30. The only other rifle that I know of is the Remington 788. "...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.

Re: Model 54 in 30-30 RAS #14432804 01/04/20
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 7,336 The West Mountain P Poconojack Campfire Tracker
Poconojack Campfire Tracker P Joined: May 2010 Posts: 7,336 The West Mountain	Had a Savage 340 chambered for the .30-30. "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Hunter S. Thompson

Re: Model 54 in 30-30 RAS #14444599 01/07/20
Joined: May 2019 Posts: 60 T Tomygun1 Campfire Greenhorn
Tomygun1 Campfire Greenhorn T Joined: May 2019 Posts: 60	ras, I also have a 54 in 30WCF with 24”bbl and it’s one of my favorite shooters in this cal and with spritzer bullets and hand loads the range is greatly increased. Also don’t overlook this rifle with reduced loads for rabbits and pop cans as a fun rifle for all purposes. I enjoy hand loaded 110gr bullets @1900/2200fps. Tom

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