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I've never liked the idea of putting Spitzer type bullets in the tubular magazine!
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I've owned most of the common ones at some point
Savage 340 - still have my fathers Savage 170 Savage o/u 30-30 20 guage Savage 219 this one should arrive Tuesday H&R Topper Schmidt Ruben Ruger # 1 this ones a keeper Marlin 336A,336RS, and a couple of the common carbines Win 94 70s model and a pre 64, as well as a Canadian Centennial carbine
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I bought a pre 64 Winchester and about 200 rounds of original silver tips for $150 last year hoping to get some whitetail does in the freezer with it this year
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I bought a pre 64 Winchester and about 200 rounds of original silver tips for $150 last year hoping to get some whitetail does in the freezer with it this year Geez. If only I'd ever run into deals like that.
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I bought a pre 64 Winchester and about 200 rounds of original silver tips for $150 last year hoping to get some whitetail does in the freezer with it this year Geez. If only I'd ever run into deals like that. You and me both. Did the seller give him some peach cobbler and ice cream too?
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21 inch barrel Marlin XLR semi custom. Shoots great for a 30-30
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21 inch barrel Marlin XLR semi custom. Shoots great for a 30-30 Those are nice.
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My 1977 Marlin 336 30-30. I finally had to admit that I can't shoot for schitt with the peep so I gave it away last week on here. Now it has a Leupold 2-7. I keep it stoked with 170's and IMR3031. My folks bought it for me for $88 brand new in the local farm supply store. I shot my first deer with it back in the late 70's. My sentimental favorite.
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Looks like I had three flyers, LOL!
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I killed my first deer with my Dad's '94 (1927 manufacture) in about '66, which is now my most used carry rifle for walkabouts up here.. Real handy carry. Got it back after a 25 year old absence when my oldest brother died some years ago. Really should kill something with it again..... . The first thing I did when It came back into my possesion was take the vintage 3X Leupold off and put the Williams apeture sight back on, which it had carried all through my father's possession. And installed a block in the rear sight cut, reblued the metal and refinished the stock, both of which had issues. It could use it again. In the interum, after moving to Alaska, I bought a 336 off my best HS bud for $125 in about 1970 on a visit back, when he decided a .243 for ND deer hunting was more to his liking. Killed my first moose with it, but it has long since gone to sleep with the fishes in the Tanana River after a kid ran my boat out of gas just above a big log jam. If I ever find a good deal on another 336, I'll grab it. I prefer them to the '94.
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My dad wasn't a gun guy. Had one deer rifle, one shotgun, and one 22 (which I didn't even know he had, never saw him shoot it). His rifle was a 1954 Marlin 336RC in 30-30. I think that's the first year they were drilled and tapped? Don't know where he got it from, it dates to the year my folks got married and I'm sure he was too broke to buy it then. Two years ago I got to take it out hunting. It still works just fine... two shots into the chest at 75 yards maybe 2" apart. I don't think the 2nd one was needed, he just didn't know he was dead yet. That was a special hunt. I sure like your pics!!
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I will reluctantly admit I've never owned a 30-30. For the last several months I've been looking local to see if I can find a nice used Marlin. I love the 94's but the straight stock doesn't usually fit me well.
If I could find a Model 64, I'd prefer it over the Marlin.
This is a great thread by the way. Keep it up gentlemen.
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My first centre fire rifle when I was 19 y.o. was a 94 Winchester 30/30. Two shots had been fired through it and I bought the gun and the unused 18 shells in the box all for $45 (Canadian).
You can figure out how old I am.
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My first centre fire rifle when I was 19 y.o. was a 94 Winchester 30/30. Two shots had been fired through it and I bought the gun and the unused 18 shells in the box all for $45 (Canadian).
You can figure out how old I am.
Jim You don't have a brother named Ingwe, do you?
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I mostly pack around a Winchester 64 A that was rechambered to 30/30 Ackley. Nicely accurate with lots of bullets, from crows to elk it hits hard.
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My Grandfather's 94 w/ 22" Octagonal barrel, home made front sight and tang peep. The year my Dad gave this to me I took all of my deer (5) with it. Loaned it to a friend to shoot his first deer as well. Rifle is a 30 WCF (says so on the barrel ) Made in 1906. According to one of the Grandfather's contemporaries I met when I was about 10, this is the rifle Granddad used to take the last grizzly killed in Lemhi County Idaho. Don't know the validity of the story though.
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Bbear, I bet that '94 is fantastic for off hand shooting and what an outstanding stock with a pistol grip, no less! Your Grandfather had great taste.
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Shew me thy ways, O LORD: teach me thy paths. "there are few better cartridges on Earth than the 7 x 57mm Mauser" "the .30 Springfield is light, accurate, penetrating, and has surprising stopping power"
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LOVE the photos on here... thanks to all for sharing. Moosemike... LOVE that picture. I have a lot of moose photos with a levergun, but mine are mostly with my XLR in .338 ME.
I have two .30-30s, though neither is a lever. I have a 340 from 1952 that's in terrific shape. I also have a late 60s Model 24 that's got the .30-30 barrel over a 20 gauge. I haven't killed anything with the .30-30 barrel (I've only had the gun a little over a year) but the 20 gauge has been dynamite on birds. My first shot at waterfowl, I was aiming at one goose and three fell to the ground (cacklers). And I have harvested more spruce grouse than I've fired shots.
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Mine was my first deer rifle. Made in 1921 by the serial number. Killed a lot of deer with it. Best packing saddle gun ever made. DCM Garand included for scale.
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My first centre fire rifle when I was 19 y.o. was a 94 Winchester 30/30. Two shots had been fired through it and I bought the gun and the unused 18 shells in the box all for $45 (Canadian).
You can figure out how old I am.
Jim You don't have a brother named Ingwe, do you? Don't think so. He's just a kid isn't he? Jim
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