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I am thinking of fixing my marlin 30-30 into maybe some form of "tactical" rifle. Does anyone have ideas what would make up their "tactical" 30-30 if they wanted something along those lines? Any comments welcomed!
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Just paint "stupid" on the stock, and be done with it.
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You need to convert it to a rimless 30 Rem, then set it up as a belt fed rifle.
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I am thinking of fixing my marlin 30-30 into maybe some form of "tactical" rifle. Does anyone have ideas what would make up their "tactical" 30-30 if they wanted something along those lines? Any comments welcomed! Clyde, you opened yourself up on that one! A Marlin .30-30 is already a "Tactical Rifle". Just ask Clint Smith. If you meant "Tacticool Rifle", well then, there are a number of things you can do including a side-mount sling, "Butt-Buddy" ammo slide, Picatinny rails for lights & laser mounting, enlarged padded loop, trigger job, fiber-optic iron sights or XS Sights, synthetic stock, steel follower, silicon magazine tube spring, laser, flashlight, holographic sight, Ceramic coatings inside and out, racing stripes, and tassels for the pistol grip. I think that about covers it, unless someone else has a better idea. Ed
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Jeff Cooper used to write of the "Brooklyn Special"; a standard Winchester .30-30 equipped with a ghost ring rear peep and a high-visibility front post. Said rifle still held to be fairly innocuous by the Draconian permitting system in NYC.
I believe Wilson Combat makes the sights, I suppose you could also get a different finish, that seems sorta pointless though. Along those same lines sythetic stocks and forends can be had.
A low power Scout Scope too might apply, if ya aint actually downing game a .30-30 is still dangerous past 300 yards, especially with a scope I'd guess.
Actually, the standard Marlin 336 is pretty good right out of the box, the ghost peep being the greatest improvement. And heck, any peep rear sight can become a "ghost ring" merely by screwing out the apeture insert.
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XS ghost ring sights, and call it a day.
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XS ghost ring sights, and call it a day. +1 ! Ed PS, I guess I would have to add a good sling, though.
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..... tassels for the pistol grip.
I think that about covers it, unless someone else has a better idea.
Ed Ed; You see sir, that is why I've always been a 94 aficionado as opposed to Marlin's admittedly fine rifles. No chance of putting tassels on a nonexistent grip now is there? To the OP, in all seriousness, the 94 that used to ride under my left leg when checking cows for a rancher buddy and that still sits in the scabbard when we tent in grizzly country has had the following modifications done by me. -new fore end built with minimal barrel contact -100year old Lyman tang sight installed and sighted in for 125yds. This one has a flip down "ghost ring" option too, proving not too much is new under the sun. -large and easy to see copper bead front sight installed. - folding rear sight installed on barrel sighted for 50yds. -trigger job -slicked up the action so it feeds much, much better. -glass bedded the butt stock in for a perfect fit into the rear action socket. -installed steel butt plate from a '20's vintage carbine, because it looks better to me.. -the butt sock that Ed mentioned sits on there too, though it does like to slide off a bit too easily. -several coats of Tru-Oil on all exterior and interior wood surfaces, though I really should have put down a base of epoxy first and just might do that some winter. Anyway, it might not be "tactical" per se, but as the late Col. Cooper well knew, in the hands of a practiced individual, a decent lever gun in .30-30 would be a poor choice to stand in front of. Hopefully that was some use to the OP. All the best to you and yours Ed. Dwayne
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XS ghost ring sights, and call it a day. I'd add a Ching Sling and a good buttcuff. Andy Langlois' versions of both are the best I've seen. Leupold is now selling (custom shop only?) a 1-4X scout scope. With the XS scout mount, this would be a slick setup with QR rings.
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Were you watching the new season of Top Shot recently? I watched it last night, and had the exact same thought... Some (or all?_ gun company is completely missing out on a nitch which needs a "tacticool" lever gun to fill the void. LOL
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I've seen a pic of one. Had a rail mounted out on the barrel with an EoTech sight on it and an all black synthetic stock.
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As I get older, most all of my iron sights are turning into "ghost sights". Maybe I'm becoming more tactical, I dunno...
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In a nation where most have access to semi-auto's, a lever action rifle isn't what I'd want to be arming myself with. A guy with only half assed skills and a 20 rnd semi-auto can suppress you, then eliminate you. I've done it myself and seen it done time and time again in force on force training. Big advantage to semi-auto in the hands of even a semi-competent rifleman; just ask any WWII Japanese vet. Had to suck to be on the receiving end of a squad of M1's when armed with an Arisaka.
Now with that being said, a lever action rifle beats no rifle at all by a long shot.
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Just paint "stupid" on the stock, and be done with it. +1! If given a choice, I'd take a FAL for a main battle weapon (liberty teeth) over an AR15, but even a Ruger 10/22 in .22LR would give me serious pause if all I had to go against someone armed with the .22LR, was a levergun - regardless of caliber/cartridge in said levergun! The Marlin will hold? Seven? Or Eight? The M10/22 should be equipped with a magazine capable of holding 25 or 30 or even 50 rounds!! Why not scrap the levergun in favor an SKS with 10rd stripper-clips? I won't be foolish enough to insist a 7.62X39 is "as powerful" as a .30-30. IT IS NOT! But the rooskie-round with its 122-125 bullets will still shoot as far as most lever-30-30's.
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I am thinking of fixing my marlin 30-30 into maybe some form of "tactical" rifle. Does anyone have ideas what would make up their "tactical" 30-30 if they wanted something along those lines? Any comments welcomed! Clyde, you opened yourself up on that one! A Marlin .30-30 is already a "Tactical Rifle". Just ask Clint Smith. If you meant "Tacticool Rifle", well then, there are a number of things you can do including a side-mount sling, "Butt-Buddy" ammo slide, Picatinny rails for lights & laser mounting, enlarged padded loop, trigger job, fiber-optic iron sights or XS Sights, synthetic stock, steel follower, silicon magazine tube spring, laser, flashlight, holographic sight, Ceramic coatings inside and out, racing stripes, and tassels for the pistol grip. I think that about covers it, unless someone else has a better idea. Playing cards in the spokes.
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