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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?
The CENTER will hold.
Reality, Patriotism,Trump: you can only pick two
FÜCK PUTIN!
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better sights and a can of black spray paint,fer a start.
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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.
"...the designer of the .270 Ingwe cartridge!..."
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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! you could of course, steampunk it... http://www.gunrightsmedia.com/showthread.php?t=420734
"...the designer of the .270 Ingwe cartridge!..."
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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 am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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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.
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"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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The proper term is not"tactical" it's " Cowboy Assault Rifle." The Turks devastated the Russian army at Plevna with Winchester lever action rifles.
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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 No mud flaps with rubies????????
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Fuzzy dice hanging from the muzzle....?
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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.
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"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence". John Adams
"A dishonest man can always be trusted to be dishonest". Captain Jack Sparrow
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Just paint "stupid" on the stock, and be done with it. Dang near choked on my coffee on that one. Har, har.
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That one's still missing a bi-pod !
"Jerry is dead, Phish suck time to get a job "
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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.
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if 10 well placed .44 Mag rounds don't solve your problem, you have serious issues to deal with.
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Last edited by Mink; 08/17/11.
"If dogs don't go to heaven, when I die I want to go wherever they went." -Will Rogers
"If you have a lot of self control you don't need a lot of government control" - Thomas Sowell
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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.
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Might work. I take this to Kommiefornia when I go down . . .
"The Church can and should help modern society by tirelessly insisting that the work of women in the home be recognized and respected by all in its irreplaceable value." Apostolic Exhortation On The Family, Pope John Paul II
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You need to watch : "The Rifleman! "
"wanna hear God laugh? Tell Him you have complete control now!"
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