The 30-30 is the Rodney Dangerfield of rifles yet imo is one of the best pure hunting rounds there is. When I think 30-30 I immediately think model 94 or 336 but I’d like to see bolt actions too if you’ve got one. Would love to see everyone’s pics.

The 30-30 is a cartridge.

When I was a kid, if somebody told you to grab your 30-30, they intended for you to grab your hunting rifle.

I have them in lever actions from Marlin, Mossberg, Savage, and Winchester, and pump actions from Savage. I've had bolt actions from Remington, Savage, Stevens, and Winchester. I've owned combination guns from Heym and Savage with 30-30 barrels. For most of the 1990's earned a little pocket money buying Savage 340 series bolt actions in 30-30 and selling them to a dealer in WI.

The 30-30 works well within its performance envelope, what more should be expected from it?

Ok, I'll do the traditional red/black coat...


I killed my first deer when I was in college with a borrowed '94 Win in .32 Spl.

The top rifle is a "Canadian Centennial" model that I bought the year that it came out. I only took it hunting once, but didn't shoot anything with it.

A few years ago I thought I needed a classic 30-30 for hunting so I bought the lower Model '94. I forgot that my 70 year old eyes couldn't focus on the sights like they did in 1965, however I did use it for my Colorado Mountain Lion.

I haven’t had one in a long time. Good round!

Shot this little 8-pointer in south TX. One shot, one kill.
Bob


Marlin .30-30, 2.5x Weaver

My pre'64



My 336A



My 336SC



My 336ADL

There ought to be a Savage 99 showing up soon.

Not all 30-30's, but a group shot of my levers.

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/galleries/14842442#Post14842442


#1 from left is a 2005 made SS Guide Gun in 35 Rem. I don't recall the exact model #. Only 500 made
#2 is a 1950's 39 Mountie
#3 and #4 are 1970's 336's in 30-30
#5 is a 1958 marlin 336 in 30-30
#6 is a 1960's 39 Mountie
#7 is a 1970's 94 Marlin in 44 mag
#8 is a 1970's Marln 336 in 30-30
#9 is a 1958 Winchester 94 in 30-30
#10 is a 1988 or 89 Marlin 336 Trapper with 16" barrel. A reproduction of the Maurader. Only about 2000 made.
#11 is a 1970's Winchester 94-22 XTR.

Some close up's

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/galleries/14842481#Post14842481

Marlin 336 Rifle. Got it from a friend who said it was bought by his grandmother in the very early 50s, but that's all I know about when it was made.
OId style lever, steel checkered butt plate and fluted comb and pistol grip with walnut stock. Slim forend. Grip cap is missing Lyman peep sight.


OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA by .com/photos/156296479@N08/]Steve Zihn, on [bleep]

Model 336 at the top. Gift from my father in law. Belonged to his dad.

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One of my past 30-30s a Marlin Glenfield with a VXhog 1-4. I actually liked the reticle that scope had a lot.

https://imgur.com/gallery/f8f22c8

SN just over 1M was made in the late 20's (that would be the 1920's). My first deer rifle checkered history of which is recorded in another recent thread.

Pay no attention to the DCM M1.

WOW ........ Very nice!

One of the few Winchester Model 54s that my Father had in his collection was a 30-30 that had been rechambered to 30-40. I've heard of other that had been reworked in that way, but I've never seen one.

All I have is an old single shot, hope that’s acceptable![img]http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/galleries/14841954/30-30-single-shot[/img]

Dang, how long is that barrel?

27 inches
And how the heck do I just make the images appear in the post without having to click on the link?

I have no idea how old you are, but if you need a "rifle heir" I would be happy to do it for you...

Savage Model 170 .30-30 Win

The bottom one is a 1893 Marlin. 28 inch barrel with buckhorn sights. It is accurate off hand and very instinct.

I've accumulated quite a few Savage 30-30's. Too hard to go dig them all out. solid frames, takedowns, 20, 22, 24, 26" barrels. Have owned a Staggs Built O/U 30-30/20 gauge that was pretty cool, as well as the usual Marlins and WInchesters. Here's a couple 30-30 carbines with optional .410 barrels.

how do th 410's work? single shots?

Glen field 30A Leopold 3x

I have a single shot Henry that is a great little rifle. I have killed five deer with it.

I’d love a 30/30 SxS on a small frame. Something like a 20ga conversion.

This was my first centerfire rifle, only mine was topped with a Weaver K4, Bought at JC Penny. Dispatched a goodly amount of white tail with it!

Sweet!

Here's my Staggs Built 30-30/20 gauge O/U. Looked for a long time to find one after Roy posted about his. I need to take it out coyote hunting next winter.

1957 Marlin SC, Leupold 3x. Awesome combo.
Bob

Bob, very nice hunting rifle you have there. I like your choice of scope, and......well everything about it. I had to put a hammer extension on my 1895, couldn’t manipulate the hammer with gloves on very well.

Roger that; it's the only thing "wrong" with this rifle. Newer extensions won't work on the older hammers and I don't want to put a new hammer in. I can live with it, though.
Bob

Found an older, JM marked, one on eBay for my Marlin. My rifle is an older one,1978, worked great. It has a flat thumb piece.

Ruger K1A. A Kepplinger single set trigger is to be installed soon.

Savage 219 .30-30.

That old Savage looks pretty nifty. I like it.

SS336,

All the exposed steel parts on that Savage 219 have had Black Nitride surface treatment. It makes for a handy, lightweight, all-weather, stalking rifle. Its .30-30 load of choice is a 125 gr. Spitzer Soft Point at about 2600 fps out of its 26" barrel. The Leupold 1-4x20 is normally adjusted to have that load strike point of aim at 200 yards. Though, for now, it's adjusted to put cast 311041s at 1650 fps on the point of aim at 100 yards.

I was gonna try to buy this one ...

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/867372707

it is my dream .30-30, but it isn't worth a bidding war up over $1000 for a used lever action. Maybe someday.

Tom

Tmitch, I have one of those Savage 170s also. I love mine.

1964 Marlin Glenfield 36G
Interim model till Glenfield came out with the model 30
5930 made 64 65
1st 500 had serial# matching black walnut stocks and no G rollmarked after 36 on the barrel.
G mark on lower tang face inside buttstock recess.
Rare model but not anymore valuable than 336,s of it era.

It seems to be the only pic I have left in captivity of this rifle, I'll have to fix that.

1970 M94 Winchester I bought when I was 13 with paper route/yardmowing money, still have and use it. It's sent a lot of deer to that big clover patch in the sky. The only changes I've made are a Williams FP rear sight and an Ashley post front (could be Skinner, I don't remember).

I like that. Half-mag levers are very aesthetic to me.

I LIKE that! Clean and simple with nice dark wood.
Bob

Right click. Copy. With the [img][/img] prefix and suffix, like you have. The string you copy has to have the .jpg on the end (or some other image extension).


Actually, it's much simpler to use imgur.com. You can just click on the BBCode option and copy that directly into your post.

My dad's 1927 manfed M94. Iy is my walk-about rifle. I think it will go caribou hunting this fall, as I haven't killed anything with it since 1966.

[img]https://i.imgur.com/hbZxE2A.jpg?1[/img]

Imgur isn't posting pic this morning, apparently?

I've had my eyes open for a half magazine Glenfield for years now. They're rare in my parts.

I had one of these a few years back and traded it off. It was a great rifle and I killed a few antelope and deer with it.