I brought home a marlin 30/30 i was to sell for a freind and my 13 year old fell in love so now he has a 30/30.
It is a sear westernfield gun with iron sights he said he dont want a scope on it.

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Like Rocky I have a Savage 340 that I bought at a yard sale for a 100 bucks. Guy had 6 boxes of new Winchester ammo too in a 30 cal ammo can for 20 bucks. It sits in the kitchen area with a mag full of ammo for my wife to use if the coyotes or the wolfies come down messing with our cow critters. She can shoot it too. Found another magazine for it at a gun show for 5 bucks. So...125 bucks for the gun ammo and extra mag. What ain't good about the 30-30. I am not however a lever gun fan. I can even shoot pointy bullets in this'un.:D

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You don't need a scope on lever action 30-30s. Put on a receiver
(peep) sight. Your eye automatically finds the center and you are tracking what you want to shoot with the front sight. As good as a scope to 200 yards and probably faster. I am an old target shooter and those receiver sights are the secret solution to old eyes. I have only taken 1 deer with the 30-30, but it was dead on the shot. Tried to run by me at about 75 yards.:)

My family has used 30-30's for years ( at least for starting out hunting whitetails ) and about five years ago I cobbled onto one of the last Marlin 30-30 CB's available before they stopped production of them. The 24" octagon barrel is a tack driver and the rifle is just plain a great gun to carry and shoot. I have peep sights on it for as long as my old eyes can use them. I switch off between my .270 pump and this rifle for all deer hunting. To each, their own I reckon................


Vic

Vic I hate ya! I been tryin to find one of those octagonal barrel beauties since before they stopped makin 'em. :D

GoodOlBoy

GoodOlBoy.........
I understand your anxiety and almost feel your pain. Odds are you'll come across one sometime down the road and snag it for yourself. I'd like to pick up a 38/55 yet myself, however - I haven't happened across one ( when I have the $ ) just yet, so..........

Regards, Vic

Over the past 50 years, I have killed a number of deer and hogs with a 30-30.
I picked these two up this week. Both are 30-30 Marlins. The first a 1971 336 SRC, the second a 1949 336 RC. I just can't turn down a bargain on an old Marlin. :)
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GOB,

Octogon you say? A few weeks ago I found, and bought, a Winchester .30/30 RIFLE with 26-inch octogon barrel and full length mag tube. I checked with Winchester and it was made in February 1922. The bore is excellent and the exterior is very good. I will test some cast loads tomorrow.

Adam

Wow now that is a find! I was talking about the newer marlin oct barrels from a few years back, but I bet that little gem of yours is a beauty.

GoodOlBoy

i work at a sporting goods store and i know we sell alot of 30-30's as hog guns or truck guns and the general opinion that i have gotten is that the best ballistic ammo straight from the factory is the new Hornady LeveRevolution. It is suppose to add 50 yards to your flat shooting. The 45-70 ammo is suppose to be a beastly hog bullet

I'm not sure if any of you are talking to me about my Marlin with an octagonal barrel, but mine is one of the production rifles from about 8-10 years ago referred to as a "30-30 CB". My understanding is Marlin made about 3500 of them over the three years they were in production before the model was discontinued. It's a well balanced and fun rifle to shoot and carry.

Regards, Vic

Yep I was admirin that one Vic. Thats the one I was trying to buy awhile back.

GoodOlBoy

Most of ya'll already know that I'm more of a shotgun gal than a rifle gal, but when the need arises fer deer huntin with a rifle, I grab the old Savage bolt action 30-30 every time.
As Scalerman put it, they all were just as dead with that rifle than any other lol, and quite a few were around 100 yrds w/ iron sights and off the shelf ammo.

Dern, I'm startin to get the huntin jitters....lol

Longest shot I made with mine was 150 yards on a coyote. It was winter time and he had come down to check out the cows and calves so I shot him. There was a very wide streak of red out both sides as I had shot him right throught the heart. Dead as a wedge. Just as dead as with any other caliber.

The 30-30 CB's do show up for sale every now and then. My niece has a Savage bolt 30-30 and my brother and I mounted a Williams FP peep sight on it.....nice little rifle !

While I've taken many whitetails over the years - I've yet to shoot one with my Marlin 30-30 while hunting with it. I switch off with my other rifle ( back & forth ) quite abit.

On another note - I may have to mount a low power scope on my 30-30 as my eyes age and can no longer use the peep sights effectively.....we'll see.

Regards , Vic