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Re: 30-30 help! [Re: txtrophy85] #5395278 11/03/14 01:05 PM
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I do and always will have a 30-30. It is a tool that has a specific job. When I will be walking thick woods I want my Marlin 30-30 with irons.


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Re: 30-30 help! [Re: txtrophy85] #5395286 11/03/14 01:10 PM
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[quote=txtrophy85]Go buy a marlin 336 for $450 put a leaupold 2x7 on it for $200
And call it good [/quote

Or less if you find a good clean marlin. the marlin will out shoot the other lever guns, and are fool proof. I never work on lever Marlins, maybe 2 in 30 years in the business and they were abused.

Re: 30-30 help! [Re: J.G.] #5396676 11/03/14 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted By: FiremanJG
I do and always will have a 30-30. It is a tool that has a specific job. When I will be walking thick woods I want my Marlin 30-30 with irons.


X2.

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Originally Posted By: FiremanJG
I do and always will have a 30-30. It is a tool that has a specific job. When I will be walking thick woods I want my Marlin 30-30 with irons.


X3 but mine is a post 64 Winchester 94 but i got her for $250.

Re: 30-30 help! [Re: ted.s] #5396960 11/03/14 11:09 PM
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I killed my first deer with a Ted Williams 30-30, and a pickup load of deer after that. I killed a doe at 160 yards with it using Williams receiver peep sights. I killed two hogs in one day with a 14" contender pistol in 30-30. Personally, I would steer clear of the Mossberg rifle. I bought a JM stamped Marlin from a local gun shop for $325 out the door.


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I've owned a Mossberg before and I won't do it again.


Hate to say it, but I have had a similar experience.

Re: 30-30 help! [Re: Gone to Texas] #5397222 11/04/14 01:13 AM
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I've owned a Mossberg before and I won't do it again.


Hate to say it, but I have had a similar experience.


Like many brands, Mossberg makes two lines, even within the same model series, like two different 500's, two different versions of 835's, etc.

Much like Remington 870's....which vary widely from the 870 Express at Bass Pro or Wal Mart to the 870 Wingmaster royal blue or the Marine 870, or the true Police 870's... you get what you pay for.

Upper end Mossbergs can be great guns. But the mart mart guns have ruined their reputation.

Savage went broke dealing with Wal Mart in the 80's and early 90's; finally pulled their head out, and now market stevens and Axis for those markets. True Savage guns are very good guns.

Do you really think you are buying a Zeiss for $299 at Bass Pro? Or an improved Tasco with a Zeiss label?
Or the $1100 John Deere mowers at Home Depot/Lowes? (Made by Murray or MTD).

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My dad could hit a small coffee cup at 100 yards all day long with his 94. Best shot with open sites I have ever seen. Love the round myself, killed my first deer open sites 100 yards. I have the ugly Savage 340 in 30-30 with Leupold scope that is flat out one of my most accurate guns. I cant say enough about it.


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I've owned a Mossberg before and I won't do it again.


Hate to say it, but I have had a similar experience.


Like many brands, Mossberg makes two lines, even within the same model series, like two different 500's, two different versions of 835's, etc.

Much like Remington 870's....which vary widely from the 870 Express at Bass Pro or Wal Mart to the 870 Wingmaster royal blue or the Marine 870, or the true Police 870's... you get what you pay for.

Upper end Mossbergs can be great guns. But the mart mart guns have ruined their reputation.

Savage went broke dealing with Wal Mart in the 80's and early 90's; finally pulled their head out, and now market stevens and Axis for those markets. True Savage guns are very good guns.

Do you really think you are buying a Zeiss for $299 at Bass Pro? Or an improved Tasco with a Zeiss label?
Or the $1100 John Deere mowers at Home Depot/Lowes? (Made by Murray or MTD).



One of my hunting buddies just bought a Savage Axis in 308 (couple of months ago), it is a tack driver at the ranges we shoot. He is 5 for 5 so far with it this year. It is shooting tight groups, haven't tested it beyond 150 yrds but I bet it would do just fine stretching it out a little.

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