Great Grandpas Rifle

My Great Grandpas Rifle is back out in the field. My Dad handed me down my Great Grandpa's rifle.
It is a Marlin 30-30 with octogan barrel. It has a four digit serial number and was made in 1893. I have carried it hunting with me all rifle season so far. My goal for this year is to harvest a deer with the rifle.

Good luck.

That's a treasure for sure. Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't think you could even put a value on something with that much family histroy, sure mighty fine looking.

Hope you score with it too.

Priceless! Excellent looking rifle. Love heirloom firearms!

Beautiful rifle , never part with it!

That's crazy cool. Good luck

good luck, I have been hunting with a winchester '92 in 32-20 made in 1896,these old guns just have a cool factor I cant put my finger on.

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Very cool!!! Hope to see you with your trophy soon

great family treasure, and its doing what is was meant for

Cool

very nice! good luck

I LOVE family history pieces, especially guns! Good luck and I hope you take a deer and post the pics!

Awesome family heirloom. Good luck in your quest for venison!

The neat thing is that it can be used just like it was 120 years ago. How many things can you do that with? Very cool.

That's a honor to have. Love the old Marlins. Post a pic of your kill with it.

That's an awesome rifle. I love the old octagon Marlins.

Love it!!!! My Grandpa's Marlin 1894 in 38-55 made in 1898. It also has the octagon barrel. I have killed deer, pig and turkey with it. Love shooting and hunting with it.


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You are a lucky dude, that's a treasure for sure. Congrats

That is way cool mbavo. I wish you the best of luck with it.

Very cool

Treasure that rifle and someday pass it down to your son.

good luck!!

Cool story and picture The only thing that can top that will be when you post another pic along side of your first harvest. Best of luck to you!

I've got my great great grandpa's old marlin model 1894 30-30 with an octagon barrel, too. It's an awesome gun, it shoots fine and is accurate out to about 100 yards. I shot a heavy horned 8 pointer with it a few years ago. I look forward to the day I can pass it on to one of my grandkids, just as my granddad did to me and his granddad did to him. Its a family treasure for sure.

For sure, will be a great feeling to drop one with it.

Good luck! Very cool.