I made my first post-election rifle purchase today at the Valley Forge gun show, but it wasn't a black rifle. I picked up a used, pre-safety Marlin 336 in .30-30. Sometime recentaly I developed a hankering for one of these, specifically one made before Marlin added the cross bolt safety.
It's in basically good shape with a few dings on the wood and some blueing wear. (So I also bought a bottle of Birchwood Casey cold gun blue.) I may strip and refinish the stock to make it a bit darker. We'll see.
It came with sling swivel studs but no swivels or sling. It also had a Weaver scope rail mounted on the receiver, and a hammer extension for use when a scope is mounted.
After getting it home I field stripped and cleaned it. It's pretty clean inside and the bore looks new.
I got two boxes of Wolf Gold (Prvi Partsan) .30-30 150 grain JSPs since there wasn't a wide variety of .30-30 at the show.
I placed an order with Brownell's for a few things:
* Plug screws for the scope mounting holes in the receiver, since I removed the Weaver rail.
* Replacement elevator for the rear sight. I didn't notice until after I got home that it was MIA.
* Lyman Model 66 receiver sight. I like aperature sights and up until 2000 or so Marlin drilled and tapped their leverguns' receivers for them.
* Uncle Mike's QD swivels with 1-1/4" loops. My plan is to use a Lee-Enfield sling so I need the wider loops.
Hopefully I'll get to shoot a deer with it next year.
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I'm looking for an old 45/70
for hunting in Mississippi for the late primitive weapons season if you run across one.
Have you tried Hornady's LEVERevolution ammo? Puts a polymer point on 30-30 (and 45/70 and 450 Marlin and .444 Marlin and some other) bullets, but it's still safe to use in a tube magazine lever-action. Supposed to add 50-75 yards to the effective range of a 30-30. Pricey though.
I haven't shot it yet but the new Hornady loads are something I'll look into.
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