Let's see your 30-30 rifles!

Winchester Centennial 66, anniversary gift from my mother to my father in 1967.

A group shot of my levers. Most are 30-30, but there are three 22's in there along with a 44 mag and 35 Rem.



The two oldest, A Marlin and Winchester both from 1958.

I don't have many "thutty-thuttys" but one of my favorites us what Winchester once listed as this Deer Grade M-64.. .

I built this a few years ago from a 300blk slow twist barrel that didn’t pan out. I haven’t even really shot it since converting it to a single shot 30-30 before I got into Volkswagens.

I need to set aside more time.

Offfhand said:

I don't have many "thutty-thuttys" but one of my favorites us what Winchester once listed as their Deer Grade M-64..View attachment 923555 View attachment 923556 .

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I love the half magazine .30-30s.
Gorgeous.

this may be my only picture of my Marlin 336 .30-30.
#3 son is putting a few downrange with it on father's day 2018.

This one now belongs to my older son;

Yes, those are plastic stocks, B&C. It had been in a fire, I replaced every spring and some screws. Still a good shooter, he hunted with it last year.

Not a great photo. Model 336BL I bought about two months ago. Has the laminated stock.

Had just installed a Williams Foolproof aperture sight, but not yet drifted out the semi-buckhorn factory sight. Replaced that with a dovetail blank and boy was that thing a chore to get in!

it's had some work done. New wood, cerkote, action work, better glass. Pity the picture didn't turn out as well as the gun.....


this is what it looked like when I got it. it's hard to tell in the picture, but the gun was in pretty rough shape. poor wood to metal fit, stock was all chipped and dented, finish was gone in many places and it had some surface rust. No pitting though, and I wanted the straight grip.

The top two are in 30-30. The bottom rifle is in .357.

I've had this 30/30 Trapper for a long time and it has taken deer. Below are a Marlin .22LR 39A, .44 mag and 45/70. All have taken game. And just for kicks my Sav M99A in .250 Sav.

My Savage model 1899 E built in 1907 in 30-30.

Top: 1982 Savage 340 Series E with a Bushnell Sportview 4-12x40
Bottom: 1964 Western Auto Revelation 225 (Savage 340C) with a Weaver K2.5.
Love my bolt action 30-30's.

This one rode in a saddle scabbard from Missouri to the WY/MT border area at the turn of the last century. Owner wanted to be a cowboy and was in the area of some cattleman/sheepman squabbles back then.
He showed up back home in MO in the middle of the night and would never discuss his trip or adventures as a cowboy.

My wife's grandfather in MO showed it to me. I wouldn't turn loose of it until I got it cleaned up. He thought the rifle ought to be back in Wyoming with somebody who appreciates it rather than in the back of a closet in MO. He gave it to me 48 years ago.

The front sight bead is almost worn off from all those miles in a rifle scabbard. It still shoots just fine.

One Glenfield for each member of the family and a spare Marlin saddle ring texan for me!

My two 336 30-30 Marlins. Despite the trash talk, the stainless one is the better shooter. But I love them both equally for different reasons. The Texan is still in good shape. It needs a little TLC to be top notch but it is a fine rifle. But the stainless one just plain is a shooter. It groups tighter and cycles better though both are buttery smooth. It took the new rifle a while to smooth out but it is now as smooth or more so than the Texan.



The old Texan will group if I do my part, the Weaver scope is period correct. It likes my home brew loads best, basically LR powder, Hornady STX 160 gr and a little off max load by 100 FPS or a bit more:





The stainless 336 likes the LR stuff in the box which makes it easy for me. It has a Leupold scope on Warn QR rings and it holds zero on and off. So I can shoot open or scoped as needed.

30rd mag 30cal 30-30!

Winchester 94, .30/30. Made in 1928, customizing by Griffin & Howe with engraving by R. Kornbrath.. .

My Winchester Centennial '66.

105 years old and still kicking (pun intended).



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