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Offline kinslayer1965

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30-30 Bolt Action
« on: October 27, 2009, 02:03:19 PM »
Was in the local gun shop today and a guy was in there trying to sell a Stevens bolt action 30-30. I did some checking and they stopped making them back in the 50s I believe. the guy wants a $100.00. Any opinions? I am thinking about it just because I am fond of the round in general and don't own one that is not a lever gun.
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Re: 30-30 Bolt Action
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2009, 02:16:49 PM »
 ;) One of the guys on another site, really likes these little rifles. While not extremely classic, they are pretty functional rifles. When I was a kid, my neighbor shot one. At one time I had a bunch of things to look for when buying one of these, but would have to dig for it.  In the areas I visit, these little rifles go for quite a bit more than 100 bucks...   :-\ But I have had no experience with one.. Someday, I would like to have one, unless I find a model 54 .30-30 first.....
I would have the gunsmith check it out. Sounds like a decent buy to me, but then everything usually sounds good to me..... :-\ :-[ :( :D
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Re: 30-30 Bolt Action
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2009, 04:20:17 AM »
They are pretty much what they were designed to be, an inexpensive hunting rifle, nothing great but OK. They have a long and creepy trigger pull and not much can be done about it, there are no aftermarket triggers made for this series of Savage/Stevens rifles. Some people like the fact that the box mag can handle pointed bullets but such bullets are designed for higher velocities than the 30/30 can produce. I have more confidence in bullets designed for the 30/30 than in the pointed bullet's extra 200 ft.lb. retained energy at 200 yards. Some hunters who are frequently in and out of their vehicles also like the fact that the detachable mag makes the rifle much quicker to load and unload compared to a tube mag. They take an odd-ball scope mount but Lyman does make one and it is quite satisfactory in actual use. If it's in decent shape I'd jump on it for 100 bucks.
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Re: 30-30 Bolt Action
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2009, 07:53:01 AM »
Most I see around here are priced at $250-$300.

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Re: 30-30 Bolt Action
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2009, 05:10:48 PM »
There's a bunch of these on Gunbroker.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=144796917

That should give you some basis of comparison.  Looks to me like you would pay upwards of $250 to over $400 after shipping and transfer fees.  Some have scopes, some have scope mounts, and some look like they were used for tent poles at a summer camp. ::)

It would be fun to play with one of these.  I'd be curious how the new LE ammo would shoot out of them.  Good luck with your project.
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Re: 30-30 Bolt Action
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2009, 12:56:31 PM »
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....I have more confidence in bullets designed for the 30/30 than in the pointed bullet's extra 200 ft.lb. retained energy at 200 yards....
Old gunwriter drivel, not an issue today.  Nosler BallisticTips work extremely well at .30-30 velocities, as proven every hunting season by hordes of handgun hunters.  I have used the 150s in my 15" .300 Savage and had perfect expansion out to over 200 yards....better than when using .30-30 bullets.  That should be no surprise to experienced hunters - the BTip is travelling almost 250 fps faster at 200 yards than the same-weight flat-pointed .30-30 bullet.  It isn't energy that's important to expansion, its impact velocity.  The .30-30 with modern pointed bullets is a different cartridge at 'long' range.

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Re: 30-30 Bolt Action
« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2009, 01:04:05 PM »
For years I have known people that shoot this type of 30-30.  They all swore that the pointed bullets these guns will shoot really made a difference in the old 30-30.  No way they would ever trade their old bolt action 30-30 for a lever gun. 
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Re: 30-30 Bolt Action
« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2009, 01:23:33 PM »
Sounds like the model 340.  They were made thru the 70's, I believe.  $100 sounds like a good deal if the gun is in decent shape.

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Re: 30-30 Bolt Action
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2009, 01:45:15 PM »
I have a Stevens 325, great little rifle. My daughter has used it with 130 grain Hornady SSP bullets to take black bear and wild boars. The nicest part about them is the action is very smooth. One down side to shooting pointed bullets in them is, that the magazine is very short in them. I would guess that some of the pointed bullets will be seated so deep that they are past the ogive.

For $100 how can you pass that up if you have the money? You can't lose. Use it as a truck gun or backup gun. Within its range it is plenty powerful for any game in North america.
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Re: 30-30 Bolt Action
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2009, 02:00:12 PM »
Great little rifles.
I think the 308 Win and John wooters writing about it killed the bolt action 30-30.
For $100 I would get one.
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Re: 30-30 Bolt Action
« Reply #10 on: November 01, 2009, 01:16:13 PM »
Quote from: Wyo. Coyote Hunter on October 27, 2009, 02:16:49 PM
Someday, I would like to have one, unless I find a model 54 .30-30 first.....
I would have the gunsmith check it out. Sounds like a decent buy to me, but then everything usually sounds good to me..... :-\ :-[ :( :D

I have a model 54 30-30. The wife hunts with it. those 54's are nice little gun's.
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Re: 30-30 Bolt Action
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2009, 04:08:58 PM »
a 10 year old girl just shot a record Rooseveldt elk on Vancouver Island this fall with a savage 340 30/30,275 yards.Don't underestimate what a well placed 30/30 shot can do
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Re: 30-30 Bolt Action
« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2009, 12:35:23 AM »
Hmmm a friend just picked one up, a Savage 340, with the Dockendorff rear sight and it shoots Winchester factory 150 grain Silver Tip ammo very well with the iron sights 8 out of 12 shots were in the 9 ring with the other 4 split evenly between the 8 & 7 rings. The shooting was at 100 yards and his first time shooting it. With a little more time to  get used to the sights it should tighten up a bit more. He is already confident enough to be taking it our after Deer.
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