Author Topic: Was getting a Winchester, Got a Glenfield Instead (Read 2823 times)

woodchukhntr · « **on:** January 14, 2010, 01:46:11 PM »

I was about to get a nice Winchester 94 in the 4,980,000 S.N. range, but decided on a minty Glenfield 30G instead. The rifle has pressed checkering on the stock which I am not really happy with, but otherwise shows very little use. It is in the 20,000,000 S.N. range (!). Yikes, 20 million? It is obviously a Marlin with Glenfield logo. I put a peep sight on it, and like the option of using a scope if the peep doesn't work for me. This is the big advantage over Winchesters as far as I am concerned.

Does anyone have any more info on the Glenfields? How about cast bullets with the microgroove barrel?

Sweetwater · « **Reply #1 on:** January 14, 2010, 01:50:58 PM »

Not a bad choice at all!! Good for you!

Some say micro groove won't shoot cast bullets. Others say mocro groove shoots better than the others with cast bullets. My Marlin w/micro groove likes anything I feed down the barrel. Yours might be pickier, but chances are there is something in lead that it will like. Good luck!!

Regards,
Sweetwater

yukondog · « **Reply #2 on:** January 14, 2010, 02:00:28 PM »

Good find, I no my 444 misro-grove shoos cast better than jacketed and my 35 just dont seem to care what I feed it and the 41 wont shoot them worth a flip,some will and some wont you'll just have to let your gun tell you what it likes,load up and go have some fun.

woodchukhntr · « **Reply #3 on:** January 14, 2010, 02:13:07 PM »

I just gave it a good look-over and cleaned the barrel. There is no copper fouling in the barrel and no debris in the action. The patches came out perfectly clean. It looks like I just bought myself a 30 year-old unfired rifle! Except for a couple of small dings in the stock there is nothing wrong with the rifle.

Swampman · « **Reply #4 on:** January 14, 2010, 02:17:51 PM »

Micro-Groove will shoot cast just fine. I love the Glendfield 30/30A. You did real good.

T.R. · « **Reply #5 on:** January 16, 2010, 09:51:09 AM »

This is my Glenfield 30GT. I like the checkering pattern. The acorns remind me of a mauser rifle I handled in Austria many years ago.

TR

gstewart44 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 16, 2010, 05:08:40 PM »

I have my fathers Win 94 (circa 1956) and recently acquired a Glenfield , both in 3030. With Winchester gray box 150 gr 3030 ammo they both make one ragged hole with 5 shot groups at 50 yds and a nice 2" group at 100 yds. I couldn't be happier with either.

Warhawk · « **Reply #7 on:** January 16, 2010, 06:07:25 PM »

Quote from: T.R. on January 16, 2010, 09:51:09 AM

This is my Glenfield 30GT. I like the checkering pattern. The acorns remind me of a mauser rifle I handled in Austria many years ago.

TR

Beautiful carbine, I don't believe I've ever seen that model in the flesh.

Sweetwater · « **Reply #8 on:** January 16, 2010, 06:12:08 PM »

Gotta love those "T" models!! I think the pistol grips get too much attention...

Regards,
Sweetwater

Duke0313 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 16, 2010, 07:00:27 PM »

I love it! That's one fine choice to be proud of!

woodsie57 · « **Reply #10 on:** January 20, 2010, 03:16:45 AM »

A glenfield mod. 30 [in 30-30 cal] followed me home 4 years ago from the local pawn shop. Has the straight grip stock, no checkering anywhere. Super shooter, shoots 150 and 170 gr. bullets to essentially the same point out to 120 yds, [my longest available range].Planning to try the cast route myself, from the experience of others, seems worth a shot. Good luck and congrats on a fine and underapreciated rifle.

Sweetwater · « **Reply #11 on:** January 20, 2010, 07:14:26 AM »

Quote from: woodsie57 on January 20, 2010, 03:16:45 AM

Planning to try the cast route myself, from the experience of others, seems worth a shot.

When you drop that first game animal or steel target with your home grown flying wheelweights, you'll wonder what took you so long to "convert" or is that "revert" as "in the beginnings" bullets were not jacketed... It's a great ride!!

Regards,
Sweetwater

woodsie57 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 21, 2010, 06:50:40 AM »

sweeteater- next step is to go over the archives,find a mold that might serve well for 30-30, .308,7.62X39. Ought to be fun!

Sweetwater · « **Reply #13 on:** January 21, 2010, 12:58:24 PM »

Quote from: woodsie57 on January 21, 2010, 06:50:40 AM

Sweetwater- next step is to go over the archives,find a mold that might serve well for 30-30, .308,7.62X39. Ought to be fun!

Lots of choices there!! And it is fun. Dee has some good stuff on I believe a Lyman mold. Mine is a (oh No!!) Lee mold - never worked good, but it was cheap, and the bullet is reasonable. I got some stuff from Harold Clark a while back that is pure dynamite!! He does a LOT of long, long, LONG distance target shooting. His preference is for Saeco molds and they do shoot, boy Howdy! And, of course, Veral Smith would fix you up with an LBT mold custom cut for your rifle. Man, the choices are endless. I think most times it's a case of "what the budget will stand" coupled with "right now". I go to gunshows now and then and sometimes get a really good mold for a really neat price. The deal of the year was last summer. My pal knew I needed another set of mold handles and found a Saeco 41Mag mold attached to a set of RCBS handles. $15 out the door - before the seller changed his mind!

The threads were stripped and/or cross-threaded in the mold, so I took them out to the next size, judiciously opened the holes in the handles, got new studs at the hardware store and all is well. Right now it remains the best of what we have for the 41mag - I only have two molds for it!

I still don't have a 30-30. I use the 30's in my 30-06 and several friends' 308's and 30-30's.
My love affairs are 35Caliber and 40Caliber. Specifically the 356W and 35Whelen along with 40-82 and, of course, the dependable 41Mag. OK, IF the .308 is a 30Caliber, then the .410 is a 40Caliber. My 40-82 is .409 so qualifies as 40Caliber and uses the same bullets as my 41mag.

This hobby is like a tree - lots of branches

Regards,
Sweetwater

Swampman · « **Reply #14 on:** January 21, 2010, 01:07:09 PM »

Lee makes excellent moulds and the price is fair.

Sweetwater · « **Reply #15 on:** January 21, 2010, 01:57:17 PM »

Quote from: Swampman on January 21, 2010, 01:07:09 PM

Lee makes excellent moulds and the price is fair.

They obviously have followers, or they couldn't stay in business. I wasn't one of the lucky ones. Of the three Lee molds I have experience with, one was terrible, one was so-so, and one was as good as any mold I've ever used. A dozen Lyman's and RCBS' have yielded one Lyman problematic and no problems with RCBS. My new acquaintance with Saeco has been very favorable. I've not had an LBT. I've had 4 NEI, three were terrific, one is terrible. So, I guess there are no perfect conditions.

I've found some molds require a "technique" to make them work. I've not figured that our for my LEE.

Regards,
Sweetwater

Swampman · « **Reply #16 on:** January 21, 2010, 03:45:57 PM »

I don't like a heavy mold. I don't want to pay nearly $100.00 for one either.

T.R. · « **Reply #17 on:** February 17, 2010, 06:33:28 AM »

This Glenfield 30-30 shoots straight, too. Muley was taken in western South Dakota a few years ago.

TR

Swampman · « **Reply #18 on:** February 17, 2010, 06:54:31 AM »

I've never seen one with a straight stock.

Sweetwater · « **Reply #19 on:** February 17, 2010, 07:34:16 AM »

Those "T" models look trimmer than the pistol gripped models. All my lever guns are straight gripped and all my bolt guns have pistol grips. Just seems right.

Nice Muley there,T.R.!! Western South Dakota? That's practically NE Wyoming! LOL!

Regards,
Sweetwater

gstewart44 · « **Reply #20 on:** February 17, 2010, 07:34:46 AM »

Quote from: Swampman on February 17, 2010, 06:54:31 AM

I've never seen one with a straight stock.

It was only made in 1979-1980 as the Model 30GT (Texan). Marlin discontinued it due to lack of popularity and sales.....people preferred the pistol gripped buttstock.

Swampman · « **Reply #21 on:** February 17, 2010, 08:22:11 AM »

Is it a Marlin or a Glenfield?

woodchukhntr · « **Reply #22 on:** February 17, 2010, 08:44:47 AM »

It is a Glenfield, just like the one that TR shows except my wood is darker.

gstewart44 · « **Reply #23 on:** February 17, 2010, 08:52:37 AM »

Quote from: gstewart44 on February 17, 2010, 07:34:46 AM

Quote from: Swampman on February 17, 2010, 06:54:31 AM
I've never seen one with a straight stock.
It was only made in 1979-1980 as the Model 30GT (Texan). Marlin discontinued it due to lack of popularity and sales.....people preferred the pistol gripped buttstock.

The definative book for Marlin Collectors and History is "Marlin Firearms - A History of the Guns and the Company That Made Them", by Lt. Col. William S. Brophy, USAR, Retired. The info I got is on page 268. I will try to paste a link here.

http://books.google.com/books?id=a9XL74ykUykC&pg=RA1-PA268&lpg=RA1-PA268&dq=glenfield+model+30a+straight+stock&source=bl&ots=jD76LrXghH&sig=lZNfufgCh12eIA-wyyYIiinuU1w&hl=en&ei=yDV8S-KXC8WWtgfOifCtBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=glenfield%20model%2030a%20straight%20stock&f=false

woodchukhntr · « **Reply #24 on:** February 17, 2010, 02:11:54 PM »

Thanks for the great info, gstewart44 . I didn't know that I had a fairly rare model. I was very pleased before and even more so now!

It shoots the Lee 150 grain flat point pretty well with 9.0 gr. of Unique. I'm going to try it for coyotes if I can ever call one in. I've got a peep sight mounted on it as well as a scope base and s Bushnell 1.5x to 4.5x scope that had been sighted in on it and removed.

AtlLaw · « **Reply #25 on:** February 17, 2010, 03:43:37 PM »

Quote from: gstewart44 on February 17, 2010, 07:34:46 AM

Quote from: Swampman on February 17, 2010, 06:54:31 AM
I've never seen one with a straight stock.
It was only made in 1979-1980 as the Model 30GT (Texan).

I've got a M30TK. Cute little thing; short, light, shoots well...

I understand it was made for K-Mart hence the T "K."

crosscut · « **Reply #26 on:** February 28, 2010, 01:49:12 PM »

Gentlemen,
what would a good used Glenfield 30-30 go for? I looked at one in a local pawn shop the other day. It was in decent shape, pistol grip, birch stock, no crossbolt safety. I think they were asking $300 for it. I could probably get it for 250 or so.

LT

Swampman · « **Reply #27 on:** February 28, 2010, 02:09:19 PM »

I recently paid $275.00 for a 1969 Glenfield 30 in really nice shape. I restocked it and ended up with $225.00 total investment. Here she is.

Dances with Geoducks · « **Reply #28 on:** February 28, 2010, 02:13:32 PM »

Quote from: Swampman on January 21, 2010, 01:07:09 PM

Lee makes excellent moulds and the price is fair.

The micro groove barrel prefers the RCBS mold according to the folks over at Marlin Owners

Swampman · « **Reply #29 on:** February 28, 2010, 02:18:21 PM »

Too heavy & expensive for me, but I can't see using lead bullets in a 30 caliber high velocity rifle either. I only use lead in .311 & up.