Post by rkcohen on Jan 29, 2021 18:58:02 GMT -5
so recently i had an itch for a 30-30 truck gun like the one i had back in '73.
I looked around locally at some winchester and marlin 94s – and i immediately fell to the ground shaking and twitching when i saw the prices for generally rough guns and nib type guns on places like gunbroker....
who knew a 30-30 would come to demand prices similar to ming dynasty porcelain or renaissance art?
if i'm recalling correctly, i think in '73 i paid about $95 bucks for a plain beech stocked winchester - only to cough up $125 about a month later for a marlin that to my young eyes had wood mined from an italian marble quarry - this is back when you could still get guns from montgomery wards!
both guns i kept for a good long time, giving one to a brother and trading my marlin years later for a rem 700 in 30-06.
which has long left me bereft of a 30-30. i do have more lever-guns than i need (my wife's words) - but no 30-30..
having abandoned hope and just looking around one day - as luck (dumb) would have it, i walked right into a recreation of that long lost truck gun of yore!
look at it as the forbidden love between two teenagers from opposite sides of the tracks and that union being that offspring doomed to never be loved by either side...
at a few bucks over $500 - i snapped it up after having first examined it.
skinny as a thirteen year old's arm and as plain as a base model 1963 studebaker lark, i bought a mossberg 464!
it has a bolt of a marlin, the action of a winchester and the simple honesty of a young girl with no make-up bringing you a home-baked apple pie...
the sights are useless for my eyes, the usual elevator rear and the front has a brass bead perched on a tall blade that is only slightly thinner than a politician's promised - it might bend if struck by a large butterfly!.
this iron sight problem is soon to be rectified by a minimalist peep rear and a sturdy slant partridge post, both supplied by our friends at skinner sights.
fortunately it came with mounting points installed for swivel attachments – an extravagance on so simple a machine.
now it's time to do a detailed clean/lube before going to the range to do a zero and looking around for anything on the 'net that describes how to disassemble the gun and maybe figure out how to "massage" the trigger, which while a little heavy - still breaks like a white man's treaty with an indian tribe..
....first i have to go sell my blood in order to afford a few boxes of factory 30-30...
I looked around locally at some winchester and marlin 94s – and i immediately fell to the ground shaking and twitching when i saw the prices for generally rough guns and nib type guns on places like gunbroker....
who knew a 30-30 would come to demand prices similar to ming dynasty porcelain or renaissance art?
if i'm recalling correctly, i think in '73 i paid about $95 bucks for a plain beech stocked winchester - only to cough up $125 about a month later for a marlin that to my young eyes had wood mined from an italian marble quarry - this is back when you could still get guns from montgomery wards!
both guns i kept for a good long time, giving one to a brother and trading my marlin years later for a rem 700 in 30-06.
which has long left me bereft of a 30-30. i do have more lever-guns than i need (my wife's words) - but no 30-30..
having abandoned hope and just looking around one day - as luck (dumb) would have it, i walked right into a recreation of that long lost truck gun of yore!
look at it as the forbidden love between two teenagers from opposite sides of the tracks and that union being that offspring doomed to never be loved by either side...
at a few bucks over $500 - i snapped it up after having first examined it.
skinny as a thirteen year old's arm and as plain as a base model 1963 studebaker lark, i bought a mossberg 464!
it has a bolt of a marlin, the action of a winchester and the simple honesty of a young girl with no make-up bringing you a home-baked apple pie...
the sights are useless for my eyes, the usual elevator rear and the front has a brass bead perched on a tall blade that is only slightly thinner than a politician's promised - it might bend if struck by a large butterfly!.
this iron sight problem is soon to be rectified by a minimalist peep rear and a sturdy slant partridge post, both supplied by our friends at skinner sights.
fortunately it came with mounting points installed for swivel attachments – an extravagance on so simple a machine.
now it's time to do a detailed clean/lube before going to the range to do a zero and looking around for anything on the 'net that describes how to disassemble the gun and maybe figure out how to "massage" the trigger, which while a little heavy - still breaks like a white man's treaty with an indian tribe..
....first i have to go sell my blood in order to afford a few boxes of factory 30-30...
