Recently I picked up a marlin .30-30. Initialy I was looking for .45 colt chambering, but for 267 U.S.D. I could not pass it up.
I found out it has a "hardwood stock" vrs. a Walnut. Other wise I cannot see any other diffrence between this and higher priced models.
Ammo used: PMC 150 grian, PMC Starfire solid copper 150 FSHP ( solid copper hollow) grain, Winchester 150 grain.
When sighting in the rifle one notices the screw for elevation is a tad on the looser side...Lock Tight is a must...
A little dissapionting, but not unexpected, the red and white box PMC brass was soft and hard to extract.
The Winchester Ammo was flawles. extracting with relative ease for a brand spanking new lever action.
The PMC Starfire seemed a bit esier to extract than its cheap charley cousin. This may be due to the fact that it was used at the 100 yard line, when the rifle was slightly more used...but I doubt it, the brass seemed to be slightly stronger, but not as easy to extract as Winchester.
Accuracy: I am not yet up to my full potential, however it grouped nicely at 100 (Iron sights only), my tightest three shot group was about 3". At the 200 yard line I was M.O.B. ( miniute of bambi) and succesfully hit the big black circle everytime.
This is a common rifle and a common caliber. Nothing "exotic" about it. But the price is SO good that I had to let everyone know. Especialy those who feel they want a less threatening weapon for the "public eye". It is a cheap alternative to the much hyped "Tactical Carbine/Lever" and is well made of good solid materials. No need to pour money into it it works great by itself.
I found out it has a "hardwood stock" vrs. a Walnut. Other wise I cannot see any other diffrence between this and higher priced models.
Ammo used: PMC 150 grian, PMC Starfire solid copper 150 FSHP ( solid copper hollow) grain, Winchester 150 grain.
When sighting in the rifle one notices the screw for elevation is a tad on the looser side...Lock Tight is a must...
A little dissapionting, but not unexpected, the red and white box PMC brass was soft and hard to extract.
The Winchester Ammo was flawles. extracting with relative ease for a brand spanking new lever action.
The PMC Starfire seemed a bit esier to extract than its cheap charley cousin. This may be due to the fact that it was used at the 100 yard line, when the rifle was slightly more used...but I doubt it, the brass seemed to be slightly stronger, but not as easy to extract as Winchester.
Accuracy: I am not yet up to my full potential, however it grouped nicely at 100 (Iron sights only), my tightest three shot group was about 3". At the 200 yard line I was M.O.B. ( miniute of bambi) and succesfully hit the big black circle everytime.
This is a common rifle and a common caliber. Nothing "exotic" about it. But the price is SO good that I had to let everyone know. Especialy those who feel they want a less threatening weapon for the "public eye". It is a cheap alternative to the much hyped "Tactical Carbine/Lever" and is well made of good solid materials. No need to pour money into it it works great by itself.
