Marlin 1895 30-30
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Topic: Marlin 1895 30-30
Posted By: Tracy Martin TN
Subject: Marlin 1895 30-30
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2019 at 8:18pm
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My friend has a Marlin 1895 in 30-30. Bore is very dark and chamber rough. Was hoping to have it rebored or relined in 38-55. Is anyone doing quality work on the old ones now? Any help appreciated. Thanks Tracy ------------- No greater gift than healthy grandkids! |
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Posted By: exSW
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2019 at 8:24pm
| I had Andy Horvath up in Ohio reline the barrel of my Marlin '94 32-20. He's known for his pistols but he does a fine job on vintage levers. |
Posted By: JC-WI
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2019 at 10:17pm
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How about going to a 32 Winchester Special? Which might clean up the bore if you can find anyone willing to rebore the old barrel. If relining it, cost wise and availability of the 30-30, I would think be the best route, barrel is already stamped for that calibure too.  ------------- He who says there is no evil has already deceived himself The truth is the truth, sugar coated or not. Trawler II says, "Remember that." |
Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2019 at 7:08am
| Your friend has to decide what cost,value or keep sake this rifle has. Options are as stated in previous post's. Here are several I thought of. Rebbarelling, there are many barrel manufacturer's that have economical prices and the time to rebarrelling a rifle would be less than reboring. Try removing the barrel and give it a good swabbing with bore solvent and brushing from chamber to muzzle or you could use a bore snake they work but not as well as a swabbing and brush. Or you could leave it alone and just shoot it. Grandfather deer hunted with a man in Northern Michigan that carried a 30/30 Winchester that had been shot so many times Gramp said the bore looked like a shotgun! Mike still killed deer as he knew where the gun shot! |
Posted By: Tracy Martin TN
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2019 at 8:00am
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This gun is an old one that had black powder shot in it. The chamber and bore are bad. Chamber is so bad it nearly rips the rim off to eject it. HTH Tracy ------------- No greater gift than healthy grandkids! |
Posted By: JC-WI
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2019 at 10:17am
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30-30 black powder? Thought the advanced 30-30 ammo was developed for smokeless powder... or am I wrong? ------------- He who says there is no evil has already deceived himself The truth is the truth, sugar coated or not. Trawler II says, "Remember that." |
Posted By: 200 10and20
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2019 at 10:31am
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JC(WI) wrote:Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2019 at 3:12pm
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Unless this gun has been really babied the last years,do as klinemar was telling clean it and start over and clean it again. My son picked up a old lever gun ( he has a bunch),I think in 30-30 but could be a 32. Anyway gun store thought it was a wall hanger. He cleaned the barrel many times,but always got a lot of dirt out of it. Finally got it looking real good. Had so much dirt looked like the rifling was gone. The store gunsmith was very impressed and kinda kicking himself for not cleaning it and as a lot more for it.
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Posted By: Tracy Martin TN
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2019 at 3:16pm
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The gun has been cleaned. Bore is dark, won't shoot a group and chamber is so rough it barely ejects. It ain't a shooter like it is. Wasn't loved like it should have been the first 100 years. Tracy ------------- No greater gift than healthy grandkids! |
Posted By: exSW
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2019 at 4:47pm
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Sounds like my 32-20. I cleaned, scrubbed ,bore snaked,loaded different diameter bullets. Still wouldn't shoot. It does now |
Posted By: ocharry
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2019 at 12:38pm
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i think,,,,if the bore and chamber are in that bad of shape a new barrel would be where i would go,,, if you re-bore to 38-55 the bore may clean up but i doubt the chamber will,,,maybe part of it,,,the rim and back half of a 30-30 and 38-55 are pretty much the same size i had a marlin re-bored to 38-55 a few years back,,,it did shoot very well,,,but a friend of mine pestered me so much about it i sold it to him,, it has been a long time now,,,but i sent it to a fella in washington state,,,but i will say my chamber and bore were in good shape,,,i just wanted a 38-55 you might be able to make it a 35 remington,,,I DON'T KNOW THAT....would have to look and see what the dimensions are for that case to see if they would be compatible if its an older gun it my not be advisable to mess with it,,,even though its messed up right now it could still have collector value might be money ahead and get a newer version of the marlin 30-30 just my take and .02 ocharry
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