This just in.................

[bigbossman]

Really nice. I like the well worn look. You are going to leave it as is I would hope?

All finished with the tear-down, repair, and re-assembly. Unfortunately, since I had to do major stock repair I had to completely strip and re-finish the stock to make it look right. The good news is that the new finish matches the patina of the gun very well - it looks like a nice warm original finish and looks great. I'll take some pics and post them when I get a chance

Schweet rifle. Would love a range report.

I was finally able to take it out yesterday for some quick benchmarking. I shot a few factory rounds, and then an assortment of reloads. All shots were benched and at a distance of 50 yards with open sights. I'm pretty happy with the horizontal dispersion, and the vertical stringing can probably be blamed on my eyes and sight alignment.

This gun is a real blast to shoot - I love it.

[Bainter1212]

Great accuracy for an old worn out lever gun. Thanks for the report!

[MapleSyrupSmuggler]

New pig gun?

[bigbossman]

New pig gun?

Maybe. Right now I'm just going to shoot it in some Cowboy Silhouette matches and get used to it. Then maybe work up some lead-free loads and see how that goes.

With the TTSX 150gr bullets, I can load one in the chamber and one in the tube...... that should be plenty.

[Old Scribe]

Way to go! Nice score!

[rm1911]

With only 9 hours to go on the "cash & carry" shot clock, I finally got my hands on a pre-64 Winchester Model 1894 in 30-30. From the serial number, it looks to be a post-war 1947 unit.

Dear sir,

Thanks for the info. It's been duly noted.

Kamala harris



Get yerself some trail boss and cast boolits. It'll cause websters to have to redefine the word fun.

[Latigo]

Wow! Beautiful!

[bigbossman]

Get yerself some trail boss and cast boolits. It'll cause websters to have to redefine the word fun.

Funny you should mention that - I ran into a CG member at the range on Sunday, and he let me try some of his 30-30 Trail Boss loads that he runs through his Marlin 336. He uses Berry's plated bullets.

Nice - very nice. No recoil to speak of, and very fun to shoot. POI is a bit lower than the full-house loads, though.

[rm1911]

Funny you should mention that - I ran into a CG member at the range on Sunday, and he let me try some of his 30-30 Trail Boss loads that he runs through his Marlin 336. He uses Berry's plated bullets.



Nice - very nice. No recoil to speak of, and very fun to shoot. POI is a bit lower than the full-house loads, though.

I started a little while back with the ubiquitous 10gr of unique load. Shot well enough out my (sporter) 03A3. But then I found some trail boss online and grabbed a few pounds. Hell, I figured if it didn't work well I could always load it in 38's for the old man. Well well well, wuntcha know it. Trail boss works like a champ with jacketed too. I bought my son a nice marlin x7 in '06 this last year. He's 11 1/2 and it's too much gun now. In a few years though we'll be set for anything. But I have some bulk .30 cal 147 BT's and 17 gr of TB and a 147 is perfect training fodder for a young'n.

Check out hunters supply. They make a neat hard cast 30-30 bullet sized .310 or .311. 311's work beautifully out of my 03A3 but won't load in the marlin. And they shoot beautifully out of the old rifle too.

Should be awesome in the 30-30. Check imr's website for load data.