Does anyone know if any manufacturer has ever produced....
- Thread starter leonardj
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Yeah geez Gatehouse! :roll:
I don't know of anything in this chambering by any major manufacturer, besides the Levermatic Marlin, and a few pistols (including the contender).
There's a really good reason why too--the .30 is a marginal cartridge for basically everything. The real question is: why do you want to know? Have a hankerin' to wound some game?
I don't know of anything in this chambering by any major manufacturer, besides the Levermatic Marlin, and a few pistols (including the contender).
There's a really good reason why too--the .30 is a marginal cartridge for basically everything. The real question is: why do you want to know? Have a hankerin' to wound some game?
Bishopus said:
My reason for inquiring is more out of curiosity than anything else. I was rather surprised when I saw that Marlin lever action, here on CGN, in .30 carbine. Got me to wondering if there was anything else out there.
The .30 carbine is a great little plinking/target cartridge - I have gotten some excellent groups with the M1 carbine - wondering what the accuracy potential would be, in say, a bolt action - if such a thing actually existed.
No intention to hunt with the .30 carbine cartridge - I have more appropriate calibers for that.
I've seen a few bolt guns from different companies chambered in it, but I suspect they were all custom jobs.
Would be a neat cartridge to try in one of the newer Chales Daly mini-mauser actions for short range hunting of hogs in the US or for a guide gun or possibly to shoot some coyotes from helicopters and that sort of thing.
I wouldn't even think of shooting deer sized game with it at any distance greater than 40 or 50 yards.
Would be a neat cartridge to try in one of the newer Chales Daly mini-mauser actions for short range hunting of hogs in the US or for a guide gun or possibly to shoot some coyotes from helicopters and that sort of thing.
I wouldn't even think of shooting deer sized game with it at any distance greater than 40 or 50 yards.
"....30 is a marginal cartridge for basically everything..." Only with factory ammo. Handloads are a different story.
Can't say as I've ever seen any rifle, other than an M1 Carbine, chambered for the .30 carbine. The Marlin Model 62 was discontinued in 1969 after selling 7,996 of them in .30 Carbine. Whether that makes it somewhat of a collector's piece is another question.
Can't say as I've ever seen any rifle, other than an M1 Carbine, chambered for the .30 carbine. The Marlin Model 62 was discontinued in 1969 after selling 7,996 of them in .30 Carbine. Whether that makes it somewhat of a collector's piece is another question.
