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24 August 2004, 15:00
Paul H
Mdl 94 30-30
I finally went searching for a used 30-30, and came across what is tagged as a mid 70'd model 94. There is a bit of a patina on the action, but what I could see of the bore from the breech, and the muzzle look pretty good. The $150 tag was attractive as well. Anything I should be looking for in paticular, as I don't know a thing about lever actions.

Planned use is cast shooting, plinker loads with the 115 gr lee mold, and a 170 gr rf in the future.
25 August 2004, 01:10
Junior1942
Paul, look in the "Shooting" section of http://www.castbullet.com There's two articles there on pawnshop Model 94 Winchesters.
25 August 2004, 07:22
Paul H
Junior,

Thanks for the link. You have a great website, it's going to take me some time to read all the articles.

I sold some misc stuff on e-bay, so as soon as the funds arrive, a 30-30 will be following me home.
25 August 2004, 07:47
Lar45
Junior, nice write up on your Heart Attack 30-30. I wish I could find some of those $150 specials around here.
Could you put some small set screws in the stripped out holes and keep them inplace with a drop of locktight or epoxy? Or maybe drill and tap them to the next larger size and put set screws in for a finished look? I wonder if you drilled holes lengthwise in your wood butt stock, if you could get the weight down to the Ramline one.
25 August 2004, 09:04
Junior1942
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Could you put some small set screws in the stripped out holes and keep them inplace with a drop of locktight or epoxy? Or maybe drill and tap them to the next larger size and put set screws in for a finished look? I wonder if you drilled holes lengthwise in your wood butt stock, if you could get the weight down to the Ramline one.



As the article stated, I cleaned out the holes and replaced the plug screws with new ones from Williams.

Yes, you could probably drill or hollow out the wood stock, but I bet going from high to low humidity would cause cracks. The Ram-Line stock was cheap and easy to install. I just wish they made the dang thang in something besides SWAT Team black. I'm seriously considering painting it olive drab. But, heck, the camo duct tape works fine.
25 August 2004, 12:35
BCB
Paul H,
If your intersted, I could e-mail you a portion of a large spreadsheet that I keep with my reloading data. I will send you the 30-30 data from reloads that I have used in my Model 94's. There will also be some T/C loads mixed in but they are all O.K. to interchange--at least there were with my rifles and Contender.

I had the best luck with 150's and 170's. The little Lee C309-113F really didn't shoot well in either the 94's or the Contender--all at 100 yards. At 50 yards they will stay in approximately 1.0 inch though.

So if you want a copy of the data, let me know. All loads were safe in my weapons, but use good judgement and refer to loading manuals as a crosscheck. Good-luck with your Model 94--I sure like mine...BCB
25 August 2004, 13:53
Paul H
I'm interested, my e-mail is in my profile.

I've only shot the 115 out of a .308 at 50 yds, but it would group about 1/2" for 5 shots. Actually I think I did try them at 100, but groups opened up to about 2". I'm just looking for something to head shoot grouse and take hares, and I think the 115 out of the 30-30 will do the job.

I'm thinking of getting the Lee 170 rf, and the 180 gr mold and making the 180 gr a flatpoint of say 190 gr.
26 August 2004, 07:20
Paul B
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Could you put some small set screws in the stripped out holes and keep them inplace with a drop of locktight or epoxy? Or maybe drill and tap them to the next larger size and put set screws in for a finished look? I wonder if you drilled holes lengthwise in your wood butt stock, if you could get the weight down to the Ramline one.



As the article stated, I cleaned out the holes and replaced the plug screws with new ones from Williams.

Yes, you could probably drill or hollow out the wood stock, but I bet going from high to low humidity would cause cracks. The Ram-Line stock was cheap and easy to install. I just wish they made the dang thang in something besides SWAT Team black. I'm seriously considering painting it olive drab. But, heck, the camo duct tape works fine.



Junior. I just did up an early H&S Preciscion Fiberthane stock in a camo pattern. Rustoleum makes a sreies of flat paints expressly for camo jobs. They only had a fairly dark brown and a light tan on hand at Home depot where I bought mine. I painted the stock with the dark brown as the base and streaked it diagonally at about a 45 degree angle with the light tan. Now, if they can only get a flat green in stock, I can finish the job, but it sure looks mighty sharp already. I have about seven rifles in synthetic stocks and I've painted two so far. I'm going to try that paint on a Ramline stock next. The only one that painting might not work well on is a Butler Creek that I mounted a commercial Mauser on. A camo paint job would probably look a lot better than plain old olive drab.
I usually just leave my 30-30s alone, except for maybe putting a good receiver sight on them. My old eyeballs just don't work too well with regular open sights.
Paul B.
Paul B.
27 August 2004, 01:52
Junior1942
Paul, please post a pic or two of your camo stock.
29 August 2004, 10:02
Paul B
Gads! I have no way of posting a picture. I can take a couple of snapshots and snail mail them to you if you want. Just E-mail me an address where you want them sent.
Paul B.