i am looking for a 30 30 for close range pigs. my brother has the win 94 in 30 30 so like this size but was wondering about marlins micro grooves?
will the grooves beeing smaller foul more quickly? are they more accurate? anyone with experance care to comment onthe the pros and cons?
thanks greg

It's not so much that the "grooves" are smaller as it is the LANDS that are smaller and there are more of them.

No, they don't foul any more quickly.

Microgroove barrels are only an "issue" for some cast bullet shooters.

If you are going to feed the rifle an exclusive diet of jacketed bullets it simply isn't an issue.
And even less so if it's going to be an exclusive diet of factory ammo

The only arguement you are likely to get from making a statement that 999 of 1000 30-30 rifles will ever be fed anything other than factory ammunition will be from someone who'll tell you that 9999 of 10,000 is probably closer to the truth.

I personally prefer Marlins, but recently purchased a fairly clean example of a Winchester 94.... each firearm has it's merits, but which is "better" when comparing these two firearms is largely a matter of personal preference.

Though since you seem concerned about "fouling" I'll add this important detail, removing the lever, bolt and ejector from a Marlin is literally one screw and a matter of a few seconds work.
This gives you access to clean the bore from the breech.It takes scarcely more time to reassemble a Marlin

Winchesters OTOH either go uncleaned for a generation or two or are cleaned from the muzzle, because disassembling a winchester 94
is (with practice) a 20-30 minute job
(IF the screws actually will comeout)
As the stock, elevator, and the lower tang must be removed to get the breech bolt out of the receiver
So expect to spend an hour (likely longer if it's your first time) disassembling and reassembling (probably requiring help from someone who's put one back together) a winchester 94 plus whatever time you actually spend cleaning the bore from the breech...

I'd say that with where pigs usually live you'll come to greatly appreciate how easily a Marlin can be stripped for cleaning

AllanD

if your in canada i have a 30-30 marlin for 200$+s&h

If your going to maybe put a low powered scope on, and you could stomach the looks of it I'd go with the marlin.
But with a basic Otis kit you don't have to clean a Win from the muzzle anyway.

allan thanks for the info, it will be running jacketed bullets so it sounds good
700 nitro you are killing me..... i live in oz so i think it will be all to hard
jal dont you need a ugly gun for ugly targets?
thanks all greg