What a fair peice these days? Saw one in a shop for $275. Action and barrel looked good. Looked like the original butt plate and was missing the Remington grip cap. Were these origanlly D&T for a scope, this one was. Was going back and fourth on picking it up but did not pull the trigger (no pun).

$500 for a clean one .. JUMP

That's an excellent price. If you don't buy it, I will. Where in Kali is it?

AFAIK, they were not drilled anad tapped... at least the rem 30 that ive got isn't... the tops of each ring have about a 3/8" wide textured area, right in the middle... i paid $150 for a barreled action, it has side mount scope holes that will be welded up, and it'll work for me..

Scope holes were an option at some point in production but factory holes are pretty rare. Not to mention difficult to prove. Most likely aftermarket work.

I believe what tiggertate said above is essentialy correct.

Like Winchester, Remington would do essentially whatever the customer asked for...for a price.

In those days, both dealers and individuals could & would order directly from the manufacturer, and the makers could & would ship directly to the customers' homes or to businesses of any sort, with no government-ordained paper work required anywhere in the process.

The "catalogue" standards were d&t for receiver sights, but not for scopes. However, if you wanted a rifle d&t for a scope, all you had to do was put that on your request when you wrote the factory to order your rifle. You did have to indicate which mount you wanted to use, as mounts were not standardized as to hole spacings in those days. (And of course you had to write a little bit bigger check.)

Likewise, you could special order barrel lengths and many other things, within set parameters.

Most folks didn't bother with any of those things. The bigger cartridges and the strong bolt actions were generally enough "magic" to get all kinds of oohs and aahs in those days when only a relatively few big game hunters were really getting used to the "hi-vel" aspects of .250-3000's and so on over the .30-30 levers of their daddy's time.

Are the Rem 30's modified to cock on opening?

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Originally posted by ACRecurve:
Are the Rem 30's modified to cock on opening?

Yes, never saw one that cocked on closing

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:
$500 for a clean one .. JUMP

Amen, go for it.

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Originally posted by AfricanHunter:

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Originally posted by ACRecurve:
Are the Rem 30's modified to cock on opening?

Yes, never saw one that cocked on closing

Is this correct?

As far as I know:

P17 = Cock on Close
M30 = Cock on Opening

I just got mine out of the safe and it is cock on closing. It is an all factory rifle with no mods.
Butch

Some of the very early ones were COC, they soon altered it to COO.

Also, I have seen quite a few D&T'd for scopes, possibly from the factory, with two holes in the front and a single in the rear. All the period bases I have seen for these guns were set up the same way.

Price for these marches upwards. 4 years ago I got a nice one in.35 Rem. for $300. Last year it took $500 to get a clean one in 30.06. The rarer calibers (.25Rem) are going for close to $1000. These days $500 buys one that usually has some flaws.

I have several some coc some coo large varyance in bolt stops as well. some have holes that look factory enough but most i have did not come that way.

I will buy all you can get at 250 per.

1000 for an extra clean one.

Another detail is the guide rib on the bolt and slot in the inside top of rear bridge, like a M98 has. Real Early m30s had no guide rib, later ones did. I saw the same one as Thunder Stick at the gun shop, it was a very early m30 and had no guide rib

I recall reading tht some early ones were made
up of extra M17 parts. That would allow for
variations. The delux ones were beautiful.
Good Luck!

Where is said shop?