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New spoon for our daughter
We picked this up last Saturday for our daughter (she was there) and on Sunday morning she wanetd to go buy ammo for it.
Don't know the year but it is a Marlin 30AS in 30-30 with the hammer extension and Bushnell 3x9 scope. Don't know why you need a 3x9 on a lever gun, but you don't have to change it. She hasn't ued a scope before so it may come off anyway. (Sorry for the bad cell phone pics, but you guys get all uptight without pics)   
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10-25-2012, 12:46 PM
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Nice Spoon, that's a keeper
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10-25-2012, 12:56 PM
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Most of where we hunt she wouldn't have to shoot more than 75 yards but a couple of the praries she would be out of range. Not that that would be bad since she doesn't have a lot of experience with the gun yet anyway. Seemed like a good starter deer harvester.
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10-25-2012, 01:33 PM
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Does anyone hold "cowboy" or "silhouette" matches in your area? We have one were the shooter fires 4 rounds of 10 shots each and steel targets up to 200 YDs away and the largest are 60# so a 30-30 is minimum and sometimes they still do not go down. The "clang" of the hit is really neat and my daughter has been doing them a while although we use a Rolling Block 45-70 black powder rifle. Your daughter might really like the idea of those?
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10-25-2012, 01:44 PM
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how old is your daughter?
that is a great rifle. i would ditch the scope.
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She will be 11 in January. Wisconsin allows you to mentor young hunters. You get one gun between the two of you and the adult or young one can take the shot. I was also looking at a .223 but she started out young on a Red Ryder and I think there is a little sentimental value in the shape. Plus, the 30-30 doesn't kick like a .270 or 30-06. It was $279 with the case thrown in.
John, we don't have any cowboy shooting events in our area that I know of. We have a Navy Arms .45-70 that was inherited but she is a little intimidated by the size of the round. Our church mens group has had a few semi competitive shoots but nothing too formal. It is pretty satisfying to watch what happens to a basketball with a .45-70 compared to the smaller calibers. She does pretty well with my airsoft pistol, her best shot was hitting a dove 5 out of 13 times at 70' when I first bought it 3 years ago. She doesn't want to shoot at our Texas Star with a .22 revolver just yet, and I don't blame her. She still wants a 10-22 for that. Why do kids have expensive tastes? At least they are somwhat reasonable. Deer rifle, 10-22, 5 string base and such instead of tickets to JB or something. Sorry, didn't mean to run on like that. Its hard to stop talking about your kids. Did I ever tell you about our 3 year old and the airsoft AEG.......
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10-25-2012, 02:47 PM
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"Don't know the year....."
The first two digits of the serial # will tell, I expect it's from the early '80's. Not a safety button makes it worth more (to me). I hope she has many good times hunting. Jim
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10-25-2012, 03:03 PM
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you may have yerself a very "collectable" spoon there. if it says made in conn. anywhere on it and it has nothing that says "REM" on it, than you may have yerself an honest to gawd real live MARLIN! not a REMLIN, as remington arms bought them and shuttered production in conn. actually purchased by mega co. cerebus which is owned by george soros i think.
if it has proof marks "JM", yer a winner. at least thats how it works on all of their blue or stainless 30/30, 45/70 44mag/357 levers. look where barrel meets receiver for proof marks.
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10-25-2012, 03:06 PM
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She went with us the last two years. She was with dad when he got a nice sized buck last year. She likes the meat too. Going fishing a few years ago she told me she really liked deer. "They are pretty and they taste good too."
The gun has some nicks and scratches so it wasn't a cabinet queen. The action is pretty smooth. hope to get out Sunday with it to destroy a few hard drives. (failed drives with info from work and this seems like a more fun way to destroy them) Maybe I will get a better picture of it in her hands as well.
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10-25-2012, 03:15 PM
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Nice score; your daughter is a lucky young lady. This rifle will serve her well for the rest of her life.
I agree with others in that the scope needs to go. I like peep sights on my lever guns; they keep the rifle or carbine light and handy to carry, and they suit the range capabilities of standard lever gun rounds. A peep sighted .30-30 is an honest 200 yard deer rifle for anyone who practices and gets good with it.
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nice...good choice! dump the scope.
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10-25-2012, 03:30 PM
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Lucky kid! Have fun you two.
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I get my pre64 Winnie back from barrel rebluing and resto tomorrow.......it'll be the bright spot in a day of working like mad and dealing with idiot insurance......
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Your inspiring me. My daughter is 9. She used to claim that she would never hunt. But I bought her a Daisy red rider BB gun, and a recurve bow. I'm starting see some interest there......
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Nice. I recently got a 30A (1975 manufacture) with some surface rust and an older Redfield 4x scope for $100. Will be rebluing that next year as a project.
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SKINNER PEEP SITES totally love them. simple install. various apertures. various flavors.
stuffed them on my marlin 1895GS 45/70 elk stopper.
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I like the little Williams guide peep sight because it is so small, mounting to the two rear scope base screws instead of the screws in the side of the receiver. With the insert screwed in, it's a very precise peep sight. With the insert out, it becomes a ghost ring sight. With a nice big white bead on the front, it works quite well.
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the stable a few years ago
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