Ok, Humor me here.... 30-30 for a saddle gun

[grit]

Love the 92's and 94's. But it's all about nostalgia. The hard part would be the missed shots! Opportunities to dump a wolf or coyote are not to be squandered!

Find a Savage 99 in 284 and you'd have a heck of a nice saddle rifle. I find myself taking my daughters Ruger compact in 243 a lot.

Just set you up a trim hunting rig. No need to go primitive to get comfortable on horse back.

 

[ICANHITHIMMAN]

My 200$ used Marlin 30A will stay inside a 10" circle at 200 yards with factory ammo off hand. I dont mind bashing it around and factory ammo is cheep! Hope that helps.

What scabord do you use I dont have one but it sounds cool.

 

[Tikkamike]

Check out that winchester 94 in 375 win. that is in the classifieds. I would snatch that thing up myself but my dad has one ill inherit someday anyway. That thing packs a mean little punch out to a couple hundred yards. Would probably put some second thoughts into a grizz too, at least make him walk funny....

 

[Broz]

Well, this is bad.................. it was on my mind when I went to bed and I woke up with an idea.

I am thinking of a short bareled (24") 7mm with 168 Bergers , no brake (to keep it short) composit stock, low profile scope like a small NXS like a 2.5~10x32 with a ballistic turret out to 700 yd. Mounted to a bedded steel rail with 3 rings. That will fit in a scabbard made for a scoped rifle.....

Big n Green are you in???

Jeff

 

[Tikkamike]

Sounds like a little Tikka is in order! or as much as I hate to say it a model 70 super shadow, they are rough but thay shoot good and you dont have to feel bad when you scuff them up.

 

[Broz]

I am thinking of a build from scraps I have around. Might be fun, you know a "special purpose" build on a budget.

Jeff

 

[roninflag]

my garand has a lot of nostalgia. and it has a krieger barrel . with the 36x on it i can do .3"s . with irons it would be a great one. quite bit of power. no kick.

 

[grit]

Go smaller. I've been daydreaming about a 6.5 of some sort.

 

[bigngreen]

Well, this is bad.................. it was on my mind when I went to bed and I woke up with an idea.

I am thinking of a short bareled (24") 7mm with 168 Bergers , no brake (to keep it short) composit stock, low profile scope like a small NXS like a 2.5~10x32 with a ballistic turret out to 700 yd. Mounted to a bedded steel rail with 3 rings. That will fit in a scabbard made for a scoped rifle.....

Big n Green are you in???

Jeff

I was kinda wondering how long it would take to turn into something with a little more range, I could see a guy going into convulsions when a pack of wolves sits down and thumbs there noses at you at 800 yards and all you have in your hands a 30-30, you know the SOB would do it to, I guess you could do a mounted charge!!!

That little Nightforce would rock that build, sounds like it would be very much along the lines of Carlocks Sheep hunter I'm game!!

 

[Broz]

Go smaller. I've been daydreaming about a 6.5 of some sort.

LOL, I been thinking about maybe a 300 win instead... The 6.5 is intriguing but unless BnG really does some talking to me about this 6.5 Sherman I keep hearing about, it will most likely be 7mm Rem or a 300 Win. I have dies for them already. I have never been know to hunt with a light caliber much. And if this rifle works out I could see it being used for an occational Elk or Bear.

Jeff

 

[IdahoCTD]

7-300wm loaded with 168's to fit in the mag and a 24" barrel. My original 7-300wm had a 24" barrel and it shot 150's 3325fps. So I would think 3100fps with 168's would be doable.

 

[grit]

LOL, I been thinking about maybe a 300 win instead... The 6.5 is intriguing but unless BnG really does some talking to me about this 6.5 Sherman I keep hearing about, it will most likely be 7mm Rem or a 300 Win. I have dies for them already. I have never been know to hunt with a light caliber much. And if this rifle works out I could see it being used for an occational Elk or Bear.

Jeff

How 'bout a 7SAUM? You could go short action, 24" barrel. Run 160-180's. Keep it slick 'n handy, and have plenty of reach and horsepower.

I got a 444 for a saddle gun. 270 grain bullet at 2700 fps. Never kill anything but jackrabits with it. Makes me grin every time .

 

[winmag]

So much for breathing life into the ol cowboy gun, that this started started as.
Too good to be true I guess. Too bad too. I was really looking forward to an epic thread, with a few success stories tacked on in the end with a nostalgic firearm.

Not to be "rude" but don't you already have a ton of rifles that fit the LR, & ExtremeLR bill? Why don't you just have a custom scabbard built & save a ton of $$$?

I'm in full agreement that one can never own too many kick *** firearms, but that's material for a whole different thread. This thread had some real potential for the first couple pages.

 

[bigngreen]

A 6.5 Sherman would be sweet but it would be adding a whole new set of components, I thought a 7SAUM would be trick too but your all tooled up for the 7mm Rem or 7mm-300 Win. I tore apart an pristine Rem 700 in 7mm Mag a few weeks ago the parts are laying on my bench waiting for a Brux barrel that should be here this week.