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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: hoytem on November 06, 2010, 11:37:36 AM

Title: got my first lever gun...
Post by: hoytem on November 06, 2010, 11:37:36 AM: A guy at work had an "old" gun for sale. I took a look at it and it was a barely used glenfield 30A .30-30. Two hundred bucks, came with a scope and owner's manual. a little surface rust on the barrel but looks like it may have only been shot once ( still has a sticker on it). found out it was made in 1979. so was it a good deal or not?
Title: Re: got my first lever gun...
Post by: addicted on November 06, 2010, 11:38:47 AM: every new gun is a good deal.

congrats.

pics?
Title: Re: got my first lever gun...
Post by: Missing on November 06, 2010, 06:40:32 PM: I love shooting lever guns, there is just something special about it.
Title: Re: got my first lever gun...
Post by: 338WinMag on November 06, 2010, 06:56:07 PM: It's hard to find a rifle/scope combo for $200, so I would say it was a great deal!! Good luck with it and let us know how it does....
Title: Re: got my first lever gun...
Post by: FC on November 06, 2010, 07:08:16 PM: Sounds like a good deal to me.
Title: Re: got my first lever gun...
Post by: Axle on November 06, 2010, 07:25:54 PM: Didn't John Wayne shoot one of those?
You will need a catchy name now to keep up.... :chuckle:
Title: Re: got my first lever gun...
Post by: rickomatic on November 07, 2010, 05:29:40 PM: Good deal! That Glenfield is basically, if I'm not mistake, a Marlin 336 with cheaper wood, made for places like K-Mart and Sears, back in the day. You done well my friend!!
Title: Re: got my first lever gun...
Post by: hoytem on November 09, 2010, 09:38:52 AM: pics, can't wait to shoot it.
Title: Re: got my first lever gun...
Post by: MikeWalking on November 09, 2010, 09:42:39 AM: I would have bought it in a heartbeat....and then bought the Happy Trigger Kit from Wild West Guns, Anchorage for it. ;) ;)
Title: Re: got my first lever gun...
Post by: Special T on November 09, 2010, 09:57:21 AM: I'm a left handed shooter, and i think one of the reasons there aren't a lot of left handed guns is becasue lever guns work so well for lefties... I also have a 30-30 Win that was my fathers perfect brush gun for me because it kicks the shells straight up. :twocents: And boy are they fun to shoot!
Title: Re: got my first lever gun...
Post by: 44 Flattop on November 10, 2010, 06:15:55 PM: A great deal! How can a hunter/shooter consider himself an American without owning at least one Levergun? Or 50 of 'em............... :chuckle:

I will guess this will be the 1st of many!

44
Title: Re: got my first lever gun...
Post by: wsucowboy on November 10, 2010, 06:20:51 PM: Quote from: 44 Flattop on November 10, 2010, 06:15:55 PM
A great deal! How can a hunter/shooter consider himself an American without owning at least one Levergun? Or 50 of 'em............... :chuckle:

I will guess this will be the 1st of many!

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Amen to that! After your first lever gun you'll end up getting a few more. Got my first lever gun when I was a kid. Still have it to this day. Love shooting it, taken a lot of yotes with it over the years.