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#1715592 - 01/17/21 09:31 AM 30/30 rifles
Geronimo869 Offline
Double barrel

Registered: 10/14/20
Posts: 91
Loc: Virginia
City or County: Pulaski
Anybody have a good reason why
all of a sudden the 30/30 has
gone from a $600 piece to a
$1000 piece?Some people in this group
have lost their damn minds.Ya know
when Obama took office twice,
prices for guns and ammo went
crazy too.Why is now any different?
Working men/women can't afford the stupid prices people are asking these days.Just stupid and crazy in my opinion.
My rant for the week.lol!!

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#1715710 - 01/17/21 03:02 PM Re: 30/30 rifles [Re: Geronimo869]
rromeo Offline
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Registered: 07/06/10
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Loc: VA
City or County: Pulaski
It's not really related to pandemic, Biden, or others.
In this case, it's mostly a Marlin thing, and people have gone nuts for Marlins in the past year.
And it's similar to why they were $300 two years ago.


Edited by rromeo (01/17/21 03:05 PM)
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#1715881 - 01/17/21 10:50 PM Re: 30/30 rifles [Re: Geronimo869]
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Part is people are idiots. Part is panic buying anything that shoots and is simple to use. And part is Marlin being bought by Ruger.

But mostly the people are idiots thing
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#1715907 - 01/18/21 01:53 AM Re: 30/30 rifles [Re: rromeo]
Jimmm Offline
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Registered: 04/29/20
Posts: 835
Loc: Fredericksburg
City or County: Fredericksburg
Originally Posted By: rromeo
It's not really related to pandemic, Biden, or others.
In this case, it's mostly a Marlin thing, and people have gone nuts for Marlins in the past year.
And it's similar to why they were $300 two years ago.


People have gone nut for marlin alright, when they find out their guns are junks. Most of the pre-Remlin guns are kept by those who still remember why they bought a lever gun in the first place. The stuffs being exchanged around are mostly Remlin junk. Get a Henry if you want a good and new lever lever gun, get a Winchester if you want history and your own campfire stories, or just get a Rossi if you just want a good shooter.

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#1720063 - 01/27/21 08:59 PM Re: 30/30 rifles [Re: Geronimo869]
et63 Offline
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Registered: 01/26/11
Posts: 1540
Loc: Fairfax county
City or County: Reston
I remember the good ole days when you couldn’t give the damn things away... lol When Ruger starts making them the price will plummet. Like the man says get a Henry !!

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#1729828 - 02/16/21 09:58 PM Re: 30/30 rifles [Re: Geronimo869]
Execprotect Offline
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Registered: 06/22/14
Posts: 1834
Loc: Rappahannock County
City or County: Rappahannock County
Marlins are were mostly low grade, big box store guns.


Edited by Execprotect (02/16/21 10:00 PM)

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#1730095 - 02/17/21 02:20 PM Re: 30/30 rifles [Re: Execprotect]
JiveBunny Offline
Ω=Futile

Registered: 12/04/12
Posts: 509
Loc: North Carolina
City or County: Caldwell
Originally Posted By: Execprotect
Marlins are were mostly low grade, big box store guns.


Ok....
facepalm

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#1730131 - 02/17/21 04:00 PM Re: 30/30 rifles [Re: JiveBunny]
Execprotect Offline
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Registered: 06/22/14
Posts: 1834
Loc: Rappahannock County
City or County: Rappahannock County
Originally Posted By: JiveBunny
Originally Posted By: Execprotect
Marlins are were mostly low grade, big box store guns.


Ok....
facepalm
my comment being "why would anyone chase Marlins?" There are a lot better lever guns to be had both new and used.


Edited by Execprotect (02/17/21 04:00 PM)

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#1730401 - 02/18/21 08:59 AM Re: 30/30 rifles [Re: Execprotect]
ruckersvillan Offline
Angry Southern Deplorable White Christian Male

Registered: 04/02/11
Posts: 180
Loc: Virginia
City or County: Ruckersville/Greene County
In my opinion a model 94 is king. With that being said at the start of the kung flu I was at Walmart in Ruckersville getting some .22 ammo. They had 1 marlin in stock, I think it was $386. I bought it, and while doing the paperwork several people walked up wanting to buy it. After that day it looked like the gun buying craze had started.
I bought it with intentions of having a spare, but wound up giving it to my dad. It had a crappy looking maple stock, dad has sanded it and stained it a pretty walnut. It is a very pretty rifle now. Most importantly we took it out to our range, and no **I VOTED FOR BIDEN**, its a shooter. 100 yards open sighted you do not want to stand in front of it. For $386 I think its a hell of a value, big box or not. Maybe others have the opposite experience but dad loves his "Remlin". Me on the other hand I like my old "94", but prefer the marlin pistol grip style stock to the straight winchester. I imagine when ruger starts turning them out, they will have a better bluing, dads is more of a matt finish, but as I said his "Remlin" is a perfectly reliable rifle.
Just my $.02 on the issue....
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#1736152 - 03/01/21 05:28 PM Re: 30/30 rifles [Re: Execprotect]
JiveBunny Offline
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Registered: 12/04/12
Posts: 509
Loc: North Carolina
City or County: Caldwell
Originally Posted By: Execprotect
my comment being "why would anyone chase Marlins?" There are a lot better lever guns to be had both new and used.


Except that was not your comment.
doh

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#2043339 - 08/31/23 08:16 PM Re: 30/30 rifles [Re: Jimmm]
Geronimo869 Offline
Double barrel

Registered: 10/14/20
Posts: 91
Loc: Virginia
City or County: Pulaski
Originally Posted By: Jimmm
Originally Posted By: rromeo
It's not really related to pandemic, Biden, or others.
In this case, it's mostly a Marlin thing, and people have gone nuts for Marlins in the past year.
And it's similar to why they were $300 two years ago.


People have gone nut for marlin alright, when they find out their guns are junks. Most of the pre-Remlin guns are kept by those who still remember why they bought a lever gun in the first place. The stuffs being exchanged around are mostly Remlin junk. Get a Henry if you want a good and new lever lever gun, get a Winchester if you want history and your own campfire stories, or just get a Rossi if you just want a good shooter.

So I know this is an old post,but I picked something up last year from an ex-coworker who was in need of some quick cash.So I gave what I thought was a fair price.After I got it I was doing some research cause it was an odd model to me.MARLIN Model 30 TK.Turns out it was a Kmart exclusive,they were made
only a couple years and it's called a "Texan".And I waited, never bought one after this post.Figured the right deal would come along sooner rather than later.And it turns out is sought-after passionately by marlin collectors.Wish I could get a good accurate value on it.See what you think.


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