It does look like a nice gun. Think the extra safety on them is ridiculous. But do understand on why Winchester, Marlin, Mossberg etc... puts them on now days, cause some morons are just careless on loading and unloading them.
Hadn’t Marlin already released the 336 Classic by the time this video was uploaded? Yes they had. In fact I already owned one. So who paid for this video? The machine gun belt of cartridges surely wasn’t 30-30…
Rossi R95 Trapper is my Lever Gun. No hate on the classics, 336, Big Boys, Winchester 94, etc. If it aient' broke, don't fix it with the 30 30s. Rossi has been around for a long time for a reason, they are comparable build quality.
The old marlins are awesome. Ruger is also using all marlins machinery. Ruger is very reputable. It was very hard to find 30-30 ammo during the shortage. It's still not plentiful. Other than these few things the rest of the video is pretty accurate. I'm sure it's like this to get comments, so here we are.
So, I'm totally in awe of how stupid this episode is. Don't include Marlin lever action? The 336 model is the best lever gun made. What in the actual hell is the point of this? And no 30-30 is going accurately over 150 yards
Remington bought marlin, Remington went out of business while making crappy Marlins, Ruger bought Marlin and started releasing them this last year and they appear to be pretty good
"Like the saying goes, 'if it isn't broken, don't repair it." SO, BEGIN with a grammatical error & continue by prissy improvements on a rough, colloquial expression. Precisely: "AS the saying goes, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." [If it's "broke", don't make it worse.]
The Marlin level action either in 22 - 30-30, and of course the 45-70 . Just a note the Barkley family in the 1970-1980 tv series always used Marlins were most used Winchesters
And the winner is; The original, WCF 30-30 Win model 94. If it ain't broke, don't fix it ! - I have my dad's '55, issued to him when he worked for the FDIC in 1957 and no, it will never be for sale - it's family.
Probably many more companies made them then Sears. But back then Sears was Sears. Almost bought an lever action one time in 30-30 from Montgomery Wards think it was. Think it was Marlin made them for Montgomery Wards to sell.
The 30-30 is still very big in our area here in PA. Really with the laural, grape vines and multi flowral roses 50 yards is a long shot. A 30-30 works very well.
I can't buy today's new rifles because i like quality looking blueing and quality walnut wood instead of today's cheap looking wood and blueing. Another thing, if a firearn needs 2-3 safeties on them then that person shouldn't be in possession of a firearm. I've been shooting firearms since the mid 70s so why do i need 3 safeties. Factories need to offer firearms with choices on whether a buyer wants 3 safeties or no safety. Common sense is my safety. I won't buy a new smith and wesson revolver since they force me to have a revolver with a damn hole on the sideplate. Again, if you need 3 safeties or even one on a double action revolver then you shouldn't be in possession of one. Firearms should only be made for people who have some common sense. If you don't have any common sense for gun safety then you probably wont have it for other things in your life.
I have two 30-30 lever actions a 71 Marlin 336 and a Mossberg 464 SPX. I ditched the collapsing 6 position stock and replaced it with a Boyds Straight handle black textured stock. Both great Rifles. I'm definitely surprised you didn't list the 336 but you did list the 464 because it has been discontinued since December 29 2021. Rossi has the new R95 in 30-30 two models a 16'' trapper model and a 20'' traditional length.
This video seems to be concentrating on new guns that are readily available- so I have no issue with it. Marlins are not up to speed yet on production. I have not yet seen a video demonstrating decent accuracy with the shabby looking R95, so I wouldn't have recommended that one either.
