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nyforester
Did any company ever make a 30-30 semi auto rifle ?
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  • nyforester
    i have a 30-30 winchester Quail Unlimited model #94AE SER#6139584 IT WAS PASSED ON TO ME.I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ITS WORTH MAYBE SOMEONE ON HERE WILL BE ABLE TO TELL ME.
    ANY INFROMATION WOULD BE APPRECIATED. TKS PS I HAVE THE DISPLAY CABINET ALSO FOR THIS GUN

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  • Herschel
    The .30 Remington cartridge was a rimless version of the .30-30. The model 8l Remington rifle, a now obsolete semi-auto was chambered for it.
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  • Hangfire
    Herschel is correct as to the 30 Rem.I've never heard of a 30-30Win Semi.

    Love them Pre-64's!!!!-Bob
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  • nyforester
    I don't see why the gun companies couldn't make a semi version. Ruger makes a 44 auto which has a rim case similar to the 30-30.
    I think it would make a great deer rifle.
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  • gunnut505
    Interesting bit of trivia; Years ago, the 30-30 lever action was modified by addition of a "flapper" with a hole in the middle, attached to an actuating rod that worked the lever, which resulted in a self-loading rifle with a rate of fire approaching 250 rounds per minute.
    Does anyone remember the inventors' name?

    If you know it all; you must have been listening.<br>WEAR EAR PROTECTION!
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  • rhmc24
    As I recall it was the Remington Model 8, semi auto available in .25 Rem., .30 Rem., and .35 Rem. More trivia, FN made a version of the same in a 9mm cartridge interchanging with the .35 Rem. Friend of mine had one.
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  • Tailgunner1954
    Gunnut
    I don't believe that was a 30-30, more likely a older cartridge.
    Anyway, it was done by the brothers Browning.

    Whittemore
    Some guys like a mag full of lead, I still prefer one round to the head.
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  • Ronald J. Snow
    If memory serves correct, Browning did it with the 94 Winchester and later Ruger did it with a Savage 99 chambered for 250/3000. The Ruger system was a bit more complicated.
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  • nyforester
    Thanks for all the input. Any suggestions in making a semi 30-30 ???
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  • temblor
    The gun that gunnut505 mentioned was on display at the Browning Firearms Museum in Ogden, Utah back in 1999 when I went thru there. It was indeed an 1894 Winchester 30-30. Pretty strange looking contraption, but they had to start somewhere and it worked. -- As far as making/converting something to semi-auto 30-30 nowdays, I think there are guns out there already that are similar and a lot less trouble. -- Just get a Ruger mini-30 in 7.62x39 and load it with soft point ammo for one that's close. Or get a Browning BAR or Remington semi-auto in 308 Win. for even more power.............[8D]
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