30 Carbine for Home Defense

[earlmck]

Bill (Bill in Oregon) and I hit the Redmond (Oregon) Gun Show today. We found lots of stuff to oggle, quite a goodly number of levers and some pumps and single shots and other neat stuff. I was real tempted by a Savage 99 on 30/30, a Win 1890 .22, a S&W 32/20 revolver, and a Marlin 336A in 32 Special. But what came home with me was this 30 Carbine made about 1918 (Bill suggested it'd be perfect for home defense, and I was hooked). This is not a photo bucket pic, so click on the picture to see full size.

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What? You were expecting a much different 30 Carbine? Yeah, I guess that other thing would work for home defense also, but look at all the class this baby has! And I already have dies and brass in 30 Remington, and a cute little peep sight that attaches to the rear of the receiver in the tang position.

[FWiedner]

That is kinda classy.

Well done.

[Rusty]

Wow Earl, that is sweet! Can you tell if it came from the factory that way?

[Mac in Mo]

Love it!

Kevin

[Blaine]

Beautiful piece Me really like....

[BenT]

Seen one like that at the last gun show for $500. But the guy was busy with other guys buying stuff. When I came back around it was no longer there. I had flat pockets so it didn't matter. But I don't see carbines very often.

[ollogger]

That's real nice!!!
I missed a 25 carbine a while back, dang!!!!


ollogger

[earlmck]

Wow Earl, that is sweet! Can you tell if it came from the factory that way?

Yes, this is a factory carbine as opposed to one produced by shortening a rifle barrel. If you shorten a model 14 rifle barrel you loose the swell where the front sight goes.

[gamekeeper]

Congratulation

[earlmck]

Seen one like that at the last gun show for $500. But the guy was busy with other guys buying stuff. When I came back around it was no longer there. I had flat pockets so it didn't matter. But I don't see carbines very often.

Yeah, I'll bet it was long gone! I paid $650 for this one and figured the guy had it priced so fair I didn't even try knocking him down further. And you don't see them often because Remington made about 10X as many rifles as they did carbines.

That's real nice!!!
I missed a 25 carbine a while back, dang!!!!

Dang!!! is right -- those 25 carbines are like Elvis sightings -- you hear about 'em but are never there to see 'em.

[plowboy 45]

Nice one Earl

[rjohns94]

Very nice. Love mine, in 35 rem, though not a carbine. My favorite dealer has a vault full of these rifles and I lust after the F grade carbine in 35 Rem he has. Not this life time though....

[jeepnik]

Man I never come across stuff like that. Then again if I did, I'd need more safes. Congrats, let us know how it shoots.

[JerryB]

Many years ago I had a .25 Remington. I seem to think it was a 14, might have been a 141 just don't remember but it sure did shoot good and carried good on a saddle.

[Ragnor]

Nice carbine! I haven't seen a carbine before. I have a 14 and a few 141s. They sure are smooth running actions. My 14 is also a 30 Remington made around 1914. It has an attachment on the barrel for a Maxim silencer from what I have researched. I plan on making a replica of a Maxim for show non functional. My rifle has been professionally reblued and my gun shop sold it to me as a parts gun. I took it home shot off 5 rounds and had no problem busting rocks at 100yds. Thanks for the gun post! I have add some photos of my 14 hope they come thru.

[3leggedturtle]

Nice pickup Earl. I tell ya I shoot the 110gr RN for 30 Carbine at 2750fps, the damage they do to a 2litre bottle is astounding. Was going to load some down to 2200fps and see what they do. I shoot them out of a 308 and Rimmed .30 Remington.

[Bill in Oregon]

Earl, that carbine belonged at your house and I am very glad that is where it now resides!

[earlmck]

My 14 is also a 30 Remington made around 1914. It has an attachment on the barrel for a Maxim silencer from what I have researched. I plan on making a replica of a Maxim for show non functional.

Verrry interesting, and good job on the photos, Ragnor. I've been studying those closely because my carbine barrel is cut off just like your barrel would be if the maxim attachment portion were removed. I've been puzzling over that because this gun itself does not appear to have been bubba'd in any way, otherwise. I'm wondering if the factory started to set this one up for a maxim attachment and then changed their mind...

I tell ya I shoot the 110gr RN for 30 Carbine at 2750fps, the damage they do to a 2litre bottle is astounding. Was going to load some down to 2200fps and see what they do. I shoot them out of a 308 and Rimmed .30 Remington.

I haven't tried those carbine bullets in the 30 Rem yet but have been loading them in our rimmed .30 Remingtons also (I assuming that's what most of these fellers around here been callin' 30WCF, right?) at about that same velocity.