My new Rio Grande 30-30
Posted: 18 Jun 2012 22:35
I picked up my Rio Grande two weeks ago and I finally uploaded some pics. They're just crummy phone pics, but it's all I have right now. I bought this gun to be a dedicated cast boolit gun. My Marlin 336ss with its 1-10" twist shoots jacketted bullets extremely accurate, but point of impact with lead is off by over a foot at 100 yards. Rather than constantly adjusting the scope for whatever bullets I brought I bought the Rio Grande. The Rossi has cut rifling with a 1-12" twist, both the deeper cut rifling, and the fact the bullet won't have to rotate as fast, which I believe will help with cast bullet accuracy. It'll be a couple more weeks before I can get to the range and test the gun, I'll keek everyone posted when I do.
Here it is with it's new lever action siblings, that's Henry above and Marlin below.
Here it is after I took it apart for cleaning. As full as the action was with cosmoline, the mag tube was dry as a bone. The wood inside the forearm and where the butt stock is inletted for the action, had no finish on it. I applied several coats of Minwax antique oil to help keep the wood from absorbing water if it rains on me. I also coated the outside of the magazine tube with Lee liquid Alox and let it dry thoroughly before reassembling the gun.
I gave the action a very basic stoning which helped tremendously, but I still have more to do in the future. Anyone who has ever complained about the Marlin hammer bump should feel the Rossi. I'm going to remove metal from the hammer just a little at a time, to try and lessen the bump. If anyone has done this before, I would appreciate any tips about how much metal can be removed before I go too far. Since I know the bump has to be there to ensure that the hammer is fully cocked, I'm thinking about using a dial indicator and see how much hammer deflection I have with my Marlin 336ss, then try to duplicate thee same amount of hammer bump.
Here it is with it's new lever action siblings, that's Henry above and Marlin below.
Here it is after I took it apart for cleaning. As full as the action was with cosmoline, the mag tube was dry as a bone. The wood inside the forearm and where the butt stock is inletted for the action, had no finish on it. I applied several coats of Minwax antique oil to help keep the wood from absorbing water if it rains on me. I also coated the outside of the magazine tube with Lee liquid Alox and let it dry thoroughly before reassembling the gun.
I gave the action a very basic stoning which helped tremendously, but I still have more to do in the future. Anyone who has ever complained about the Marlin hammer bump should feel the Rossi. I'm going to remove metal from the hammer just a little at a time, to try and lessen the bump. If anyone has done this before, I would appreciate any tips about how much metal can be removed before I go too far. Since I know the bump has to be there to ensure that the hammer is fully cocked, I'm thinking about using a dial indicator and see how much hammer deflection I have with my Marlin 336ss, then try to duplicate thee same amount of hammer bump.