William T. Watts
New member
I looked at one of the new Marlin 30/30’s in a local Walmart store, the stock is hardwood, the finish is some sort of mat finish, I gauged the bore which measured .3022 from land to land. I don’t recall ever measuring a 30 cal barrel that over sized before, as a curiosity I asked the clerk to let me check a Remington 700 if he had a 30/06. He had one on display and allowed me to gauge it too, the Remington 700 bore measured .2998 which is what I would expect from a well made barrel. I know the tooling (cutter) is over sized to allow the tool to be sharpened several times to allow additional barrels to have their rifling cut to reduce costs. How can a manufacture justify allowing a poorly cut barrel to be installed on a new rifle, this isn’t the first time I’ve encountered an over sized bore on a new rifle but it does reinforce my reluctance to buy any rifle unless it is a 30 caliber that I can check the barrel before purchasing. William