When did these guns become "vintage" and "Collectible"? I have owned two .30-30's versions over the years. The first was a Stevens 325 C. Never should have sold it but I was in Law School at the time and it was sell it or a Savage 99 to make rent. I swapped scopes on the two guns and sold the little 325. Years later I came into a Savage 340 of later manufacture. I sold it because I never got around to scoping it and it got no use as a result.
Lately I have been thinking about getting one to play with, cast bullet piddling, woods bumming rifle etc.....Sheesh, they want $300 for one now! On the online auctions they are all advertised as "classic" etc....it's a friggen stamped out, mass produced, low end utility/kid/budget rifle for crying out loud! A Winchester 54 is a classic....heck a Remington 721 might even be a classic......
Think I will stick to the local pawn shops who don't seem to have lost their minds on these things! I paid $110 for the 325 and I think $150 for the 340.
Does Weaver still make the scope mounts for these guns?