Yea I've done a good bit of research about the Remington buyout and all of what y'all said is correct. I too have heard they have gotten better, and the only reason for looking at new is the warranty and not having to worry about if the rifle was ever NOT cleaned properly.
The 30-30 is extremely popular, but I also live in SC, most of the time the 30-30s for sale are from the type of people who leave them sitting in the bed of their truck all deer season and they do not have a JM stamp.
They guys who actually care about their tools/guns tend to hold onto those JM rifles. And much like duck boats down here, people think they are made of gold.
I too like the Henry's, but same thing with the loading gate. Only rifle I ever had like that is my 22 from when I was 8 lol.
As far as hunting goes, after Google-ing for a while, I could use 357 for short range hunting if I wanted too, the performance literally increases by 40%+- and some of the hotter stuff was shooting at 2000+ fps. (I also usually hunt deer etc with my M1A)
The 30-30 is extremely popular, but I also live in SC, most of the time the 30-30s for sale are from the type of people who leave them sitting in the bed of their truck all deer season and they do not have a JM stamp.
They guys who actually care about their tools/guns tend to hold onto those JM rifles. And much like duck boats down here, people think they are made of gold.
I too like the Henry's, but same thing with the loading gate. Only rifle I ever had like that is my 22 from when I was 8 lol.
As far as hunting goes, after Google-ing for a while, I could use 357 for short range hunting if I wanted too, the performance literally increases by 40%+- and some of the hotter stuff was shooting at 2000+ fps. (I also usually hunt deer etc with my M1A)
