Ahhhh JPShelton ,
Your partly correct of course, the biggest problem as I see it is that the average US consumer wants a rifle of the same quality as the Model 30 was but for the price of a crappy 770 or less even. When the company then folds as it cannot make any profit they then all shout how it was bad management
. Now this is not meant to be anti American but you have to admit that if you only read down the posts on this forum you'll notice the amount who want more and more for less. It simply cannot be done.
Remington should in my opinion grab the bull by the horns and change it's marketing and certainly it's production policies and return to traditional quality gunmaking. This cheapened stuff it driving the company to the wall. As someone said who was at the Shotshow:-
When you see a Domestic gunmakers stand and it's full of foreign made guns and sportswear, it's a sure sign the company is in the mire
He was referring to Remingtons stand
However I cannot see any changes happening at Remington as those in charge are either too blind or stupid to see the writing on the wall
and unless serious revisions are made I cannot see them surviving past the half way stage of this new decade
Of course the Model 30 like my Model E was not perfect as let's be realistic the action is rather heavy for standard calibres and cartridges but should they adopt a modified and lightened traditional action and as an example of this I hold up the BSA Majestic
with a good trigger design such as the Timmney it would make a wonderful rifle. I will try to photograph the BSA out of it's stock for you to see. It's a long action being chambered for the 270 Win cartridge and uses the staggered Mauser type magazine with drop floor plate and the feed ramp has two polished grooves to guide the bullet into the chamber from either side of the magazine which makes for very smooth feeding. This action also has the much vaunted "Three rings of steel" in it's breeeching method and of course is old school as it was introduced in 1953
A modified action lighter and something along the lines of the BSA described would sell and it can be push feed as the BSA was or Controlled round feeding like a Mauser. With modern CNC controlled machinery it would be quicker to make than it was 50 years ago and probably easier too.
I am currently in the process of picking up another 59 vintage one and depending on how it shoots it might be re-barreled, that is if it does not shoot well enough
but they usually if in reasonable condition shoot well. I did look down the barrel a long time ago and from memory it was good and the throat not badly worn.
BSA's of this vintage had cut rifled and lapped barrels
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