I dunno about 30-30, but I bought one of those for my Dad for his 450 Marlin, and with any kind of decent sized scope that would be a no-go for recoil and inertia.
I personally would drill a hole in the right spot, looks like you have plenty of room to do so (20mm). It might be a little ugly but you won't have your scope popping up and giving you plastic surgery. For that matter, we crawl around in the bushes where we hunt, it would suck to miss a shot because a branch pulled your scope mount off the barrel.
Regards,
Brian in CA
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