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Re: lever guns?
« Reply #15 on: July 12, 2012, 12:21:20 PM »
Well......sing me up as a member of the WTLG........white trash lever guns...........!!

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Re: lever guns?
« Reply #16 on: July 12, 2012, 12:24:48 PM »
You don't need a scope for a lever gun.  I got a .348 that does just fine to the range your talking about.  It does hit animals really hard.  The last deer I popped with it just got drove to the ground and didn't move.

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Re: lever guns?
« Reply #17 on: July 12, 2012, 12:29:13 PM »
30-30 with open sights looks pretty sweet, and they actually have some good thumpn power, that was my first gun and i was deadly out to 150 yds, or you could take it in and have peep sights put on, once you get use to them its like shootn a fixed power scope  :tup:
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Re: lever guns?
« Reply #18 on: July 12, 2012, 12:37:15 PM »
i have an old model 94 in .38 win special and it is bad ass and i wouldn't put a scope on it. small light weight and packs punch would be a great bush gun or on horse back.

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Re: lever guns?
« Reply #19 on: July 12, 2012, 12:38:55 PM »
If you do get a 94 and want to put a scope on it I have the pre-angle eject scope base and rings. The extra long receiver screw all by itself is worth about 6 bucks.  :yike:
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Re: lever guns?
« Reply #20 on: July 12, 2012, 12:44:09 PM »
Well......sing me up as a member of the WTLG........white trash lever guns...........!!
im in now you put white trash on something and im sold.

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Re: lever guns?
« Reply #21 on: July 12, 2012, 01:05:08 PM »
I have a 450 Marlin.1895M. I do believe it has more snot than the 45/70. I did however put a Leupold 1xwhatever it is on it. I also have the 450 in a T/C Encore 15 barrel w/brake. CANNON TIME !!!!
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Re: lever guns?
« Reply #22 on: July 12, 2012, 01:08:13 PM »
My babies! The one on the right is a marlin 444s; its my deep dark rainy woods grizzly, moose, elk, bear, deer, engine block, zombie destroyer. Incredibly accurate. Its puts the 265 gr hornady Levo bullets thru bullet holes at 50yds. A guaranteed 200yd whacker and stacker.
The one on the left is a J.C.Higgins branded marlin in 35 rem. A sweeter fast handling thick woods lt. wt. elk, deer, bear slayer you will not find. Highly accurate with a butter smooth action. Another 200 yarder.
I also have a BLR in '06 and hate it in the timber. Its uncomfortable and awkward to carry in the hand esp with a conventional scope mounted.
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Re: lever guns?
« Reply #23 on: July 12, 2012, 01:25:37 PM »

My gun has a lever on it too!  But, its a 45/70 Browning Hi-wall single shot.  Very accurate w/open sights!

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Re: lever guns?
« Reply #24 on: July 12, 2012, 01:33:27 PM »
Love my 30/30 Marlin.  Never killed anything with it but it shoots 2inch groups up to 150 yards.  Steinless steel with a silver Bushnell elite scope :tup:
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Re: lever guns?
« Reply #25 on: July 12, 2012, 01:51:25 PM »
Nice looking gun.

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Re: lever guns?
« Reply #26 on: July 12, 2012, 02:15:01 PM »
My babies! The one on the right is a marlin 444s; its my deep dark rainy woods grizzly, moose, elk, bear, deer, engine block, zombie destroyer. Incredibly accurate. Its puts the 265 gr hornady Levo bullets thru bullet holes at 50yds. A guaranteed 200yd whacker and stacker.
The one on the left is a J.C.Higgins branded marlin in 35 rem. A sweeter fast handling thick woods lt. wt. elk, deer, bear slayer you will not find. Highly accurate with a butter smooth action. Another 200 yarder.
I also have a BLR in '06 and hate it in the timber. Its uncomfortable and awkward to carry in the hand esp with a conventional scope mounted.

Oh,Oh. We might have something in common..................... :chuckle:
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Re: lever guns?
« Reply #27 on: July 12, 2012, 02:17:57 PM »
I have a couple old lever guns. They are always fun to shoot and they add to a nice collection :tup:
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Re: lever guns?
« Reply #28 on: July 12, 2012, 02:35:11 PM »
BLR in .450 Marlin would be cool...........or 325WSM, or just about any other caliber that floats your boat.

(Why they don't make the BLR in 338 Federal, I don't know; but it would be cool if they did). :twocents:
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Re: lever guns?
« Reply #29 on: July 12, 2012, 03:24:42 PM »
I don't have my own pics but this is a Marlin 1895LTDIII 

I have a Pachmayr recoil pad on mine and the Happy Trigger kit. Sometimes scoped with a 2-7x Nikon.

Hasn't killed anything yet but it was aimed at a North Slope Griz last trip till the bear decided to turn away, steps from the "Line"   

If the money was there I'd pick up an 1895xlr and tune it my way :tup:
« Last Edit: July 13, 2012, 08:52:06 AM by MikeWalking »

 


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