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| JasonG:
--- Quote from: mikeybuck on September 16, 2016, 07:13:17 PM ---Killed two bulls in the last two years with my marlin 45/70 --- End quote --- wow!! |
| cooltimber:
I have the top one ,from my grandfather who used it in Minnesota. 1920 era |
| CP:
My "backup" rifle - Marlin 336 carbine in 30/30 with Lyman peep and fiber optic front for old tired eyes - I've yet take an animal with it but I can ring a 10" gong all day long at 225 yards with it using Sierra 150 grain pro hunters over 31 grains of Ramshot Xterm. |
| JDHasty:
--- Quote from: syoungs on September 16, 2016, 05:11:08 PM --- --- Quote from: JDHasty on September 16, 2016, 01:14:45 PM --- --- Quote from: Fl0und3rz on September 16, 2016, 12:47:18 PM ---A timely article on the 1895 and differences between the 18.5 inch barrel of the guide versus the 22" barrel. http://www.realguns.com/articles/862.htm Spoiler: go with the 18.5". --- End quote --- Mine was from long before the current trend toward really short barrels on the 1895 and it was a pretty compact unit. I never gave any thought to having a shorter barrel and I used it chasing dogs throughout western Washington. It was pretty handy. I doubt that I would ever put a scope on a Marlin 1895. I used to use something like 50 grains of IMR 4198 and a Hornady 350 RN in it when I first got it. I ruined more than a few bruins w/it. The big thing is the bullet is not staying in a bear and it is too easy to kill a dog w/that bullet. It would be a great bullet for elk or moose though. --- End quote --- This is close to the load I'm running. 49.5g h4198 under a 350g to or entity hornady. Everything I've read said this bullet is wicked on bears, were you not getting expansion or something? --- End quote --- Perfect expansion, but they went on trough and kept right on going. I dug one out of a tree one time that went through a small 200 lb black bear and it was four inches in. Since we were hunting w/dogs back then I switched to the lighter 300 gr hp bullet that stayed inside almost always. Both bullets were good bear medicine. |
| bigbds61:
Browning BLR 30-06. Both elk and deer. 180 grain for elk and 150 grain for deer. Love it and have shot more animals with than I can remember. Been using it for over 20 years. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk |
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