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Originally Posted by svandamme
your right i think i confused my calibers , 30-30 Winchester is closer to what I meant
Never had a lever so none of it is from experience.
Evertime I shot one it was like at the club and some kind of marlin in 22 or 45 and it never really impressed me much
But the rackign motion is fun and i just like those really old ones with a lot of moving parts up top  |
I suspect more white tail deer have been killed with .30-30 out of a lever than any other
caliber or style of gun... at least here in the southern USA. I bought my Marlin back when I was 18 .... had hair on my head, so I figured WTF is wrong with hairy palms to match? Yep, I put a scope on it
. The scope was removed sometime over the years .... I don't need one within 100 yds ... and that's a long shot here. My M629 .44 mag will do that too, but shooting it has never been fun .... or cheap. I poo-poo'd the pistol calibers in a rifle too ... until I bought a Marlin in .357 about 13 years ago.... then I added a .22 Henry Golden Boy lever (smooth & sweet). The latest Marlin is not in the same league as the 45 year old 336... but has become my favorite. No sentimental value, it will kill anything I need to (2 or 4 legs), and when I grow up (another 7-8 inches)... I will be "The Rifleman"
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So I've lived.... and learned...
Do NOT read Higgins' posts... 'cause it'll cost ya
