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to add to OUR arsenal of democracy and general personal well being..............
aside from making the very studied choice of a smith .460 for me or my sons use, he also has a marlin stainless XLR 45/70 24" barrel that i built for him.
me being me and being the "evil" no good for nuthing father, has hatched the wild ass scheme for xmas to buy him a dillon reloader and the 45/70 dies.
now since we have (1) 45/70, its lonely in the safe by itself w/nobody to talk to.
sooooooooooo.....................i am presently on the hunt also for a used marlin 1895 GS stainless which has 18.5" barrel and (4) rds in mag tube and (1) in pipe, or their other model which is also 18.5" barrel stainless also w/large lever loop and extended mag tube holding (6) in mag tube and (1) in pipe for a total of 7.
these are not shot often............trust me. and used they can be found in the $475 -575 range. new about 719-840 for the large lever long mag tube model.
the blue models were ported from about 1998 until 2000 something when marlin ceased ported models in their lineup probably for cost considerations.
i found last sunday a blue model 18.5" ported barrel in freeking mint cherry condition like NRA 99.5% for the measly sum of $519 bucks. damn near bought it. but alas i will hold out for some city slicker that gets his shoulder/cheek pounded into submission and sells his stainless model cheap.
a 405 gr remington round WILL put a severe hurt on that bear NOW!
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if there are TROUT..........there are BEARS!
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