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Any of you guys load 158 grain jacketed hollow points in a 38 Special case to use in your Marlin, Rossi or Browning rifles? I got 500 .357 jhp bullets for a good price, but am very low on 357 brass. I have tons of 38 Special brass, thus the question. I have a fair amount of Unique, H110 and Lilgun o...

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I think both weights have their advantages. I have killed several smallish TN and AL whitetails with the 150 grain corelockt and they have dropped in their tracks. I have also killed at least one with the 170 grain corelockt that was a broadside shot that was a .30 hole in one side and a .30 hole ou...

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Robert, It would have been made in 1980 and although the barrel is not labled "microgroove" it will have microgroove rifling. I used to have one just like it made a year earlier that was one on the best shooting rifles I ever owned.

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I have had a CPAP since 2004. I went through the formal sleep study thing. They told me that I was getting about the equivalent of 2-3 hours of sleep a night if I was in bed for 8 hours. It took me several months to get used to the mask and airflow, but boy have I slept better since. I wake up feeli...

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Either action is plenty strong enough for any reasonable use. The Marlin is much easier to take down and clean though, and is made in the USA.

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Good to see you here at Leverguns Hook. I am with you on the factory Browning 1886 sights being worthless for field use, at least in our wooded part of the country. I personally prefer the Williams to the current production Lyman receiver sights. I have had to send back no less than three of the mod...

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I have relatives in Marion County and most of my family lives just a couple of counties to the east in Polk County. You are moving to a beautiful part of the country. You will enjoy the scenery and having four real seasons. The Fall colors can be spectacular. You will get some snow every year, but r...

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I would have to rank the 300 Savage near the top of the list. It will do 99% of what the 308 will do with noticeably less recoil. Yet, if it is ever mentioned in a magazine article it is only as the parent of the 308. It has almost disappeared from the consciousness of the general hunting public. On...

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We had them in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for about 6-8 years when I lived there is the early 1990s. They reintroduced them into the park, but the pups kept dying. I cannot remember why. I did see three adults tearing a black bear cub into pieces one April in Cades Cove though. For thos...

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Personally I would go with the Willimas FP. The 5D works, but it a pain to sight in. I will not buy any more current production Lyman receiver sights. Two of the last three I bought for my Marlin 336 rifles were sorely lacking in quality. Even with the screws tightened down both were wobbly. The old...

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I would have to say the Marlin 336 is much smoother in my opinion. The 94 has always seemed to have "slop" in the action to me. That being said, I prefer the Winchester 1892 action over either. Why Winchester ever chambered the 94 in pistol calibers instead of just bringing the 92 back is ...

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A straight stocked Marlin 1895, 1894 or 336 seems to fit me the best with a Savage 99 EG or F as a close second. Winchesters have never fit me very well although I like them too.

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I completely agree that they are more rare than people think. I come across all kinds of rare and unusual leverguns and have never seen even one Stevens High Power at a gun shop or gun show, only online. They are rare, trust me.

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Very cool old photos. Thanks for sharing. I like looking for the small details in old photos like that. They give you the real clues as to how life was back then.

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I doubt the microgroove rifling has anything to do with it. I have had microgrooved Marlin 30-30 and 35 rifles that shot the LE ammo very well. There is something else going on here.

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Joe, So glad to hear your wife's eye surgery was a success. Sorry to hear that she will be outshooting you soon though.

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Regular is $159.00, better than the $429 we paid after Ike.

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I don't believe there is any chance it is anything other than microcgroove rifled with the serial# you provided. The first 7000 or so with the BO prefix were the only ones that were "Ballard" rifled before 1998. Many of the early ones will not be marked as microgroove even though they are....

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Pete, It was not that I know of. The topic was batted around pretty well over on the Savage collectors forum at 24hourcampfire about six months ago if memory serves. At that point, it seemed like a done deal with photoscopies of Coburn's letter being imaged etc. As recently as two or three months ag...

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I am betting that they will offer the new ones in 308, 7-08 and 243. I would not rule out the possibility of a brand new cartridge being introduced. With a little luck they will give a nod to the traditionalists and offer it in the 250 and 300 Savage. It seems like the starting prices I saw quoted w...

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I have seen a copy of the letter from Savage president/CEO Roy Coburn. It is not a rumor. The rifle is scheduled to be reintroduced in 2009 in three grades. They are supposed to have the rotary magazine and good walnut stocks.

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That is a good looking rifle. There is just something appealing about that straight grip 336 configuration to me.

I have had nothing but good dealings with the people here. There seems to be a correlatiob between leverguns and good folks.

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Don't forget about a used Weaver K4 or K6. They are steel tube, many of the later ones have duplex reticle and the glass on the ones made in the 70s and 80s is very clear and crisp. They are steel tubed and look great on a blued steel and walnut rifle. Best of all, a nice one can be had for $60-$80 ...

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I have owned just about every configuration of the modern Marlin 1895, Winchester 1886 and Browning 1886. While the Winchester and Browning actions appear to be the strongest and definitely have the most positive ejection, I like the Marlin better as a hunting rifle. The guide guns are great to carr...

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It made it into the catalogue, but never made it onto the shelves. That one will confuse collectors 50 years from now when all of us who remember the tease are dead and gone.

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For hogs I prefer the 35 to the 30-30. The difference in recoil is negligible and the ammo is not that hard to find. I think you will be pleased with the way the 200 Remington ammo puts hogs, deer etc down. You will not have a problem with penetration even on end to end shots. I don't know if you co...

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I remember sitting on a rafter in my granddad's corncrib with a Daisy Red Ryder BB gun when I was 10 and shooting every mouse I could see. I once got 14 in an afternoon. It did not work so well on the one rat I shot. Some of the most fun I ever had was shooting at thrown clay pigeons downward into a...

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I have owned a pile of straight grip 336 rifles with 16.5, 18.5 and 20" barrels over the years and none were marked T. All were either 336RC or just 336. They are neat rifles and seem to go perfectly with a Williams or Lyman receiver sight.

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Those 8s and 81s are neat rifles. I have owned both. there is a trick to loading the magize without scraping the skin off your fingers. Feed the cartridge in the magazine with the bullet pointing straight up. Then tip the cartridge forward and it will just fall in place. It took me some cracked fing...

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Happy Birthday Mike!

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I have been hunting with a Marlin 35 for going on 23 years now. It is still my favorite cartridge for AL/TN whitetails and hogs. It puts them down on the spot with any moderate velocity load using the 200 grain coreloct. I am a big fan of the 35 Rem.

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He will be in my prayers

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6pt, I have the same vintage Weaver K2.5 that I was about to mount on my first year Marlin 1895. How do you like it on yours? They seem to have great eye relief and thicker crosshairs than the later Weavers. Unlike some of the later Weavers with fine crosshairs, I think I could actually see these cr...

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Old Lymans are hard to beat, but I have had two of the newer ones that were wobbly even when tightened. This is unacceptable to me. You could not give me a newer Lyman today. I like the old and new Williams sights. The older ones have the sharp edges rounded better, but the new ones work just as well.

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Danny, My brother and I fished the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness back in 98 and caught lots of nice rainbows and cutts. Along with the Beartooths and the Winds, it is one of my favorite places on earth. Sure beats downtown Birmingham, AL where I am sitting now. Thanks for sharing the photo.

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The most accurate rifle I currently own is a 1961 Marlin 336RC 35 with microgroove rifling. It will shoot the Remington and Hornady factory stuff inside of 1" at 100 yds every time. I am the limiting factor. I have not even developed any handloads for it yet.

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I am really excited over the prospect of a new 99. Savage has been putting out some nice bolt rifles of late with good lumber and nice bluing. Perhaps the new 99 will be done right as well. I sure would like to see a straight stocked carbine or a close replica of the post war F in 7mm-08. I would be...

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Rjohns, Do you know who the individual knife maker was? That looks like a Wayne Clay sheath. I have one of his custom knives. It is a work of art.

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I used to own one of the 62s in 30 Carbine. The lever throw is ridiculously short. You barely work the lever at all. They are super cool guns, but have tiny little levers that do not accomodate large fingers well at all. That was my only complaint and reason for selling mine.

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Makes me miss my Browning 1886 SRC. I have not been able to satisfy the itch since parting with mine. They are extremely nice rifles. Sounds like you are already attached to yours.

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I owned one recently. It was a gorgeous little rifle and shot very well. It was so pretty that I never took it out and used it for its intended purpose. It just sat in the safe and looked pretty. If I could find one that was already dinged up I would use it.

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Seeing those photos has me a little concerned. I have a first year 1892 38WCF and have been shooting 180 grain jacketed bullets over 10 grains of Unique for my hunting load. It makes a noticeably bigger boom, but I thought this was a safe load even with the older steel of my barrel. Am I off base he...

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I have owned just about every variation of straight stocked 336 rifle over the years and have never seen one actually marked 336 "T" or "Texan". I am not saying there are not some out there, but I have never seen one.

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6pt, I have found that 336 Texans from the 50s and early 60s go for about $300-350 in 30-30 and $400-$500 for 35s if they are in excellent condition. The 35s are considerably harder to find. Good luck in your search. They are neat rifles.

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Done as well.

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6pt, I have a few old straight tube Weavers myself. They are great scopes and seem to be made for old Marlins. I like the more recent steel tube models with the duplex crosshairs, but like the older fine crosshairs as well. I like the length of the tubes on the Weavers. It gives you a lot of lattitu...

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It will fit, but could be a somewhat poor fit at the tang. Or, it could be a perfect fit. I have had it work both ways.

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I would not sell it with the intentions of buying a "shooter" B92 357. You could wait for a couple of years and still never find one. I had a similar delima myself recently with a B92 44 that was not new, but still had the box etc. I found that I rarely shot it for fear of scratching or de...

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Another of Scalia's comments I found interesting. "In any event, the meaning of “bear arms” that petitioners and JUSTICE STEVENS propose is not even the (sometimes) idiomatic meaning. Rather, they manufacture a hybrid definition, whereby “bear arms” connotes the actual carrying of arms (and the...

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I just got through reading the decision is some detail. One of the comments the struck me the most was one of Scalia's responses to one of Stephen's objections . It reads as follows. "And JUSTICE STEVENS is dead wrong to think that the right to petition is “primarily collective in nature.” That...

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