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Sounds like a great hunting rifle. I have a steel framed 358 that is a wonderful rifle and got me back to lever guns in general. I now hunt mostly with Marlins but would never consider getting rid of my BLR. I hope yours shoots as great as mine. The trigger on mine is not great but usable for a hunt...

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Lobo, the Marlin started out life as a 1982 model 336 Texan in 30/30 with an 18.5"barrel. Over on Marlinownwers.com someone posted that this rifle was for sale on Gunbroker. I gave it a look and hit the "buy it now" button. The re-bore was done by Jesse Ocumpaugh @ www.35caliber.com. ...

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Anyone care to share their favorite cast hunting bullet information? I would like to know the bullet brand if you do not cast it yourself ,the diameter, weight,whether gaschecked or not and at what velocity you shoot them. I wouldn't mind knowing what powder you use as well and what you shoot them o...

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Thanks for the report. I have shot more Laser-cast 115gr bullets than anything else in my Marlin 1894CL. Recently I purchase 500 Magnus 118gr plainbase cast bullets to try. I have used Universl clays to propell the Laser-cast bullets to 1450fps and have gotten good accuracy from them. I hope the Mag...

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Maybe I'm just one of them young guys(42) but I like my scopes and will continue to use them when I hunt. There have been a lot of deer that were killed either very early or very late that I could not have taken with iron. I do not appologize for my scopes to anyone because they allow me to cleanly ...

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Prayers sent. It is no fun to have trouble getting the little ones into this world. May God's best be done and bring peace to all involved.
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I am just a working man like most of you but have a few decent guns. I own no expensive knives and don't even know if I should. I have been packing CaseXX pocket knives for about 15 years and like them. I have a neat little Browning folder and am partial to my Remington "Big Game" lockback...

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I am a big fan of the Marlin 336 and the 35 Remington combination. I do not know how to post a link so here is what I wrote about it on another website. "I know I am not old but I am not as young as I once was. As I age I find that I am far more prone to hunt with guns that have that "righ...

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UPDATE! First, Thank God for hearing prayer and thank you for your prayers! The Dr.s have now ruled out a heart attack. He has been diagnosed with pancreatitis. I was able to see him yesterday in ICU for a few minutes. He was very weak but talkative. Today he is in so much pain that he doesn't want ...

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Got a call this afternoon that my favorite uncle had had a massive heartattack and was not expected to recover. He was found at work unconscious with a pulse rate of 20 and very low blood pressure. He is not quite 60 years old. He is not only my uncle but a mentor,former employer and hunting buddy a...

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Hobie those look great together! It reminds me of putting my Marlins together for pics but the Savages just have so much more class. I know that both of those should be about the same age so that is curious about the different lengths. I think I remember reading where they lengthened the reciever fo...

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OK Hobie I know everyone is waiting on pictures....
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Hobie gets all the A++++++s you can come up with. You made this very easy on me. THANKS
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If I go through with this I think I will use the tang sight for all my paper punching and playing but scope it for use in the hunting woods. I know that may be next to the unpardonable to some but I much prefer an optical sight to make great shot placement in poor light when I get most of my opportu...

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Thanks to all for the information. I have a lead on what I am looking for and will contact them today. It is a Winchester 1885 High Wall Short Hunter. It has a 22" octagon bbl with a tang sight. I like the 22" for my hunting purposes as I hunt in some tight cover and in some small stands. ...

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My home state of Louisiana allow us the the use of exposed hammer, single shot rifles of 38 caliber and larger to be used during our "primitive weapons " seasons. Last year I bought and succesfully used a Knight KP-1 in 45-70 to use during these hunts. However I think I would like to add a...

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Buck, I am very sorry for your loss. I will be praying for you and your family.
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Thanks to all for the responses. It sounds like there are no wrong choices to be had. I really am going to have to handle them all again and go from there. I believe that everyone should have some guns that are only there because you want them, and I want one....I just don't know which one(s). Goat

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While I would love to have a Marlin 1894M or Winchester9422M I can't justify the expense of either. I really don't want a Henry so I think that only leaves the Ruger 96. Does anyone here have any experience with the Ruger? Does anyone know if the safety can be swapped to left-hand operation? I know ...

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Well I have it narrowed down but can't seem to make up my mind. I have owned a Marlin308MX and hunted with it a very limited amount before loaning it to my brother who bought it from me. I have never owned or hunted with the 300 savage but have a 99 in 250/3000 Savage that I have hunted with. In the...

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Having read your post the last few years I am confident that you will make the right decision concerning the young man's readiness to hunt. I do not think that any of the animals you are considering are armour plated or otherwise bullet-proof. In the Barnes reloading manual #3 Dr. Ed Ashby writes th...

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Thank you, thank you, thank you! Let me make sure I have it straight, "safe" is forward and to the rear is "fire." Is that correct?
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Ben, thanks a million!
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I know the tang safety guns work great.... I have a '70s 99A in 250/3000 but think I will sell it. I like the gun but am ready to move on to something else for a while and often sell one gun to buy another. I did find a pic on another site but need a little more clarity to really see what I am after...

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I posted recently about the use of the lever safety by left-handed shooters on the Savage 99. I still am trying to figure out if I am capable of making a quick shot with the lever safety guns since I shoot left-handed. Could someone post relatively close-up pictures of the right side of the lever bo...

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I bought a box of 250gr .375s to try in my re-bore 38/55 and now my Marlin M-375 very early in this year. I have yet to shoot any but have got some loaded to try in both. I contacted him through the link on "Marlinowners.com". I think he said at the time that he really did not have enough ...

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Airedaleman, did you reach under the lever before gripping the stock or am I getting the pic in my mind all wrong?
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I have an itch for a Savage 99 in 300 Savage but am having difficulty in finding one with the tang safety which I desire since I shoot left handed. I wondered if there is some "trick" to using the lever safety left handed that I have not thought of on my own. I would have no trouble if in ...

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Thanks for the prayer support guys! Last night's service went well. I was enabled to preach far beyond my ability! Please keep this church and people in your prayers through the coming weeks as they face some big struggles. I will not be able to post again until Monday. I am most thankful for you ta...

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I have a prayer request for this weekend. My Father has been a Free Methodist pastor in excess of fifty years now and is supposed to be retired. Yet he and my step-mother are pastoring a very small rural church in a VERY out of the way spot in a mostly farming community. They have asked me to be the...

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Can't comment on the 308 but I do have a steel framed 358. As others have said the trigger is not the best but is certainly usable for a hunting gun. Mine has had acceptable accuracy with everything I ever tried but really likes 200gr Hornady RN. My current load is with IMR 4895 and the 225 Nosler P...

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My local show has really become a source of disappointment in the last few years. Sometimes I don't even try to go anymore. About the only thing I buy is reloading supplies and there is only one vendor who has them and he is only there about half the time. It now costs $7 per adult toget in. I know ...

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Right now I have a older 4x 28mm Leupold on my Marlin 1894 32/20. I am going to put the 2-7x Leupold from my 218 Bee on the 32/20. That means I need another scope for the 218Bee which is also a M-94. I want at least a 3-9x on the Bee but DO NOT want a large scope on it so that the rifle appears atta...

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That's the spirit! Step up to the plate and do what you can. "Do not ask what your country can do for you, but what can you do for your country?" In the spirit of patriotism and capitalism it is our duty to buy all firearms that are within our means (and in modern thought, some that aren't...

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I have a 1972 or '73 Savage 99A in 250/3000 which is a 20" barrel straight stock rifle with a tang safety that was advertised in a 1972 Parker's Distributers catalog as a "Saddle gun." I really like the handling of this short tubed rifle. I think I would like to find another of these ...

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Truth be told I need another rifle like I need additional holes in my head...but when has that stopped me? I want to get a levergun with a little more reach(flatter trajectory) than the 30-30,35 Remington, 375 or 38/55. I had pretty much made up my mind that I wanted the 338 until I thought about it...

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That is a very nice new toy you have there! It is wearing my all-time favorite scope to boot. I have been trying to figure out wether or not I NEED one to go with the rest of my Marlins. I had a 308MX for a few months and let my brother take it away from me. I now find myself looking at the 338 and ...

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Went to the doctor yesterday and was pulled from work. I am the foreman at our local Water District were we provide the potable water for about twelve thousand people. My job is a lot less physical than some of my former occupations but has been more so this year. I have been on light duty for five ...

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Somewhere on the Beartooth website (I think) is an article about a custom gunsmith and conversions done on Marlin1894 rifles to different calibers. I want to think that most of the "wildcat" cartridges were based on necking down some other case but I don't even remember what the parent cas...

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I have a steel frammed BLR81 in 358 also. It shoots better than it has any right to with 200gr Hornady RN and IMR 4064. It will consistantly go less than an inch with that combo. I have settled on the 225 Nosler Partition as my all purpose load in that rifle. They don't do as well (1-1/4") but ...

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Bis, The last I knew JES be-boring was charging $225 to re-bore a Marlin from 30-30 to 38-55. I know he has a web site. If you can't find it send me a personal message and I'll find it for you.
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Another option would be to re-bore a 30-30. I have a Marlin336T that was done by JES re-boring. You can specify what diameter you want and his prices are reasonable. I am very happy with mine shooting 255gr. Barnes Originals @1750 fps. I've only shot one animal,a whitetail buck, and found its perfor...

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Thanks to everyone for their responses to this thread. I guess that this thread was the most I have ever said about my personal life on the internet. It was great to see that so many others have a similar connection. I knew that what I was describing was more about a way of life than a geographic lo...

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As I sit here and reflect on who I am at 42 years of age I am proud. Proud not because I am in any way superior to anyone but glad to be, in many ways, the product of a remarkable heritage. My forebearers were Scottish/English on one side and Irish/German on the other. I cannot trace them very far b...

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Thanks to all. I should have noted that I already have a JES rebore 38/55 and have dies for it. It is bored .375-.376 and my 38/55 dies are doing fine for the tight bore. I will get a Lee FCD for the 375 since I know the way they work is length specific. I will give the 38/55 dies a try with the 375...

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Is it wise to use 38-55 dies to load 375 Winchester cartridges? I figure I'll have to have a different Lee FCD. What say you?
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I have been loading the 32/20 for only about four years or so but I have only used small rifle primers but would bet that my cast/plinking load would do fine with the small pistol primer. Why not try both and then give us a report? Goat

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Prayers sent! May he recover quickly and completly.
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Hello my name is "Goat". I am an addict. I have been addicted to guns all my life. I am a Marlin levergun addict. I "need" more and more of them and I do not want to quit. I do NOT get to hunt with them nearly enough nor do I get to shoot them nearly enough. I like them in "...

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