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Post by flyingzebra on Dec 12, 2020 13:25:13 GMT -5
I agree that it would be awesome if Ruger would do a 500 Marlin small frame lever gun.
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Post by rjm52 on Dec 12, 2020 15:08:46 GMT -5
...zebra...you ARE NOT A NICE PERSON...
...but do have beautiful guns...
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Post by flyingzebra on Dec 12, 2020 15:22:40 GMT -5
...zebra...you ARE NOT A NICE PERSON... ...but do have beautiful guns... I'm a lucky guy. |
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Post by squawberryman on Dec 12, 2020 18:05:03 GMT -5
I wanted a business card that says performer of unbearable and unspeakable things
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Post by squawberryman on Dec 12, 2020 18:16:21 GMT -5
Alright, did you have to send that one down the road to the owner or did you take it to the house?
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Post by flyingzebra on Dec 12, 2020 18:27:51 GMT -5
I will be test riding it first, then sending it down the road.
If I have one for myself it'll be a 480
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Post by needsmostuff on Dec 12, 2020 19:11:43 GMT -5
OK ,,,,, Now that there is just plain teasing the disadvantaged.
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Post by kaytod on Dec 12, 2020 19:13:12 GMT -5
I trust they will. I hope for a Marlin 1894, 20" full octagon barrel and magazine tube chambered in 480 Ruger! |
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Post by Thunderjet on Dec 12, 2020 19:45:24 GMT -5
Bought a new Remlin SBL this year for $900. Today on gunbrokers there is a used one with 75 rounds of ammo and the bid on it is currently $2025!
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Post by tj3006 on Dec 13, 2020 2:17:00 GMT -5
Wow ! that JRH is very very cool,
I love the Marlin 45/70s But I currently don't have one, I hurt my right shoulder in fall a few years back, and every time I shot a full house load in it I could not raise my arm for a week. But when the Ruger Version comes out I just might try again. I realize now I could back off from 2000, fps probably to 1850, and the thing would still flatten any animal I hit well just fine. I shot the 350grain Hornady flat points, with a 1X4 Leopold, and could get 1.25 at 100 yards off a bench, But I don't think I would shoot it from a bench anymore. Not with modern loads.
I have a Remlin 44 mag, It shoots well but could feed better. I does great with XTPs but not so well with cast bullets...
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Post by rjm52 on Dec 13, 2020 5:37:34 GMT -5
Just beautiful work....
Talking about nutzy lever gun prices...seen what a Henry AXE is bringing!!! A vendor on GB has three and the CHEAPEST is currently up over $1500!!!
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Post by bradshaw on Dec 13, 2020 9:08:40 GMT -5
"I love the Marlin 45/70’s... currently don't have one... hurt my right shoulder in fall a few years back, and every time I shot a full house load in it I could not raise my arm for a week....”
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tj3006.... what is wrong with a .45-70 shooting Trapdoor-era load of 405 grain bullet @ 1,300 fps? A cast POWDER COAT 400 flat point should handle most stateside stuff pretty well, without buying a subscription to the sawbones. Addition of a 1 or 1.2-inch Kick-Eez sorbethane recoil pad would turn it into a muffin.
David Bradshaw
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Post by gman50 on Dec 13, 2020 9:50:17 GMT -5
My 1895 SS groups very well with 400 gr cast bullets and 24 gr of Alliant 2400. Very soft shooting especially with the Decelerator pad I installed some years back. I definately wouldn't want to stand in front of this load. It allows one to enjoy shooting this gun again if recoil becomes an issue. This loads runs 1300-1350 fps.
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Post by jgt on Dec 14, 2020 10:33:03 GMT -5
Hey! x101airborn, You don't have to suffer with that front sight that is too short. I had a Marlin model 1894 44 magnum that shot 12" high. I called Marlin and they sent me a new front sight. When I measured it, it was the same as the sight on the gun. So I looked at Williams front sights. I could not decide which would be the correct height so I got the tallest one they had. It was only fifteen dollars so I figured I could gamble. After installation it shot 12" low. Prefect, I measured the factory sight height and the Williams height. I subtracted the factory height from the Williams height. I divided that number by two. I added that number to the factory height number and looked in the Williams front sight chart and sure enough there was a sight that height. Another fifteen dollars and I had a sight. It shot to point of aim on the vertical plain. Not very creative but not very expensive either.
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Post by x101airborne on Dec 14, 2020 15:49:20 GMT -5
Thanks for the advice!
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