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Posted: 8/18/2017 7:02:31 PM EDT
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Marlin 1894P. 16 1/4" .44mag.
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Posted: 8/18/2017 7:04:37 PM EDT
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Marlins are junk.
Henry's can't be run hard and have slow reloading. Winchesters are too expensive. Rossi in 357 is what you seek. 357 out of a 20" barrel is 1,350 ft/lb^2 of energy. Ammo is available and easy to find. Little recoil, anyfamily member can pick it up and comfortably use it. Rossi's are used in cowboy action shooting for a reason. I live in Cali too and it might be what we're left with. Henry's are tube loaded so you won't be able to load fast enough under duress. Marlins will fail and get you killed. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 7:06:09 PM EDT
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Get one in 460 S&W so you can do 460, 45LC, 454 Casull.
Honorable mention to the stainless 1895 Guide Gun. A true beast in every sense. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 7:10:36 PM EDT
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Marlin 1894c in 357 Magnum? |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 7:13:42 PM EDT
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The answer is dictated by what use you expect this gun to fullfill .
Messing around and just plinkin Marlin 39A Cheap shooting but a bit more power in several different power levels , decent for home defense 357/38 More serious hunting but ammo cost is higher unless you reload go with 44mag More hunting,less plinking--30-30,32 win spl or 35 rem Very serious hunting or the need to challange your shoulder -go 45/70. Early Winchesters and Marlins are a bit different but generally both good to go . Later Marlins had problems , newest ones are supposed to be better but still not as nice as a old Marlin if you can find one that isn't beat at a resonable price. There is no such thing as just one lever gun, I know life and budgets can intrude but if you are a lever guy you will want more than one. Honestly,while I enjoy them all I shoot my Rossi 357 and my Marlin Cowboy 44 more than the rest , I might suggest you look foe the pistol calibers first |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 7:17:34 PM EDT
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Again
Browning BLR. Mine is an older steel receiver in 308. Rotating bolt and is accurate. Box Magazine fed.  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 7:19:16 PM EDT
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CZ 75
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Posted: 8/18/2017 7:23:33 PM EDT
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1895 in 54r would definitely be a contender
but I think I'd go with... Big Horn Armory model 89 in 500 S&W 
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Posted: 8/18/2017 7:25:14 PM EDT
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In .243
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Posted: 8/18/2017 7:25:19 PM EDT
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This for me, with two reservations. - I'm tempted to say .357 mag. - If I'm in CA, a loading gate might actually matter to me. Currently it does not. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Henry in 45-70 - I'm tempted to say .357 mag. - If I'm in CA, a loading gate might actually matter to me. Currently it does not. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 7:26:37 PM EDT
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Marlin 336 30-30
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Posted: 8/18/2017 7:27:44 PM EDT
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Winchester 94 Trapper |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 7:28:22 PM EDT
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Please show me a 1,000 yard shooter with 45-70. I'm not chiding you, I just want to see it. Do the Black powder cartridge guys shoot that far? I would expect that most or all use the longer 45's |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 7:30:39 PM EDT
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Everyone needs a rossi ranch hand 44 mag.
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Posted: 8/18/2017 7:32:03 PM EDT
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Please show me a 1,000 yard shooter with 45-70. I'm not chiding you, I just want to see it.  Marlin 45-70 guide gun at 1080 yards |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 7:40:52 PM EDT
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45-70 ... It is 1000yd capable. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 7:41:23 PM EDT
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You of all people have reservations about 45-70? 45-70 is the answer. I'm shooting mine tomorrow,and to your point...the .357 is staying home. 
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Posted: 8/18/2017 7:41:42 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/18/2017 7:42:33 PM EDT
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The early Creedmore type of competition used 45/70 and the longer 45/100 type varients and I do believe they went out to 1000. Do the Black powder cartridge guys shoot that far? I would expect that most or all use the longer 45's |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 7:43:32 PM EDT
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MY Rossi 92 holds 11x .44 magnum.
Never failed accurate enough fun with hot loads. It's what I shoot the most. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 7:51:38 PM EDT
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My JM Marlin 1895CB holds 10 45-70 which will trump .44mag. 45-70 is an extremely versatile round, especially if you hand load.
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Posted: 8/18/2017 7:54:35 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/18/2017 7:58:04 PM EDT
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45-70 1886
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:05:00 PM EDT
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I don't own any lever-actions, but If I ever do it will be a 45-70.  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:08:34 PM EDT
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I have a 1921 model 94 in .32 win. spec, and a Savage model 99C in .308, if I would do over again it would be either a Win. model 95 in 30-06, or Marlin not remlin, 1895 in 45/70.
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:13:59 PM EDT
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Pure fantasy, but a lever gun built with modern tech that uses AR mags sounds like fun!
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:13:59 PM EDT
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God DAMN IT!
I may bring only my 45-70 tomorrow. Going to be an expensive day. Yeah, one gun, .357 deserves mention. But just loading that gun makes me smile. Big old fatties. I fucking love 45-70. (I am drinking now.) OP. I'm doing a 180. I have seen the error of me trying to help an internet stranger. I tried to think about what's common, what's easy to find. No. It stops now. You get the damn 45-70 and you like it. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:15:01 PM EDT
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Marlin 336 or 39A.
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:15:05 PM EDT
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Not sure of the best but I don't think you could ever go wrong with a true Marlin(stamped JM) 336 0N 30-30. Well made. Plenty accurate. Ammo to almost always to be found at relatively low prices. Great Walnut stock. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:15:50 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:18:47 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:20:24 PM EDT
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Browning BLR
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:23:30 PM EDT
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Marlin 1895 with 26" octagonal barrel and an after market rail with a 1-4x 40mm night vision scope.
It is a bit much for squirrels (though I did it), absolute hell on groundhogs and prairie dogs (a friend with a Sharp's swears that if you don't hit'em, you scare'em to death), and safe to use on any North American big game, including body armored jackbooted thugs. Provided you can get primers you can completely roll you own using a bullet mold and either homemade black powder or gun cotton (be careful with gun cotton, it will surprise the living shit out of you). The recipes for both are available on-line and in Jules Verne novels (no shit, Jules gave recipes for nitroglycerin and gun cotton his 19th century novels). If you worry about primer availability, get a .50 caliber flintlock Pennsylvania long rifle. With that, some knowledge of geology and chemistry, and Jules Verne, you can roll your own 100%. A better answer is to flee California, get an AR-10 in.308, an AR-15 in 5.56x45mm, AK-pattern rifles in 5.45x39mm and 7.62x51mm, a Barrett M82 in.50 BMG, something in 6.5 Creedmore, a couple of 12 gauge shotguns, a dozen handguns in everything from .22LR to .50 S&W, and four suppressors from .22LR to.46 an ammo to feed the lot for 6 years. You'll go broke feeding them and storing that much ammo (my ammo shelving units collapsed under the weight - my project for tomorrow), plus training costs a several $1Ks per quarter, plus IBA and accessories. Or you could not to and live to a ripe old age, provided TEOTWAWKI doesn't come about. Your choice. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:27:19 PM EDT
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High capacity?
Accepts a bayonet? Used by some armies 
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:31:48 PM EDT
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I used to have a Marlin 45-70. Awesome if you cast and load your own ammo.
Sold it to get by many years ago 
I have a Henry .22 youth model I take camping everywhere. I absolutely treat it like I hate it and it still keeps running. The CCI CB caps, marked 710 FPS are very, very quiet--if I can find 'em. We still have 'beards up here. Get a .357. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:31:51 PM EDT
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California? .357 Magnum 1894 Marlin.
Where I'm at? 45-70. Bear 'n cat here. F*cking bear drank up a lot of my garden water recently and keeps sh*tting on my road. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:35:08 PM EDT
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JM stamped Marlin 336 in .30-30. 
Although I wouldn't mind one in .357. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:51:34 PM EDT
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Marlin 1895SBL in 45-70.. Because if you cant hold a lot, you might as well go big. but I think you should stick it to em and get the Mossberg 464spx http://14544-presscdn-0-64.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/464-spx1.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/21179/20882040_10214350407660376_349660966698665936_n-283802.JPG |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:00:23 PM EDT
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Original/early Winchester 1895 saddle-ring carbine in either 30-06 Springfield or 405 Winchester https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/91/wm_md_6507446_zps8634cd5a-283820.jpg |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:18:25 PM EDT
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.357 Trapper |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:26:19 PM EDT
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1895 in 54r would definitely be a contender but I think I'd go with... Big Horn Armory model 89 in 500 S&W http://www.bighornarmory.com/preview/530-355/content/files/mod.catalog/f7350de291284f588cdb39f813eb92ed1.jpg Neat. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:29:11 PM EDT
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92 takedown .357
This is what i would buy for a serious defensive rifle. Have a co worker with one in .44 and it is a damn nice rifle. Put an RMR or a 2.5x scope on it. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:30:10 PM EDT
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Build your own
 Tutorial! Lever-action Rubberband gun! Part 1 I would probably get a Marlin in .357,I already have a Blackhawk in .357. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:36:31 PM EDT
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I have one lever gun. A 1979 Marlin 336 Texan. Has killed several mountain lions, a bear and a few varmints. Love that gun.
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:46:01 PM EDT
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I'd sell it and buy a Bolt action!
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:52:40 PM EDT
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I'd sell it and buy a Bolt action! No thank you, I'll take my lever action with 14 rounds every time! |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 10:32:33 PM EDT
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Well what's a good lever action assault weapon for those stuck in Kali......... |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 10:41:31 PM EDT
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I was at Big 5 the other day and saw a magazine fed Henry chambered for 223. I could see myself owning one if they offer a 10rd mag for it.
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Posted: 8/18/2017 10:51:26 PM EDT
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I was at Big 5 the other day and saw a magazine fed Henry chambered for 223. I could see myself owning one if they offer a 10rd mag for it. Drum or nothing 
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Posted: 8/18/2017 10:53:59 PM EDT
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I was at Big 5 the other day and saw a magazine fed Henry chambered for 223. I could see myself owning one if they offer a 10rd mag for it. A .223 lever gun. I for one would not give a damn that it did not hold 10 rounds. |
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