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well, with a gun like that, ya hafta do 30-30. Ya gotta start with it, and they did. Question is, how do you start grabbing Marlin's market? The gun seems too solid and overbuilt to be well suited to .357magnum. That chambering probably should wait till they have more of the market claimed. That bei...

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Rifle. 24 inch barrel. It's the perfect length. I don't care what the definition is of "carbine", or whether it's a ship or a boat. For a lever action shooter, I like between 22 and 26 inches for aesthetics of proportion, and my 24 inch marlin feels exactly right. My ladywife's .357 has an...

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Watched my mom pick a walnut out of a tree in the yard with her .380 one afternoon. It ain't a big 'un, but she can put it where it counts if you start trouble on her porch.
Here's to moms and thier guns!!!

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I'm with Tutt on being choosy. I think long and hard about exactly... which... gun... is... right. So far, haven't made any mistakes and had to get rid of any. So what's next? Well I still don't have a long range bolt gun in '06. That might be it. I also like my 24" .45colt Marlin so much I thi...

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Okay, I'll chime in here. I'm a semi-auto pistolero, this I know in my heart, though I have learned to appreciate the elegance of a well crafted revolver. In a nutshell, I like it. I like the chunky flat surfaces on the barrel, I like the color, and I like that it has eight shots in the cylinder. I ...

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I noticed a similar problem I had with mine. I thought about a slip-over recoil pad that has several thicknesses of pad to choose from. The problem I found is that when you go out that far with a slip-over, it loses a lot of firmness, and mashes sideways easily. What I came up with was a screw-on re...

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I voted .357 because it really is the most useful and practical, wide-range cartridge, but I had to debate with myself for a bit. Honorable mention has to go to my friend Axel's Grandpa gun, a Win 92 25-20. Before I shot that little rifle, I didn't know how much fun a levergun could be. I give it cr...

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Thesr's nothing like mother nature to clean a dead animal. Main trick, as you say, is to keep the rodents from chewing the antlers. Some kind of cage or basket that the mice can't chew through will let the bugs go at it. I think it'll work faster on the ground. The shrimp/crawfish/crab idea underwat...

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Time to drop the tuppence... Back in the early 90's, I used to be an over-the-road truck driver. While hauling a load along I-84 one day, going uphill at about 45mph on a long gradual grade, a Kenworth blew past me at about 55 to 60. I would have just figured it was empty, but I saw a sign on it sta...

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The one on top is what I have, and if I had the .357 version with the same 24" barrel, I'd do a long happy dance :D :D :D :D :D It's just the right length of barrel, in my opinion. It is a rare privelege to have such a complete set of rifles in a single caliber, and you, sir, are fortunate. 8) ...

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"Well and truly buggered" is right!

That's what I'd be as soon as I touched off a round!
My .454 Casull Super Redhawk with a 9 1/2 inch barrel is plenty stupid-big!
This thing is just beyond sanity.

Would I try it? I might.... Nah, I'll skip this one

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I recommend you stick to the .357 and call it good. That round can do a lot if you load for it, and the supplies are plentiful. If you want urban tactical capability, 1894c with the 18.5 inch barrel. If you want longer range, cowboy rifle in 24 inch barrel. Ken Waters says a .357 case stuffed full o...

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Lovely new weapon you have there. I feel much the same way about my cowboy .45.
Love to see what that thing can do to a soup can or a clay pidgeon

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If I have to look at the "goblin" through a scope to see him clearly enough, I don't see it as "defense". Any bad guy close enough to identify as a bad guy for certain is dangerously within effective range of a .357, especially if the bullet is 158gr or heavier. Especially if it'...

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A Bearcat would be perfect, I think.
But don't take my word for it, take her out shopping and see what her hand thinks. My money says the Bearcat would fit just right if the single six is too big.

If the hand approves the fit, you could check gunbroker.com for a deal

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I have only used 2400 on jacketed bullets, somebody else will have to testify on their use with the softer ones... I think that bit about magnum primers causing high pressures is B.S. 2400 is, I believe, the original factory powder for the .357mag, and has been used by a lot of people over a lot of ...

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Talk about bubbly!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: Now that you've had a fine start, I s'pose the next step is companion revolver in the same caliber! And a cartridge belt, of course! 8) I have to recommend Ruger for such as that. His n hers pistolas! C'mon, folks, am I right? +1 more on the range reports, too....

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I've always found power pistol to burn cleanly in whatever I used it for. Only problem I ever had with it, sometimes it doesn't all drop from my measure. Some kinda static cling to the plastic. Bullseye does the same thing. I'll have it adjusted perfect, and a few throws later, one comes out way lig...

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And as for the crimp thing, This my recommendation. The Lee Factory Crimp works a little different than the standard roll crimp, and allows a smooth bullet to be used. It'll bite down on a smooth bullet as tight as any roll crimp on a bullet with a cannelure or groove. The bullets I use are from Rai...

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I've been reloading my Ladywife's pair just like yours for a few months now. According to many sources consulted, 2400 is a very well matched choice for .357, and her guns bear that out. In the rifle, 15.0gr of 2400 under a 158gr wearing a jacket drilled 'em down the center. It was also fairly hot a...

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Don't have a .22 yet. When I do, it'll be a Henry "Yeller Dawg". 8) Gonna be while, though. need an 'aught-six bolt gun next, and that won't be for quite some time. But I do happily accept donations of firearms, if anybody has too many! And Ganjiro, I'm STILL diggin' that cool banana! Plea...

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JReed, I'm with you on this. I see it as a matter of showing one-to-one respect to another. I don't ask others to agree with me in order for me to get along with them. I only ask them to show me enough respect to let me get on with my thing. It's how you be civilized neighbors. Then, if someone unde...

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Two questions here. one is, which do you grab on the way out the door because you need to shoot something, and you really need to get the job done? the other is, which is the best design for choosing for that purpose? Answer 1. My 24" Marlin 1894 .45 with a box of hot mustang loads. That's my o...

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Y'know, YKK is a brand of zipper!

Maybe a 219 Zipper should be your next gun?
Tell the old man to start lookin' fer one, and we'll see what turns up!

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Plus it has a gold trigger. While showing it off, you can point to it and say "look, it has a gold trigger!" No idea if he's overcharging for it, but how much do you really care anyway? I can tell from the way you describe it, you're sold on it. That means you'd regret not getting it, and ...

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Okay, gang, yer missin' the funniest one of all on this thread! SEAN OF THE DEAD! The big scene toward the end where they all gather at the pub, which is called "The Winchester", after the owners old classic levergun hanging on the wall! Then, as the zombies are invading, they take the old...

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Hey, now! Y'all quit talkin' trash about rifles that'r a little "broad in the hips" 8) I think it just makes 'em a little easier to snuggle up to :D Especially in the heavier calibers' it "smooths out the ride"! :lol: Well, to each thier own, I reckon. Mine has the slender hips, ...

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So here's an angle on that... My popcorn loads shoot 200gr at slingshot velocities. When I built a 250gr powered up deer load, it shot low. It is substantially heavier, and also lower on the target. It is a lot faster, though. So is it the muzzle velocity that makes 'em hit low? And that the heavier...

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Marlin.
On account of easy take-down.
I mean, it's really a snap. And when they both will shoot equally well, and you like the styling, that's the tie-breaker for me. I also like side eject a lot better.

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An excellent plan. That'll give you some hard data. I seem to recall that molds can be had with an insert set, allowing a given bullet to be cast with or without a hollow point. That'd sure make it handi, huh? Must cost a coupla bucks though... I'm new to all this, so I don't really know beans about...

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I can see one useful aspect to tin bullets not yet mentioned, I think. A cast tin bullet shares common volume/weight proportions with copper, or a lot closer than lead anyway. It would be a much cheaper alternative to those looking to work up loads designed to use the Barnes copper, with the longer-...

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My first gun was a mossberg pump 20 my stepdad gave me as a teenager. I got real dern familiar wid it out in da woods. The point is that for home defense, the best choice is usually the gun you can , when jarred from a sound sleep, and without putting your glasses on, grab and instantly know how to ...

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Bullets from silver solder! Right! They are almost all tin. Over 90% in the alloy.Probly more like 97%. As I believe I mentioned to Handi earlier, I developed a tin bullet from silver solder for a special super-light recoil load out of my Milady's Blackhawk. They do drop weight by a third from lead ...

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We save eggshells to go in the compost, and there is some of it here on the counter, and the idea just occurred to me. Figured it would have the right kind of "sharp edge", and the mineral hardness as well. One might even mix it in with the walnut shells, say 50-50? I don't have a tumbler,...

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I had a curiosity, thought I'd ask...

Can you use eggshells as a brass tumbling medium? Anybody try that?

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Once in a while, the Great Wheel of Fortune lands on the jackpot!

Heartfelt congratulations.

Now go shooting with your old friend, and snap another picture while your out there about it.

[not that we could see it through all the dust-induced blurriness

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Okay, so longer is usually better than shorter, I'm hearing.

How 'bout the Barnes copper pistol bullets? They show a 250gr and a 275gr in .451. If my bore ain't too wide for 'em, shouldn't they do well?
Any one tried 'em?

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20 grains of 2400? Jeepers! I went up to 17.8 grains of that powder, and thought I was near to breaking the thing. Maybe I'm a recoil wimp... So 250gr is the min? Anyone ever try 230gr round nose .45 auto bullets? Pretty sure I can get a good crimp with my Lee factory crimp on the smooth surface, an...

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For all the folks shooting a 24in barrel Marlin in .45 colt, I would like to know what has been the most accurate bullet out of your gun. I wanna try to build a tack driver load for mine, and I like jacketed and TMJ bullets, but I would like to stay open minded about weights and shapes and power lev...

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Have to agree about the 308 Marlin chambering. I would also lobby for .357 and .45-70. An action that strong oughta be able to handle .45-70 easy, though they may not be able to compete with Marlin on that. But at least one pistol caliber, anyway. I got it! .454 Casull! Or better yet, they could be ...

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There was only ever one granddad rifle in my family, and I know very little about it other than that it was a .22, and my mother's father had it with him the day he was out with a friend in a boat, and lightning struck before they could get ashore. That cost my mother her dad when she was eight. No ...

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The primer I have seen listed in the tables is small rifle magnum, though since I haven't been able to find any at the local supply house, I built my casull loads with pistol magnums. It depends on the powder you use, as well as the power level you're trying to get to. 24gr of 2400 powder under a ho...

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Handi- Never mind all the cranial flatulence, we're with ya man! Keep on them copper boolits, and we'll watch what comes outa yer shop. Once you got a recipe that gets it done, post it. Then mebbe we can help with the "how to" part. Lotta folks in the no-lead zone waiting to find out. Gryp...

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You can play yer cowboy games with ten in the tube, and when yer in the backyard, stuff 'em full! I have a short .45 colt round that'll go 15 in the tube in my 24" CBLtd. and still cycle just fine, with no changes to the gun. 15 is a rounder number than the 13 standards it'll take! If I wanted ...

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Here's a thought...

Have you weighed steel against copper? Might be easier to press a steel core into it than to melt a tin one.

Also, I am wondering if the tungsten powder will settle to the bottom of the molten lead while your trying to pour it, giving off-balance weight?

{head scritch]

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Tungsten is what they use to tip the teeth on saw blades. It's a LOT harder than steel, and dern near impossible for a home shop to machine. Guess that's why he said "powdered". I think copper and tin are similar in hardness, gotta ask the metalworker I know about that. Brass is harder and...

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Actually, Tin does work for casting, but you have to do some experimenting. It is harder than lead, and it also cools in the mold to a larger diameter, as tin doesn't shrink as much on the freeze. I have worked up a special light load in Milady's pistola that uses a bullet cast from tin. I went to t...

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A cherry is a cutting tool that is cut to the shape of a bullet. Think of it like a router bit for steel. They sandwich it between to blanks and then turn it, cutting half into one block and half into the other. When you take the two halves apart, you have a bullet mold. The thought was, can you get...

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Thighs, yeah. Severe damage. Right. I bet that reporter was trying hard to think of a way to write that one up and stay inside their editors good graces!

If his injuries are what we think they are, at least he won't be contributing to the Gene Pool!

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Time is the factor left out of the $4/box figure. I saved my brass for a long time, and only now have a reload setup. Haven't worked through all that brass yet. I hear ya... Best would be if you knew somebody local who could reload for you, and then you'd be keepin' it in the fambly, so to speak, as...

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