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jackruff

Leverguns are about all I hunt with anymore. I have two Marlin 336 30-30s, one with a scope and one with a Williams peep. Also a Marlin 1894ss in .44 magnum and a Marlin 1894C in .357 magnum with a Skinner peep. I've taken deer with the .44 and the scope-sighted 30-30 and hogs with the peep sighted ...

jackruff

Fascinating. I've been carrying my Marlin 336 in .30 W.C.F., aka .30/30, with the Williams peep sight most of this season. It's loaded with 173 gr flat nose Beartooth cast bullets with gas checks. Almost all I have hunted with in recent years have been my Marlins. Except for one meat hunt this seaso...

jackruff

In my experience, and that of my hunting buddies, there isn't really anything any better than a .30-30.

jackruff

Nath wrote:2400 for me.
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Me too.

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alnitak wrote:All of the above, plus any number of others, like Natalie Wood.

Definitely Natalie Wood!

jackruff

The gun I really wanted when I was a young adult was a Colt Frontier Scout, but I couldn't afford one so I got an H&R nine-shot .22 revolver. I still have the H&R and a whole bunch more, but not the Colt. (Could you even find a Frontier Scout now?)

jackruff

I'm about twenty miles south of Purvis in Poplarville. There were three tornadoes in our county, Pearl River, but, thankfully no one was killed. A little known fact is that there are more tornadoes per square mile in Mississippi than in just about any other state, except maybe Arkansas. They can be ...

jackruff

I'll mostly use my Marlin 336 .30-30 made in 1969, but if it's raining I'll use my 1894ss in .44 magnum.

jackruff

At the distances our deer are typically shot it really doesn't matter!

jackruff

I've had a 742 in 6mm Rem. since I bought it new over 40 years ago. Killed many a deer with it.

jackruff

I just checked all four of mine, made from 1969 to 2008, and, yes, they all have trigger flop. It bothers me absolutely none at all. But if it bothers you, it's good to have a way to fix it.

jackruff

plowboy 45 wrote:Sounds like the county I live in
Lets hope nothin like that movie no country for old men happens
Or Ferguson Mo

Plowboy

I think there's a bit more activity than that in Lamar County!

jackruff

They say my Brittany isn't a spaniel anymore, but he's still a pretty dog and a good hunter.

jackruff

Very nice Marlin! I have two; one was made in 1969 and the other in 1988. Both have Micro-Groove rifling. Recently, after a long back-order, I got in some Beartooth 173 grain cast bullets (sized 0.310") with gas checks. I'm currently shooting them loaded over 23.0 grains of 3031, which is a fai...

jackruff

I still have the Model 742 in 6mm Remington I bought in 1972. It was plenty accurate for all the deer I shot with it, and the 6mm Rem is, based on my experience, an excellent deer cartridge.

jackruff

Old Savage wrote:Ruger 77R in 6MM Rem with Weaver 4x scope. Long range.

Marlin 1895SS in 45-70 with Leupold 4x short range.

My long range favorite is also a Ruger 77 in 6mm Remington. For short range it's one of my Marlins, .357, .44, or .30-30.

jackruff

A 40mm scope at 3 power has an exit pupil (diameter of the exiting beam of light) of just over 13mm. A 20mm scope at 3 power has an exit pupil of 7 mm. At first thought 13mm is way better than 7mm, but if the diameter of your eye's pupil is only 5mm, which is typical (mayber even generous) for an ad...

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A number of forums seem to be having problems and not just outdoor/shooting forums. One I belong to dealing with astronomy recently did an "upgrade" but had to go back to the old format after severe problems developed.

jackruff

While I am glad all of my leverguns are Marlins, except for one Henry, my only Rossi is a 2" barrel DA .38 Spc. It is as smooth as can be and always goes bang when I pull the trigger.

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Tycer at the range of of 200 yds a 6x30 or a 7x30 would work better for you and at that size they fit in your jacket pocket, minox and fuji make a 7x28 that has my interest I have been using a pair of steiners 8.5x25 for elk hunting and they are great for finding bedded elk in the shadows. danny Th...

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"They were about 15X bigger in the binoculars."

Wouldn't they be 20X bigger since the binoculars are 20X80's?

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piller wrote:I have a 336W that is a RemLin and it has the trigger flop. The well made ones from Marlin didn't have it as far as my limited knowledge shows.

My four Marlins have it, but it doesn't bother me at all.

jackruff

Enjoy the sight, but the moon appearing to be bigger is not something you can really tell. The apparent size of the moon is more greatly influenced by things such as sky conditions (clouds, haze, etc.) and proximity to earthly references than by how close it is to Earth. For example, a full moon ri...

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Enjoy the sight, but the moon appearing to be bigger is not something you can really tell. The apparent size of the moon is more greatly influenced by things such as sky conditions (clouds, haze, etc.) and proximity to earthly references than by how close it is to Earth. For example, a full moon ris...

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KirkD wrote:Oops! I better go back to school for math!

Nah! That's the kind of mistake mathematicians are prone to make. (Ask me how I know.)

jackruff

I also think it looks fine the way it is.

jackruff

Assuming the Winchester 1886 was first made in 1886, since this rifle clearly has seen a lot of use, I'd say the photo was taken well after 1886. Was there really any frontier left in the continental United States by then?

jackruff

(P1xV1)/T1=(P2xV2)/T2. By removing the top, pressure drops, lowering temperature and instantly freezing the contents. Other things going on there to with partial pressures of gases and such, but that is the basic physics The equation you quoted is the ideal gas law, a combination of Boyle's Law (fo...

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Good job! A friend of mine told me: "I've shot hogs with a lot of different rifles, but every one I ever shot with a 30-30 just dropped dead!"

jackruff

I shot a nice buck last year at very short range with a 240 gr XTP out of my 1894SS. I don't know what the velocity was. The bullet did not exit, but it didn't matter. He went down very quickly well within sight, maybe within 20 yards or so. The effect of the bullet was, in a word, devastating.

jackruff

Once while deer hunting, with an orange vest on as required by state law, I leaned against a pine tree while a large flock of turkeys fed all around me. The orange didn't alarm them a bit. Just for the fun of it I waved a hand and watched them take off in all directions!

jackruff

I often wear a red and black wool shirt with solid green wool pants, that is, when it's cold enough here close to the Gulf of Mexico. The two silliest things in outdoor wear are: a hunter in all camouflage with an orange vest and a hunter in all camouflage in a completely enclosed shooting house/bli...

jackruff

safety is nice for unloading after the hunt because you have to rack the unexpended rounds into and out of the chamber. (well you don't HAVE to, but it's the cool way to do it) Please explain how you get the rounds out of the magazine without racking them into and out of the chamber. When I've trie...

jackruff

A Weaver 1-3x20 sits on my 336 30-30. There was one on my 1894ss .44 magnum, but I took it off in favor of a Skinner peep.

jackruff

I picked up a Smith & Wesson M&P 22 a while back. It's made in Germany by Carl Walther. Appears to be very well made.

jackruff

I bought the .44 magnum because I already have a Marlin 1894 and a Ruger Super Blackhawk and I reload .44 magnum. But .44 M factory ammunition is readily available and not too expensive. Can't say that for .35 Whelen.

jackruff

I used the exact same load data for both rifle and revolver, no problem. :wink: H110 my powder of choice for over 30 years. My usual choice of projectile is 240 grain JSPs (not JHPs) Sierra or Speer. Same here concerning the same load data for rifle and revolver. I have a Marlin 1894 and a CVA Scou...

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I bought one a year ago. .44 magnum. Killed a deer with it last season. It's a well-made rifle.

jackruff

I've had a few. What I get is a shimmering region that I see with both eyes. It grow larger but becomes less intense and then goes away after 20 minutes or so. I can't identify anything that might have caused them.

jackruff

I've used RL-7, Unique, and 2400, but I've had the best results with IMR4064.

jackruff

The so-called War of 1812 was an interesting time in North American history with the U.S. invading Canada, the British burning the U.S. capitol, the Creek War going on in Mississippi Territory (later Alabama), Andrew Jackson attacking the Spanish in Pensacola, and then Jackson and others defending N...

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It's certainly not so now, but years ago the Fourth of July was not celebrated much in Mississippi, for that is the day that Gen. Pemberton surrendered the City of Vicksburg to the Federal army under Gen. Grant. Maybe that's why in my early years in north Mississippi we shot fireworks at Christmas r...

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Not nearly as cool as some already described, but I flew in a Southern Airways Martin 404 from Gulfport to Jackson to Greenwood to Oxford when I was a student at Ole Miss in 1967. Southern still flew DC3's into Oxford in those days, and they flew right over my dorm. You could see oil leaking out of ...

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Nicely done! Are you otherwise an astronomer? We had an annular eclipse visible here back in the 1980's, I think. Oh, I dabble a bit. Never been too serious about it. You can see some of my other pics here: http://www.pbase.com/olyinaz/astro_photography Be sure to click on "Original" belo...

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Nicely done! Are you otherwise an astronomer? We had an annular eclipse visible here back in the 1980's, I think.

jackruff

Not "mutating", just molting. Removing old skin to show nice new clean one. I know how well .22 shot works, 'cause I nailed a cat with it as it vaulted the fence after it killed my neighbor's kitten. I loved it when the *** flipped and flopped for a few minutes. :) No.....evolving and/or ...

jackruff

I love epoxy.....I have to get the real small tubes, though, because they seem to dry up after a few weeks after opened. I've had real limited luck with super glue, tho.....it doesn't work on everything (or even most things :lol: ) That's pretty much been my experience with super glue. I really hav...

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I love epoxy.....I have to get the real small tubes, though, because they seem to dry up after a few weeks after opened. I've had real limited luck with super glue, tho.....it doesn't work on everything (or even most things :lol: ) That's pretty much been my experience with super glue. I really hav...

jackruff

The .32 S&W Long can be a much better round than the anemic loads available commercially. If you have a modern firearm, rather than an old one that might be a bit weak, it is perfectly safe to handload the .32 S&W considerably stouter than the commercial loads, of couse staying within publis...

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Mescalero wrote:I have a .32 long that will astound you, stronger case, stronger gun....................
I could go somewhere with this.

Please do. I also have a .32 S&W long. I'd like to hear what you have to say.

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