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Most Excellent!!! Best wishes for you and your family and tell your Marine Thanks!
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Gosh it worked!

The entrance shot was at the second rib from the back which nicked the 3 rib and exited just behind the right shoulder. Yeah, major wreckage of the lungs! Nice little carbine, I really hated to loose it.

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As requested by Sixgun, if my computer abilitys permit:

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Early this morning my 13 year old Grandson killed his first deer, a 6 point buck. He was with his Dad and his 8 year old brother was with me. He made a killing shot with my 1894 Marlin .44 that I had loaded with my cast 431244 air cooled wheelweight bullet and 19 grains of WC-820 for about 1538 fps....

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From the pix that arjunky posted, the tube on the left (it's upsidedown) is the measure, which slides into the hole just above the mounting thumbscrew. The handle on the left is pushed away from you, the powder slide is moved over the measure and dropped, handle released, then you remove measuring t...

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The Belding & Mull is the only one I have used that meters flake powders such as Bullseye or stick powders such as 4895 within one tenth of a grain and ball powders are always spot on. Fluffy flake powders, think Unique, will vary as much as .3 grain. It is a bit slower than the rotating type me...

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Big Game=Big caliber, I'd want nothing less than .375 but, would perfer .45 cal. if I was doing the hunt. Cast tough bullets that will hold together and not shatter like 100% linotype may. If lino is you metal, cut it with 3 parts soft lead and heat treat or water drop. This will produce a bullet th...

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Goat, I remember that I once had a 99 that had the forearm screw made with the sling eye affixed to it. I'm sure there is still some of them around, so another option to the barrel band.
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Congrats, nice deer and I would like to see more pics of the rifle also. I had some mil-surplus wool pants which were about 2 sizes too large and instead of dry cleaning, I washed them in hot water. Shrank just about right.
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Congrats Kirk, very good story and pics, as always, and some nice eating for future meals. The pre-season pratice with the firearm is just a necessary evil. :wink: :lol: I noticed that the gas check was lost while traversing the deer as some of mine has done that also. What was your bullet alloy? JDL

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My favorite, From Russia with Love (whatever happened to Daneilla Bianchi) with Dr. No in second place. Sean Connery is the only Bond and the others are wannabes.
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I agree on the barrel band if you are going to sling it but, the bungee idea has me intreagued enough to give it a try.
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Ball powders are supposedly less prone to deteriorate than the stick powders. Store them in a cool place and they will last for years. I still have a pound of surplus WWII powder that works just fine.
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Real nice combo! I'm needing to get either a .44 Mag. handgun to go with my 1894 Marlin or a .357 1894 to go with my .357 Blackhawk.

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Sounds like a good load! I am curious, I have a Marlin 1894 .44 mag that I am debating trying to reload for. Ammo just cost to much for it to keep buying it off the shelf. My question is, how well do the lead bullets work with the micro groove barrel? I keep hearing that they lead up but would love...

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The Lyman 311041, as mentioned, is a fine bullet for most of the .30 cal., but I find the RCBS 30-180 FN is just a little better in my 336A. The RCBS bullet is used with 35 grains of H-414 for a deer load that gets 1970 fps and have also had good luck with 25 grains of Rx7 paired with Lyman 311407 f...

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Yep, that sight only appeared on the .32S and was for cartridges reloaded with black powder. It provided for extra evelation since the b/p rounds were much slower.
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Most excellent! I love reading about the old .30-30.
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Please do, very good reading!
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Mine was made in 1977 and is a very good shooter with cast RCBS 180 FN at close to 2000 fps. It will be the last of my .30-30s to go!
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Yep, shouda bought the .219 but, didn't know they brought so much money. All's well though because my best friend bought it and AFAIK has only had it at the range one time. It shot reasonably well though, not outstanding.
I enjoyed your pics, you have some outstanding Marlins!
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Thank you much O.S.O.K. Mine was one of the last produced then, a W prefix. Same guy I bought it from had a .219 also but, it was too heavy to be of any use to me. All my gunbearers quit for better paying jobs.

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Could anyone tell me when Marlin stopped producing the SC version of the 336? Thanks

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225 grain cast at 2060 fps does all that needs doing for hunting big game in my BLR. 158 grain cast rounds out the rest as in small game and plinking.
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I shot one right at 200 yards and it put 2 holes in him. .300 Savage/Lyman 311466HP/18.2 grains H-4227, probably 1700-1750 fps.
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You made a very wise decision. $350 would be top dollar IMHO.
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Very nice Marlins!! Since I'm partial to pistol grip rifles, I really like the second model. How long was the production on the second model?
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+1 to J Miller's suggestion. My mold casts them at .310 and I run them in a .311" die to lube and attatch the check. My best load is 35 grains of H-414 which was reccomended by Mr. John Kort as being a good load and it certainly is.
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I believe in addition to the lever and M-S, he used a Savage 1920 bolt action also in .250-3000. Must have been a great way to make a living but, I wonder how much he was paid?
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Most excellent! I think they wrote the book on smoothness. I finally found one in .30'06 7 or 8 years ago and love to shoot it with cast bullets.
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Like others have stated, aircooled wheelweights are very good for hunting. The list you show looks to be just cast hardness and is a little soft for aged wheelweights as mine run 12-14 BHN after a month of casting. Also remember that a larger, heavier bullet cools slower thus making it softer.
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And what's wrong with the .308?
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Ya'll sure got some mighty handsome rifles!!!! One of these days maybe I'll stumble onto one I can afford.
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Now your're talking! I had a 225 grain mold made for my .358, run them a little over 2000 fps, and will use it on game through elk size for sure. I also use the RCBS 35-200 and it would probably work as well but, I just wanted a mold made to my rifle. Air-cooled wheelweights with a BHN 14 work fine ...

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I have never heard of one shooting groups that large. Make sure the forearm isn't binding against the receiver and barrel. Try free floating the barrel by using a rubber O ring around the screw and by all means, don't overtighten the forearm screw. You might even try shooting without the forearm att...

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Yeah, you probably need to stick with the 200-220 grain bullets. I noticed an error in my post, " Hornady lists 2300-2800 fps and only has 2163 fps as the top velocity in the .356." HODGDON listed 2163 fps with the 250s and I don't have any information from Hornady on the .356.
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A 200 grain will work fine on elk as long as broadside shots are taken but, don't try to shoot from one end to the other. The velocity on most of the 250s will be too low for reliable expansion as Hornady lists 2300-2800 fps and only has 2163 fps as the top velocity in the .356. Now that I've said t...

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A nice EG. Look on the projection that the lever pivots on and find a small oval with a number and letter, an example would be 12D. This letter will tell you when the rifle was assembled. My guess is it's going to be a D which would put it circa 1952.
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Most excellent!! A very classy short rifle and a nice bear to boot. What weight bullet?
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I just measured some and from nose to cannalure is .755". I don't know what your OAL is but, they work fine in a .358 Winchester.
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I want it!!!!! Spectacular rifle!!
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That's one of the nicer ones, too bad it is D/T. If you really want it, make a reasonable offer, in 2-5 years you should be able to turn a profit anyway because they are not making them anymore. There are two different H models one is an 1899 Featherweight, shotgun type butt, schnoble forearm, and s...

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Honda has a plant in Maryville, Ohio that makes most of their bikes. I ride a VT1000T aka Shadow ACE tourer 1100 cc, which I'm crazy about. Although I get 46 MPG, two tires are going to run me over $600 when mounted. My advice is to find a cycle that has a common tire size so you can find them a lit...

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My first deer was taken in 1968 at 315 long strides in a soy bean field. The following week in an ajoining field another hunter made a bad shot on a doe and I killed her as she was getting away at 285 long paces. Then I quit hunting the fields and started hunting the thickets. The rest have been les...

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It would be nice to know what model it is as they came in A, B, C, E, F, G, CD, H, EG, and T. A picture or complete discription of metal, stocks, sights, and barrel length would be helpful. I would be hard pressed to hand over $350 for one in that condition.
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Thank you so very much!!!!!!!!!
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Would anyone know what the production totals for these 3 rifles? Since the 336 is still being manufactored there is no "total" as of yet but, I read an artical that 3 million had been produced. Thanks
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Tutt, Some years back, I worked up a load using Barnes X 180 grain and H-335 in my .358's. Velocity was 2700 + in both rifles but, I couldn't get the accuracy with 3" the norm in my M.70 and 2" in my BLR, plus the earily Xs fouled pretty bad. Still, if I had no other choice, I'd bring home...

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Kirk, Nice report. What was the range? Did you buy the bullets or cast them yourself? I agree that the heavier bullet you show looks to be moly coated as I have some that looks the same which was bought years ago.IIRC, it was Bullet Master Lube, a 30% solution of Moly suspended in alcohol to promote...

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WC-852 is too slow in the .300 Savage so that is why your velocity is a bit low. I have been using 38 grains of WC-844 surplus with various 150 grain bullets with velocities of 2566 fps. 40 grains of IMR-4064 is also giving good accuracy and velocity is close to the same. The discontinued Rx 12 is v...

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