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That isn't for me ! I saw another one where the guy was using what appearred to be a fully auto something or other . Lord knows I've killed my fair share and then some of deer and I don't overly hold piggies in high regard . But something about shooting them from a helicopter just doesn't quite sit ...

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For about five years now I've recieved Damage Control Permits for a couple places near to me . And in Virginia you can pretty much use whatever when you DCP hunt . However one of the owners not being much of a hunter himself is always jumping in his truck and bounding down the hill as soon as we sho...

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WIMPS. My wife and I laid a brick patio on Sunday in 110 degree heat. It took us 9 hours. WIMPS. :D One of the best benefits of an Arizona summer is you get the entire shooting range or desert all to yourself. :D Amen, weed/grass cut over 3 miles of Log road yesterday (temp got to 107 degrees) took...

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Congrats ! In Virginia you can go after land locked Stripers like you guys have or you can go on the Bay for Rock Fish which are stripers in salt water ! I have always wanted a 40+ pound Striper/Rock Fish from the Chesapeake Bay ! But about the only logical way to do it there is troll in December an...

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Supposed to be hotter here saturday !

And we need to go up and check treestand locations at the orchard because our permits come out next week !

This year I only have one climber up there so it'll be easy to move if need be and easy to bring out if I get fed up with the heat !

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awp101 wrote: Maybe 31 years and 150+ pounds have taken a toll after all...

I was about 175-180 until I was about 38 . Now I am in days of being 50 and am at 235 !

And YES IT DOES TAKE IT'S TOLL

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Went back out about three hours ago and gave the bush hog some more work !

The thermometer "said" 100 when I went outside !

Only stayed out 2 hours this time so it wasn't so bad !

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Packed up last night for a range trip today, but now they promise a high of 100 feeling like 122 with the humidity so I decided to stay home today and catch up on some reloading, too old for those temps especially as it makes it so hard to breathe. :( :( I know what you mean ! I usually hit the ran...

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I was just thinking today, Dove season starts in about 6 weeks. Though one of my favorite seasons, if still at 98 + deg. me and Miss Parker girl will be remaining in the A/C :) We'll start bear/deer hunting with DCP's on a friends peach/apple orchard in the next week or so ! Think the evening I pop...

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FWiedner wrote:Careful.

Many are the middle aged fellows who thought they could tough it out.

... until they had that darn heart-attack.

Well I do have a congenital heart murmur

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Well I didn't realize until today how much outta shape or old I am ! It was in the high 90's today in the shade at my house and I just got my bush hog back ! So after an early lunch I went out in the hottest part of the day and rode that *** for almost 5 hours . Now I drank a fair amount of water an...

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Where does one get a set of small-bore silhouette targets at a decent price...? It sounds like the perfect "family picnic" activity...! Do a google search for silhouette targets ! Seems to me their was a guy in North Carolina that sold the approriate size or a shade smaller for about $100...

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I might well shoot a levergun, my 39 Mountie, but I suppose I should have better phrased the lead in. Please, tell us about your experiences. To be totally honest I never much cared for the smallbore event ! My preference would be the big bore followed by the pistol cartridge class . There's no cas...

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I've got a 4" 629 that was made very shortly after they introduced the lock . And regardless of the lock or not I like it ! I also have a circa 1957 Ruger Blackhwak Flattop with a 6 1/2" barrel that does very nicely also ! "If" I ever see need for another 44 MAG wheelgun it'll mo...

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One day, I may also ger a Ruger 77 RSI in .308Win. I had one of the old tang safety Ruger 77RSI's in 308 WIN ! For what it was it shot fairly well . I think 3 shot groups at 100 yards with handloads were about 1 1/2" . The one I "had" didn't have the greatest trigger in the world sin...

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I assume u mean smallbore lever silhouette ? If thats the case you shoot at 40 meters , 50 meters 75 meters and 100 meters ! Ten chickens at 40 meters shot in banks of 5 . At the call to the line you get 30 seconds to load once the command is given and then 2 minutes to shoot your 5 shots . At the e...

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WHile I am more a Marlin person i would have no problem with a nice PRE 64 Winchester ! Matter of fact I have a circa 1900 TD rifle in 30 WCF at the moment ! But if I chose a early Winchester 1894 against a Marlin 1893 I'd go with the Marlin ! As to carbine versions I've owned half a dozen of the Ma...

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I've owned a pair of the Sako Mannlicher stocked square bolt rifles in 222 REM . One was a carbine with a 20" barrel while the other while still mannlicer stocked had a 24" pipe !

Also had my hands on a older 20" mannlicher Sako in 22-250 that was very nice !

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My present brush gun ! http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f316/6pt-sika/444%20Marlins/RangeTrip7-3-11003.jpg This thing started life in 1966 as a standard Marlin 444 . I got it maybe 4 years ago and have used it to kill 3 deer . Since I own a couple others that were identical to it and at the time th...

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I have some 'TREE GUNS'. After about 6 shots with .348 or 45-70 two 6" yellow birches went down. I was out one morning early in the season back a few years ago and I was sitting on the ground ! Right about the time I could see well enought to tell bucks from does a pair of 7 pointers came up t...

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I never have liked the 22 levers from Winchester , Ruger , Henry or anyone !

With one exception !

Marlin !

The 39A , 39M , 1894M and the 1891-1892-1897 rifles are all plenty good for me !

I am also however partial to the Winchester pumps ! 1890 , 1906 , 61 and 62A !

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I suspect that yours is the best advice. Go to the source and ask. Thanks for your suggestion! I hope they can help you but don't be surprised if the arrogant ***'s decline ! I think the call center is for all of Remington , Marlin and H&R . Anyway I've been trying to get hold of the Remington ...

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I'm really trying to discover whether the production number is as low as it seems by finding our what the range of serial numbers is, that is, what sequence/range of serial numbers were used/issued in 1983, what sequence/range in 1984, what sequence/range in 1985, and what sequence/range of serial ...

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Call Marlin/Remington/Cerebus and tell them the seriel number they may be able to give you an exact production date or they may not be willing to tell you anything !

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I personally wouldn't want to target shoot with a 444. Sight in, and shoot big game sure, but not spend a whole afternoon target shooting 50-100 rounds? :o Actually it isn't that bad ! I'll typically shoot 30-60 rounds once or twice each week in load testing with one or more of my variouse 444's ! ...

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Old Savage wrote: Sounds like you have funded your own education on this.

Yes sir !

If it wasn't for guns , women , cars , booze and steam engines I'd have a rather sizable accumulation of capital in the bank !

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I did not like the 444 loaded up and usually shot it at about 1750. Never did load it down further but we did experiment with cast. 312 and 362 in the one in 38. The 312 was very accurate and the 362 keyholed. You have to take into consideration I waste time with bigger meaner beasties like the 416...

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Sarge wrote:"A.C.E."

Always
Crimp
Everything

Nope !

I don't crimp for my bolt actions nor do I crimp for any of my Ruger #1's other then the 375 H&H MAG and the 416 REM MAG . No need in these rifles !

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That too is true and I think this fellow may be on the road to a fuller use as Paul Matthew did with his book on the 45-70. You have certainly done a lot of experimenting with a lot of rifles. This would not be a bad choice for the only one question in the levers. You know as absurd as this may sou...

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Old Savage wrote:Nice thing about this is you can load it at any level you want.

That is so very true !

But seems like all of my 444 loads are full speed ahead now

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I get this little Hornet straightened out to my liking I then have a nice old Pre 64 Winchester Model 70 Featherweight in 243 and a 1965 vintage Remington 700BDL in 06 I wanna get a little better !

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I always wanted one of their rifles in 50 Alaskan however I wanted one that looked just like a Marlin 1895G . For the 16 1/2" barreled Co-Pilot I might go with the 35 REM or 45-70 out of the choices you mentioned ! If I were to choose the caliber for the Co-Pilot from my own personal preference...

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Here's a link to my NEW DISCOVERY !

http://ruger.com/products/no1Varminter/models.html

http://ruger.com/products/no1Varminter/ ... 11362.html

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I just noticed something today that just might skirt the whole custom rebarrel thing for me ! Seems Ruger saw fit for this year atleast to make the #1V in 6.5mm Creedmore ! That just might be what I want for a bench/varmint gun ! And as always if the inclanation hits me (and it will) I can LEGALLY k...

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Over the years I've loaded for every centerfire cartridge Marlin chambered a production lever action rifle in except the 45-90 and I've roll crimped them all !

And to date I have NEVER used a Lee factory crimp die !

I do won one for the 444 Marlin but it's still NIB !

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When I was acquiring older Marlin's I got the 25-20 , 32-20 and 38-40 easily enough but was never able to find a 44-40 in decent shape at a decent price . Back 4 or 5 years ago I would have jumped on that one at the price you stated !

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What do you all think of the 444 marlin as an all around target, small game, rock shooting woods gun? I have a ton of bulk cast 240gr swc and really like the lines of the full size 1895 444 rifle. I supose the 1894 in 44mag would make more sense but just cant get that exited about the 94 carbine. I...

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If''n ya wants sumthin different, n' cheep ta feed.... 6mm X45.. a 223 neked up ta a 6mm. I've got one in an AR platform.. lights out accurate and brass is plentiful and cheep... just a sugestion..... Les I fully understand what you're saying ! However........................... With a bench gun ch...

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What nice ideas to contemplate, 6pt. I have a 6mm BR loaded up and sitting on my loading bench. But in the Ruger that would be no issue. That'd be my vote... I have a friend that already has a heavy octagon barreled #1 in 22 BR . I've shot that one and it shoots pretty darn well I might add ! I thi...

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Well let me add that my original 444P did certainly have a taste for the Nosler 250 Partition , but then that was the only bullet I fired in it until I decided to try some 400 grain cast bullets right before I sold it !

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The one I had would shoot inch groups with a couple of bullets among them a 265 Hornady and a 312 gr cast bullet. I think I was shooting them about 1750 +/- with H322. Looks like the Hornady 300 XTP was the most accurate - got that one under 3/4" for 3 at 100 Yds with 47 gr of H322. 43 gr of H...

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The 444 gun is basically a 336 which is what I generally take on casual trips. Probably the lightest 444 out there, the Handi-rifles are 7 lbs believe it or not. An unscoped Marlin lever in 444 feels lighter in my hands and more handy to carry then the Handi Rifle in 444 ! I had a Handi Rifle in 44...

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awp101 wrote:Oooohhhh! I just remembered this one: .260 AAR (All Around Rifle)
It's a .257 Roberts AI necked up to 6.5/.264.

Thats nothing new the 6.5x57 has been around a long long time !

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awp101 wrote:
6pt-sika wrote:I want something thats not chambered etc !
I'm not up on the No1 chamberings, but do they still make a 6.5x55 or .260 Rem?

Maybe a 6.5 Grendel?

They make the 6.5 Creedmore in the 1A and 1V .
And it's still fairly easy to get a Davidson's Special run 1A in 6.5x55 .

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Are them triggers easy to do? Often wonder. N. They aren't terrible but not the easiest either ! Ruger "claims" they're fully adjustable or atleast they used to . But face it if you want a really nice sub 1 pound trigger you need something after market ! I'd like to run across a box full ...

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Old Savage wrote:Friend of mine has used 250 Gr cast bullets in his SS Browning .375 H&H at 2500 fps. The group I watched him shoot was .27" at 100 yds for 3 shots.

I doubt I can come close to duplicating that with those old Marlin's !
But MOA isn't out of the realm of distinct possibilities !

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Aw, just get the 26" medium barreled Ruger #1 7MM Rem Mag I shoot the 139gr Hornady Superformance in it.(turns varmits,any size into red pile of fur/meat dust way way out there) Muzzle Vel--3240fps and when sighted in at 200yds only drops 32" at 500yds (tad better than the .264 Win Mag I ...

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With the right hardness, GC and sizing in may work. I would be interested to see someone test it. Been there done that with all weights from 215 to 300 grains in the last 3 years ! Nothing harder then water dropped wheelweights in the 1-38 Micro Twist barrels ! Now bear in mind I don't waste my tim...

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Old Savage wrote:Let me say though that the SWC is not the right choice for those speeds.

Hmmmm , you may be correct !

However ............................

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6pt,got an E-mail from them today and You were the first person I thought of. http://www.davide-pedersoli.com/scheda-prodotto.asp/l_en/idpr_333/rifles-lever-action-1886-71-lever-action-1886-71-standard.html While that looks nice I never can get overly enthused about any of the Italian guns ! Plus I...

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