new 1894c fun @ the range

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new 1894c fun @ the range

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Took my latest acquisition out for a little plinking after work Friday.

Sun was on it's way down and it was still pushing 100deg F. so I didn't stay long.

It's a .357mag and I was shooting handloads to set my new Skinner peeps.

Speer 158gr SP over 14.6gr 2400, remmy brass, Winny standard small pistol primers.

After I got it hitting where I wanted I popped 5 shots at my homemade gong. All hit in the same spot @ 50 yards, standing with my front hand on a sandbag. That particular lane at the range has a very tall table. The hits show up on the paint in the pic below.

I was so happy with those results I went ahead and jumped from my gong at 50 yards, to the range gong at 200 yards. First two appeared low, so I shifted to a high 12 o'clock hold (it's an 18" gong @ 200 yard), and the next 7 rounds made that chunk of steel ring.

Much fun for a short trip. And a big thumbs up for the Skinner peep.


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Sounds fun! Friday was definately a hot one. My daughter and I had our bows out and shot for about 30 min. When we hung up the bows I had sweat rolling down my face and shirt was totally soaked. I hope to find me a good buy on an 1894 in .357 one day, I love the one I have in .44.
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Sweet! 8) Thanks for sharing and congratulations on a winner!
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Nifty Carbine!

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Here's just the pair of .357 Mag 'popguns' you need, Arkansas Bob...! (Puma 92 & Blackhawk)

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Or, if you don't like .357's, these .45's... (the Puma 92 is a .454 Casull & the Redhawk is a .45 Colt)

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Or, if you don't like Puma's, these .44 Mags... (Marlin 1894 and Super Blackhawk)

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The one of all those I'd 'give up' last would be the Marlin 1894 in .44 Mag. (Actually, I already DID 'give up' that one...I told my 13 year old if he got a deer with it he could have it - but then got a STAINLESS one to replace it... :wink: )

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The Marlin 1894's in .44 Mag are handy, powerful, and flatten whitetails like hammers.

I like the Puma's, and the .357 is SO cheap to shoot cast bullets in, and help train novices, and just plain FUN to shoot; the .454 Puma IS powerful ("approaches a .45-70" according to some), but I don't use full-throttle loads in it for fear of peening the bolt and locking lugs, and nothing around here won't fall flat to 350 grains of lead at 1,200 fps, so I don't need 'hot' loads.

As far as the handguns, I really like the old Super Blackhawk, even though that square trigger guard hits my fat knuckles every time. It's just FUN to shoot.

If I needed the FULL power-potential of the .454 Casull, I'd either be in Grizzly country, or intentionally hunting something weighing over 500 pounds, in which case, I'd have a full sized RIFLE instead of a carbine, and in .444 Marlin, .45-70, .500 S&W, or 12 gauge.

I just don't encounter things that don't flatten with 240 grains at 1700 fps. If I really had to shoot 300 grains or more and still wanted a 'carbine' more easily scopeable than the Puma, I'd use my Ruger .44 Mag since it has the 1:20 twist supposedly needed for the longer .44 bullets... (I like it anyway due to the detachable magazine and very short lever throw, even though it looks 'funny' to some.)

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P.S. Sorry about hijacking off into .44-land....maybe me & Arkansas Bob should start a new 'pop-gun' thread... :oops:
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Nice rifle Steve, Very Nice!
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This is a super accurate shooter and very flat shooting also .

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Great looking Marlin!!
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