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This is a good thread with some great hunting rifles, and got me thinking about what in my old age I've come to love the most in the outdoors? Hunting mountain deer with a levergun! But in past several months, I've again been working on some new loads and shooting my boltguns, my beloved 30-06, but ...

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2023 Win Mod 64 30-30 20231111_091146.jpg This deer, no trophy obviously, but as special as any to me. I was born and raised down in the hollow behind me, and back then, nothing here but small game. But I never even scouted it this season, never even stepped foot into it since the last year. I'd fig...

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2019, Win Mod 64 30-30 [attachment=0]20240511_132343.jpg[/attachment I killed this deer in same spit as 2017, almost exact same shot! But I'd seen him day before, close, but I let him walk, because I was hunting a Giant 11ot, pics of him by 00's ever since May. I figured that Big Funnel on the oak b...

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2017, both these with Marlin 336 30-30 20240511_132414.jpg Everything about this hunt was the definition of When A Plan Comes Together! I was hunting a big private 160 acre farm, that for around here, had as many deer as you can expect! High anxious anticipation had me feeling impatient! Too many de...

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2016 that's his little rack & feet I mounted to the gun rack. Sure made me happy, plenty really good meat! 20240511_132358.jpg Really sweet hunt to me, I'd already hunted this area several days. I'd mostly still hunted very slow, but about 2pm I took a seat behind a great natural ground blind. A...

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Well Griff, you popped my balloon! Ah, don't matter who's idea, they never done anything with it! A lever action revolver, hmm! Kinda like caveman that carved out a wheel, then flipped it on its side, gave up. Look what it did here tho!

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Fine looking and sounding guns and loads fellas. 8) Yes they are! That 76 of Barbarosa's, is making me LUST! Especially laying on the deer, I'm trying to kill this fall! But that 76 is I believe very similar to the one Selleck used in "Crossfire Trail"? Regardless, a rifle I'd be proud to...

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Meat, that's why they're so good, they're Hunting Rifles! In past 10 years, I've killed a good number of deer, yotes, and turkey, all with a couple 30-30's! You know, I get almost mad at all the 000's of posts on just couple forums, but mainly one other? All on the subject of Stalking Rifles! Hell, ...

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Certainly don't know if this announcement is renewed or a past thorn in side that someone just tore scab off to irritate a scare again, or whatever? But I'm glad I've only dabbled in one Alliant powder, Rel 17, that being only experimental in my 270 & 30-06, and it's a good powder for both, espe...

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This is my most beloved firearm of any kind! Only gun I ever had that I named, and it earned it! Ole Job TheCZ Ultralux, 29" barrel. Incredible how this rifle is in squirrel woods!

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Top Marlin Glenfield, 2nd Mossberg 44 USb, 3rd Steven's 15a, 4th CZ 452 American, 5th CZ 452 Ultralux. I've recently given away to couple young men who expressed serious d3sire to hunt squirrels with a rifle, a Remington Mod 580 and Ruger 10/22. And I gave my brother a CZ 452 Lux 25" barrel and...

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JimT wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 12:36 pm Excellent. Looking forward to your report!

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Well I can honestly say, this always left me scratching my head! Not before I started reloading. But actually when I first found this site, IDK, 2000-2002, and my curiosity about, maybe I need start reloading? Because then, I knew nothing, except factory ammo. Then I saw, plainly, no one ever mentio...

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I've always wanted a 99, but you just don't see them around here. Only one I've seen, sure considered buying was in 308, and it was almost mint condition. But I just don't want one in 308. If I ever find the one I want, it'll be identical to that, man that's perfection! In 30-30 or 300 Savage, and I...

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I've read a lot over years about Hamer, but don't recall much about his partner! But I sure think Woody Harrelson played that role well! Haven't heard many people who really thought too highly of the movie, but I think it portrayed the truth very well, best I remember! And I don't know if the gunsho...

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Beauty, that rifle looks new!

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One my favorite newer movies in long time, I watched it twice when it first came out? 2018-19? But been looking to buy it on DVD for long time, haven't found it yet, but I will! Loved the part where he slowly worked action on the 94, by sound he supposedly tell a jammer!

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Thanks! I got Direct, got it set to record ep4 Thursday night, and ep5 the following Thursday

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Oh so entirely on You Tube, thanks Ray!

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Looks very interesting, what channels this on?

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Very nice indeed and in 35 Remington, Especially! I alllllllmost done it Friday. Went in my local pawn. They had a JM Marlin 1894, made in 1974 in 44Mag. It was in decent shape. Could've gotten it for $800 out door! But I just can't grasp that kinda money for a 44Mag, for my use anyways, some would ...

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Most all my old favorites been mentioned. Just can't top Lonesome Dove IMO! I watched Tom Horn again other day. John Wayne favorite? El Dorado! Loved True Grit as equal, until the new one? Hey, Jeff Bridges made JW look bad, and all other actors also, great movie! Love Crossfire Trail especially, bu...

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Yes Wow, really special rifles, thanks for sharing!

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All these have come about in last 5 years, and really love every item for their use, the rifle my favorite 30-30 and took both these deer. The Kimber? My lifelong favorite handgun is my Mod 19 S&W 357, but for packing in woods, this Kimber 4", hardly know it's there, and when I got a rifle,...

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Sure pray you get a miraculous full recovery Pitchy, and I understand how you feel, having witnessed similar with my dad, grandad, others! But your faith is pictured, you can lean on The Everlasting Arms, until He decides! But like you're showing, He Is Risen and So Shall You, into Real Life! God Bl...

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Excellent report, and I Thank You for it, very beneficial! Your thorough records are far beyond my capabilities, so the test being done on 30-30 case is especially important to me! I saved all my 30-30 brass for several years before I started reloading, so I began reloading with IDK, probably 300 Re...

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Welcome Chaser, you'll pick up some bad habits here, Lotta hyphenated out there! But you can take a 30-30 & 45-70 and span the globe! There's a bunch rifles discussed on here I'd love to have, but my favorite? 30WCF! And I do love the 30-06, but two especially I'd like to have badly, Mod 71 in 3...

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Saw where Dickey Betts died few days ago. Anyone not familiar with him, he was a member of the Allman Brothers Band, if my memory is correct? He and Duane Allman started the band in about? 1970? But Duane died long ago, and I assume Greg Allman has been their leader since, again correct if I'm wrong...

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Bill I've long wanted a Mod 99 in 303 or 300Savage! I've yet to see one in my county ever! Was in a dandy Gunshop about 3 counties away, in 2016, reason I remember I bought an old Mossberg 22 target rifle. They had a beautiful 99, but in 308. I know 308 a great cartridge, slightly above 300 Savage, ...

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That rifle, load, and scope, be the ultimate heavy cover-brush rifle! And good shootn!

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Bible confirms giants several times, but not since the times of David-Solomon, 1,000BC aprox, none I recollect afterwards?

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Wanted to add, last fall I killed my deer with the 30-30 shooting the Hornady 160ftx. Day I killed it, I was bragging on how it dropped the deer in its tracks, and it did, a neck shot, didn't really break the neck, but I know the nerve & trauma was deadly. But after I cut the deer up 4 days late...

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Same here, Pitchy obviously knows how make a living, not just earn one, unreal what he put together sometimes, put to good use! Prayers for a fine man, Pitchy!

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Same tales of the Cherokee, especially I think in the Smoky Mountains. Saw couple shows recently about trout fishing in those mountains, and one long time local fisher claimed to have had an encounter! But his description? IMO, just tales by a people who lived by their own gods. Not the True God!

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Doc's right, the Williams is about the best compromise of all types of sighting on a Levergun, or any rifle really, and for sure plenty accurate really out to 200yds+ if practiced on one's rifle! Those BB 94 is a rifle I wish I'd gotten back in their day, really a special rifle the public let slip o...

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30-30 & 30-06 shootn today, first time since December. I had 4 loads to try in my 30-06 using a Speer 165gr HC using 4064 & 4350 powder. And I had near a max load of LVR=33.6gr with the Barnes Original 190gr FN, 33.8g being the max on the Barnes chart. I shot 4 rds of these 190's only at 30y...

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He's definitely an authority on bears! I used to pack a 357 with 180gr fn, 6" Mid 19, but it got too heavy in my old age. Now I've always got a 45acp with 255gr Hardcast by Buffalo Bore or Underwood. I don't really worry about Blackbears, but I'm around them all time, and have had several Mom&a...

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Thank you Fellers for a warm welcome, I figured that you fokes were my kind of people after watching the site for a while. To make some of the bunch feel better when I could walk all day in rough country I carried this favorite of mine many a mile... still use it for hogs when I in a UTV... John IM...

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I can relate to all that! Even a levergunner, myself an example, from end deer season till fall, I start getting my 30-06 especially and occasionally a 270, and pledge I'm gonna convert to, probably the 06 because I love that rifle! Have had it ready last two seasons, then come time hunt, I grab my ...

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No Doc, you're not! I keep my mouth shut mist time, but when you watch news, and really think of things today, as to how it was when i first went into the workforce in 1976, it's plain truth of what we've become, for the most part probably? Spoiled, self-centered completely, sacrifice a forgotten wo...

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Howdy back from KY also, I missed this at first! God Bless!

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Welcome and your description fits most of us! Lever centered, but wings sprout out to all kinds of iron! Welcome and from what ive learned in a long life, Georgia Man, gotta love em most likely!

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Yes you did! I have a 1977 made, bought new by an old coworker, which I bought from him in 81. He killed ? can't remember, at least one but I think a couple of these KY Mountain deer, and me several with it since. In fact, it's only rifle I've ever owned, that I can honestly say, that for me it's ki...

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I can't help you, but I'm sure you'll find help coming here! But I can brag, and I was just admiring a BB94 in 356win on here. And I stated there's a few other old levers I'd like to have. One being an 86, but I didn't define which. Low and behold you posted it in what for me be my most desirable Mo...

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"Well Balanced" is IMO, the perfect description of the 356 Win! When I finally got really serious about deer hunting, well I had my 30-30, then +2 more, and still love em, they're great Appalachian Mts hunting rifle! The old saying, bring enough gun? Well I think that applies mostly to Wa...

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Thanks for the link, I haven't got that mag yet, and may not? My subscription runs out anytime, I didn't renew it. But I've come to like about anything He writes, he sure knows hunting rifles, especially pertaining to deer & elk. He often has used either a Savage 99 or Marlin levers for elk!

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"Well Balanced" is IMO, the perfect description of the 356 Win! When I finally got really serious about deer hunting, well I had my 30-30, then +2 more, and still love em, they're great Appalachian Mts hunting rifle! The old saying, bring enough gun? Well I think that applies mostly to War...

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I still have the box of my first 30-30 ammo I bought when I got my first Marlin. Haven't dug it out, but best I remember, the box is identical to those. It was 1981 for sure tho.

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