Enjoyed reading this.
Lots of this sort of knowledge is being lost to time.

No offense intended, friend...I'm new here. I always liked the 35Whelen. I had a chance to own one and regret that I passed. I do have several 35Rem's and they are a Boss-Hoss. I also hunt with a model 71 Browning in 348Win... hit with athourity is putting it mildly. I can only imagine how a 35Whel...

Been a long streatch of time since I had a good riding horse. I grew up on my grandad's ranch and he never bought nothing but nags...man they was rough on a man trying to work cattle with em...never acted right. I bought me a good horse when I got grown. She got old on me and I sold her to a lady fo...

I have a service/seizure alert dog that goes with me
everywhere... He has boots that he wears in summer
for when the pavement is hot.
People always get a kick out of it...But he likes them.

No offense intended, friend...I'm new here. I always liked the 35Whelen. I had a chance to own one and regret that I passed. I do have several 35Rem's and they are a Boss-Hoss. I also hunt with a model 71 Browning in 348Win... hit with athourity is putting it mildly. I can only imagine how a 35Whel...

Glad to read it all went well for you.
My Dad has had cataract surgurys and a detatched retina
he still shoots fine.
I'd say anyone who has eye troubles shouln't be hesitant
to get it fixed.

Lever guns are meant to be close range hunting rifles with slower moving bullets , with a wide meplat that hits hard and kills quick. The exception to this rule is the 338 and 308 Marlin Express. Please don't tell my .30-'06, .30-40, or .35 Whelen... I hate it when they cry. :D No offense intended,...

I have been down this road before myself and in the end, decided it was a moot point....no pun intended. A few years ago, I had a 7-30 Waters barrel put on a Marlin 336. I have since reamed it to an Ackley Improved chamber, and lengthened the action to cycle a 2.65" COAL It is a very accurate r...

Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Tue Jul 04, 2017 9:02 am Navajo, don't they shoot long -range BPCR near Mexia just to the west of you?

Yes, they do.
I know a couple of them guys.

Hey, Man!
We used to play Crockett in HS football.
I went to HS in Teague!

If any of you ever get down here to Texas, The Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum is in Waco. I have been there several times and it is worth a visit. You could spend a day in there just looking at the guns. If you are a lever-gun fanatic, it will blow your mind. They have a film that they put on ...

THANK YOU!
to any and all servicemen/women here!
Happy Independance Day.

I am new here too Lee.
We have already met here and on Marlin Owners...
Good to bump in to someone I know here.
Welcome, Friend!

Thank you for the welcome, friend.
My experience was intimidating/infuriating at the same time.
But it taught me a life's lesson. It was 20 years ago
and I am forever looking over my shoulder when I
go places.

wouldn't mind me one of them carbines.

Thanks Man. I hate to hear stories like that. I have a seizure alert/service dog but I had been mowing and he was inside. I know better i just wasn't using good judgement. I have TBI so they rushed me in for a CT scan and it showed no new damage. My speech has been messed up since about a year ago.....

Indeed.
Feels right this year...Us having an American president again and all.

well, I'm new here, but as someone who has been held at gun point...I'll just start off by saying that when you need a gun, any gun is better than no gun. I'm not a handgun guy. But I can appreciate the purpose they serve. I have a Colt police positive in 32 Long that I like. It fits my hind pocket,...

Happy independence day from Texas.
Y'all don't set nothing on fire, and don't drink too much, and don't burn the meat.

C Lee Nickel wrote: ↑Tue Jul 04, 2017 10:23 am Howdy Navajo!!!

Good to see you here!

-C. Lee

Thanks Lee,
I been laid up with a concussion since day before yesterday.
I fell off a ladder and I'm all beat up.
I had a seizure up there trimming limbs...
Didn't hurt the saw though lol.

My condolences sir. I have a service dog and could not imagine my life without him. I was diagnosed with TBI and seizure disorder about a year ago. I even take him to my deer stand and if I am shooting or hunting I put cotton in his ears. He has given me a new outlook on life and before I got him I ...

Nate Kiowa Jones wrote: ↑Sun Jul 02, 2017 11:00 am Howdy from Lampasas. where are you?

Freestone County. Northeast Central Texas. Bout halfway
between Dallas and Houston just west of the I45 Corridor.
Rural farmland here. But the deer and hog hunting is good.

I am a Texan and never tire of the history of the early West.
This was a good read.

I never understood the following the 17's have...but to each his own. I'm sure the 77 is a great rifle. I had a couple over the years. Not sure why anyone would want to pay that much for a 22Mag. And for me, if I was going to but a 44Magnum, it would be a lever-action. I don't figure there's much if...

Thanks for the replies.
I have quite a few lever guns.
Most are Marlins but I own several 99's
and a Browning 71 348.
Soon as I get my wife to help me
I will post some pics.

Hello from Central Texas.

Been on the Marlin Owners forum for several years
and thought it would be good to visit this forum.
Big levergun fan and own a bunch.
Hunt mostly with a 99 Savage in 300.
Hope I fit in okay here.