Posted on 11/07/2017 6:52:15 AM PST by w1n1
Not on your life, they are the next best things to semi-auto’s for rapid fire.
The Marlin 336 is the poor man’s assault rifle.
You can add rounds to the magazine tube before it’s completely empty (like the Winchester 94).
Shoot three, load three.
Effective.
I always bring my Model 94 Winchester as a backup gun to my Ruger American Rifle when I deer hunt.
Lucas McCain was the original `bumpfire’ shooter, and also rapid reloader; during the Rifleman intro he fired seven and reloaded seven more so fast you couldn’t see it, for a total burst of fourteen (count ‘em).
;^)
Inside 100 yards, the Marlin and Winchester .357 magnum lever rifles are more than adequate for hunting AND home defense.
Only from my cold dead hands will you take my Mossberg 479 30-30.
And hard to find with side loading. I want a .357 so bad I can taste it. I just don’t like loading down the tube.
I didn’t know Henry Repeating Arms had a gun called the Lone Ranger .308.
What did Bass Reeves use, besides his matched pair of revolvers?
Inside 100 yards, the Marlin and Winchester .357 magnum lever rifles are more than adequate for hunting AND home defense.
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Quite right. They are fun guns. I own a Marlin in .357 and a Winchester in .44 mag.
But the problem is range. It gets hard to get hits past about 150 yards. My go to rifle for defensive purposes is an AR.
If you want .30-30 ballistics, go with a .300 AAC (very close). Same mags and mag capacity as an .223 AR15, and an advantage as an excellent subsonic suppressed rifle with 180 grain + projectiles.
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I normally hunt with a pistol, but when I go out with a rifle, it is my grandad’s Marlin 336 in 35 Remington.
I bought my wife a Henry lever-action .22 because her wrist strength wasn’t good enough for a bolt action or to use a charging handle. She loves it ...
I’ve got a Marlin in 44 magnum. I don’t hunt. Strictly a home defense type weapon. When I was in Afghanistan, my wife and daughter moved into the upstairs bedrooms. I told my wife that if she heard noises, grab the rifle, call the cops, and wait. If they come upstairs, they aren’t looking for loot - so shoot as they reach the top of the stairs.
Happily, she never had to test that plan.
I’m trying to figure out the best way to get a cut-down version of a lever gun for my truck. Probably sheath it behind the front passenger seat so I can reach it and unlimber it easily enough.
A very nice mix of maneuverability and distance/power. Seems to me a short, little .30-.30 lever gun would provide all kinds of advantages over a pistol.
PLUS...if things go a little south during my travels and I have to break that boy out, I’ll get another second or two while the baddies think, “What the hell am I looking at, here?!”
Good plan though ... there are now laser aiming additions that can be attached to the lever mag tube or barrel.
I read a story about a retired Montana State Trooper who showed up at a 3 gun competition with a beat up old Winchester lever gun, a 1911, and a pump shotgun.
He was going up against guys half his age with ARs and semi scatter guns.
He waxed their behinds.
Sometimes it ain’t the tool but the Workman who matters.
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Look at the ‘Ranch-hand’ in 44 mag.
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