Daddy's 30/30 my momma bought for for
him in the 50's + - as a Sears employee back then.
( 60 some odd dollars if I'm remembering right)
IIRC the Federal ammo in the 10 round red
plastic belt carriers from Gibson's department
store cost a bit less than the Remington or
Winchester, so that's what I bought

That was back when the hunting magazines
all said that you couldn't kill a deer without
a magnum rifle and that the bullet needed
to expand greatly inside the animal and stay
just inside the carcass, or it had failed and
wasn't effective. I almost believed that for
a couple of times in my lifetime


( the one in the image gallery of Marlins I
had my nephew post for me some hours ago)

Last edited by Ranger99; 01/03/24.