OK fellers, here's my favorite '77 Marlin lever:

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.30-30 and it shoots cast bullets very well despite the criticism leveled at Micro-Groove barrels.

Shew me thy ways, O LORD: teach me thy paths.
"there are few better cartridges on Earth than the 7 x 57mm Mauser"
"the .30 Springfield is light, accurate, penetrating, and has surprising stopping power"