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That'll work, I was going to go with varget till beretzs and doctor Encore told me about the leverevolution powder, nice compact powder with little to no compression.

most places I hunt a 65yrd shot is the longest so I do not think i am going to have a problem getting a huntin load going to try some cast after the season is over I like me leaver guns

10-4, same here, the deer I hunt will be within 200 yards, also have heard the elk in Co and nilgai in SE Texas are all shot within 200 yards at the two places i'll be hunting them at, don't think i'll be handicapped at all using this old lever rifle on ALL game this year, save bow and muzzle loader season, I'm by god ready to get blasting!

I am huntin with the 35 all gun season.i am off to shoot now

Good luck, keep em tight!

Thanks for the kind words Gunner. So far I haven't hurt one of the innocent little B's. They're all innocent except for two that said they were guilty. That's in 22 years of Corrections for me, as of Sunday. Can't really be all there, for stayin' that long. I don't have a carbine in a lever except the 39A my folks gave me about '63. The '86 and 95 don't qualify and aren't as handy. 33WCF and 45-70 cause more ruckus than yer 35. Sounds like your new jewel is already purring like a Singer. Congratulations. RZ

LOL, and you're most welcome RZ, I put in my time damn hard long and often as a younger man, it's semi coasting time from here on out, you'll find what you're looking for in a nice 35, they gotta be out there, congrats on hanging on to the 39 too, I've had one for near 30 years, it and this 35 are the only Marlins I have, they'll stay here till I'm gone.

Yessir, it is running fine, just got in from the shop from loading all remaining cases to the load mentioned above, I really like the way the lee factory crimp die squares up and secures those bullets in the cases, have the old rifle out in the gun vise getting most likely 63 years of copper and powder fouling soaked out via wipeout bore cleaner, it'll be cleaned down to the steel come tonight.

up date 2 loads of varget at start load an 1 gr up 3 shots and the same with bl/c2 3/4 inch at 65 yard

Nice, sounds like you got her headed your way 44, I sent beretzs text photos of my shooting, zeroing and accuracy session yesterday, I was so shocked at the accuracy and uniformity I had to have at least one witness.

I like the old 3X Weaver scope, but, that being said, it is of course, old, I'll have a spare 1.5-5 gloss leupold with the premier reticle zeroed to the rifle wearing a spare set of weaver rings for any hunting trips I have to travel any great distance on, hunting retro is going to be fun, but, job number one is getting the animals killed and bringing meat home.

I have a busnell banner 1/5 to 4/5 power on mine for 86 bucks it is hard to beet .i must have 8 or 9 of them I have them on 4-44mag rifles a 444 a 4570 2 357mag a 308 an a few bp guns

I’m hunting with my .30-30 336w again. Last year I spooked a black tail buck racking a round.
I won’t make that mistake this year.

Gunner500: Over the last six decades of my fascination and enjoyment with guns of all kinds, I have only been "gifted" a few firearms!
Those gifts are among my most treasured possessions.
When my time comes I will proudly re-gift those treasures to a chosen few.
I am happy for you - first that you have received, as a gift, such a cool Rifle and secondly that you have such a "good bud" (those are hard to come by!).
Enjoy both.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

Roger that 44, I now have a spare 1.5-5 leupold in a set of weaver low rings zeroed to the rifle, same as the 3X weaver, +3 high at 100, the back edge of a small folder knife i'll carry in my pocket fits the screw slots perfectly if I ever need to change it out in the field or on a hunting trip.

fester, hope you put a tag in the ear of a good black tail this year, the old 30-30 has been getting it done for 125 years.

VarmintGuy, Thanks for the compliments, I'll badly miss hunting with my Sharps rifles this year, with a max range of 200 yards with this lever will mean i'll have to do some serious hunting, 200 yards with a Sharps is a chip shot, on the other hand, with this 3X scope, i'll be able to make shots very late and early I couldn't make with a Sharps or any other iron/peep sighted rifle and a naked eye, though some wont admit it, we all know you cant kill what you cant see.

All that being said, honoring a 30+ year good friend, his passed away wife, and the man that bought the rifle new that I never met, will be a sacrifice i'll gladly make this year, good health and the good lord willing, I may have 30 hunting seasons left in me anyway, these old levers and even Sharps rifles take a backseat to high power glass like Nightforce, and the extreme precision shots can be placed on animals with spinning turrets and a good rangefinder with cartridges such as the 7MSM and my old 300 magnums, this will be a straight [hunting] season.

Good luck to you g500!

Thanks Fester, you too Friend.

Gunner500,
Saw in the thread above that you plan to shoot Nilgai in Texas.

Of the Nilgai I Have shot here, both have been taken at less that 100 yards. It appears to be a matter of cover.
In wide open range they can see you hundreds of yards away, but in thicker cover, you can get much, much closer. Late this spring, I shot this one at less than 20 yards with my .405 double rifle:



BTW, this was in south Texas at Hondo west of San Antonio. Where in SE Texas can you hunt Nilgai?

crshelton, nice shooting with the 405 double, congrats, a Buddy set up the nilgai hunt, I don't know the locale, just that it's in extreme SE Texas and will be this December, I think the old hot cor 220 grain Speer will do just fine on the tough antelope, cant wait to grill, I hear they're fantastic eating.

Yes they are good eating. Had Nilgai taco meat rollups tonight. Tasty and filling. So, I think I will now sleep it off.
I know a site with Nilgai recipes - just google that and you will find them.

NICE! Thanks CRS, I'm amassing a pile of milk jugs for testing this 358 cal 220 gr Speer hot cor at 2175 fps, I'll predict at least 7 jugs penetrated fired from 25 yards, I need to know how deep this little bullet is going to dig into that Nilgai bull.

gunner post the # I am going to try some end to end shots on hogs or line them up what ever kind of shot they will give me I will let them 220s roll