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I've got 2 1894 Winchesters and a savage 99 and a Rossi 92, you know you just can't have one
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I've got 94s and 336s I like them both but the 94 just feels right
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Scoped 336 Marlin is my primary deer rifle. I like Winchesters and pick one up every few years, but always end up moving them along. The lever I'll always keep is a little Browning B-92 in .44 mag.
" It ain't dead.As long as there's one cowboy taking care of one cow,it ain't dead ! " Monte Walsh
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30-30, My favorite subject! I've still got my first Marlin I got in 1981, it being a 30-30 20" brl made in 1977, from a good friend who got it new. All I owned for almost 25 years where Marlins, having been around and handled others M9d 94's. I've probably got as much trigger time behind a 30-30 as anyone, reload em, have killed all my deer but 1 with a 30-30. I have an outstanding Tikka 30-06, Rem 700 270. And couple more cars. Now, I wouldn't trade my Win Mod 94 or 64 for a any Marlin! I know full well the quality and dependability of a Marlin they're top notch. More accurate? Everyone's different! My Winchester's will outshoot, out handle, out everything from my perspective! I hardly ever pick up my only Marlin now, the original 1st I bought! And it's hard for me to say which Ein I like best it's according to the day, I love them both! For iron sight hunting distances, I'll always choose a Mod 94 or 64 Winchester! I won't scope a Levergun, it's not f9r me!
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30-30, My favorite subject! I've still got my first Marlin I got in 1981, it being a 30-30 20" brl made in 1977, from a good friend who got it new. All I owned for almost 25 years where Marlins, having been around and handled others M9d 94's. I've probably got as much trigger time behind a 30-30 as anyone, reload em, have killed all my deer but 1 with a 30-30. I have an outstanding Tikka 30-06, Rem 700 270. And couple more cars. Now, I wouldn't trade my Win Mod 94 or 64 for a any Marlin! I know full well the quality and dependability of a Marlin they're top notch. More accurate? Everyone's different! My Winchester's will outshoot, out handle, out everything from my perspective! I hardly ever pick up my only Marlin now, the original 1st I bought! And it's hard for me to say which Ein I like best it's according to the day, I love them both! For iron sight hunting distances, I'll always choose a Mod 94 or 64 Winchester! I won't scope a Levergun, it's not f9r me! Very nice, Windknot! I got my first M94 30-30 when I was 11 years old. Busted my butt, saved all summer and paid half. My dad paid the other half. $89 at Service Merchandise back then. No longer did I have to just tag along deer hunting. I was a deer hunter too. Sadly, I have my dad’s M94 30-30 now. I took it out the other day on his birthday and fired some nice groups with it. A great way to commemorate some great memories spent hunting with him. Oh, yeah, I hunt with and enjoy shooting lots of other calibers now. I’m a big bolt gun fan. But the ole 30-30 will always be special to me! Oh, and no scopes on a M94 for me either!
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30-30, My favorite subject! I've still got my first Marlin I got in 1981, it being a 30-30 20" brl made in 1977, from a good friend who got it new. All I owned for almost 25 years where Marlins, having been around and handled others M9d 94's. I've probably got as much trigger time behind a 30-30 as anyone, reload em, have killed all my deer but 1 with a 30-30. I have an outstanding Tikka 30-06, Rem 700 270. And couple more cars. Now, I wouldn't trade my Win Mod 94 or 64 for a any Marlin! I know full well the quality and dependability of a Marlin they're top notch. More accurate? Everyone's different! My Winchester's will outshoot, out handle, out everything from my perspective! I hardly ever pick up my only Marlin now, the original 1st I bought! And it's hard for me to say which Ein I like best it's according to the day, I love them both! For iron sight hunting distances, I'll always choose a Mod 94 or 64 Winchester! I won't scope a Levergun, it's not f9r me! Very nice, Windknot! I got my first M94 30-30 when I was 11 years old. Busted my butt, saved all summer and paid half. My dad paid the other half. $89 at Service Merchandise back then. No longer did I have to just tag along deer hunting. I was a deer hunter too. Sadly, I have my dad’s M94 30-30 now. I took it out the other day on his birthday and fired some nice groups with it. A great way to commemorate some great memories spent hunting with him. Oh, yeah, I hunt with and enjoy shooting lots of other calibers now. I’m a big bolt gun fan. But the ole 30-30 will always be special to me! Oh, and no scopes on a M94 for me either! I don't want to sound like I'm bashing a Marlin, I know full well how good they are! But after I finally tried a Mod 94, even knowing all them years their rep from friends, even shooting em, I was just a Marlin addict! But when I got my Mod 64, gave it a real try, I said, where you been all my life! Then I actually bought the Mod 94, because it was an early 60's clean as a dinner plate, great shape, for my granddaughter. No way I thought I'd prefer it anywhere near the Mod 64 or even the Marlin! Now i love that rifle, maybe even little more than the Mod 64! Where I hunt you just about never need a scope, steep as cows face thick and rough! Can't beat a Mod 94 for around here! Gotta love a rifle when you carry it in one hand, at balance point, and your f8nger and thumb will touch, and you can hold it and shoot it like a long barrel pistol, and bunch more reasons! Now when I pick up my Marlin it feels to me like a WWll BAR, and that's just honest opinion from experience! Most people got wrong impression of the 30-30 too! I remember reading long ago, a writer? Who wrote a quote from Jack O'Connor saying, "He knew a Hunter in a western state? Don't remember which state, that had killed 17 Elk with one 20rd box of Rem CL 30-30!" And pretty common knowledge that elk are the toughest of all deer species to bring down!
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Marlin with the straight grip from the '70's or up to '83 w/o the X/bolt safety
T R U M P W O N !
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My safe votes Model 94's...but I wouldn't toss out a Marlin or Savage.
Get the first best deal you can I say and build from there...I like em all.
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My favorite hunting arm is a Mossberg model 464 featuring a 16 inch barrel, laminated stock, and marine coat finish. Very accurate with any brand or weight of bullet! - Sherwood
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henrys look and feel like dogshidt to me, pass me a Win 94. if I had my choice make it a 64 deluxe
The government plans these shootings by targeting kids from kindergarten that the government thinks they can control with drugs until the appropriate time--DerbyDude
Whatever. Tell the oompa loompa's hey for me. [/quote]. LtPPowell
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This is a bit like a “do you like blondes, brunettes or red heads (Savage 99’s)” type question.
Everyone has different taste and picks what they like best.
There’s no right or wrong answer.
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I have a little Marlin 336Y Spikehorn (12.5" LOP, 16.25" bbl.) w/Wiliams Fire Sights. Awesome little brush gun.
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Just stopped in a local gunshop and they have a Marlin 30-30 made in 1969 in nearly mint condition for $500. The scope and see thru rings are free! Even has the front sight hood on it. Doc Hollidays Grants Pass Oregon if anyone wants a really good one.
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That's a good buy fireball2. Mb
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" Cheapest velocity in the world comes from a long barrel and I sure do like them. MB "
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I like my levers but I got a "lever on the side" Carbine, that is my pride and joy. A Sears & Roebuck 30-30 (sav. 340) I got for $15 at a garage sale. And the "turd polishing" began. Actually she was pretty minty but still, worked trigger best I could (became a believer in Nano lube) off came the beech, on went the walnut, fabbed a scope mount, fit stock for it, Leupy/Redfeild 2x7, fun project, shoots great, looks pretty nice too, if I do say so. Don't feel "undergunned" anytime she comes out, and got a half dozen guys on the death list for it when I kick! Never imagined I'ld have a death list for a $15 gun.
America is (supposed to be) a Republic, NOT a democracy. Learn the difference, help end the lie. Fear a government that fears your guns.
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A Marlin 336A with a 24" barrel if it was going to be scoped.
A Winchester 64 with a 24" barrel if it was going to have a receiver sight.
I have a few lever action 30-30s and the only one that I have shot within recent memory is a Mossberg 479.
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I have had it for years Marlin with a 24" barrel and half magazine. Also a 25-35 to match. Have 2 model 94s, my dad's .32 spl and my neighbor's 94 in .30-30. Both made around WW2 and both carbines.The long barreled Marlin is my favorite.
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I have had it for years Marlin with a 24" barrel and half magazine. Also a 25-35 to match. Have 2 model 94s, my dad's .32 spl and my neighbor's 94 in .30-30. Both made around WW2 and both carbines.The long barreled Marlin is my favorite. You have a custom Marlin 25-35?
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