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I like it but I think I would wait a year or 2 to make sure they worked all the bugs out. The second video said it weighs a little over 5 lbs. and the owner's manual mentioned it being chambered in 357 magnum and 45 Colt so it looks like there's more to come.
Wag more, bark less.
The freedoms we surrender today will be the freedoms our grandchildren will never know existed.
The men who wrote the Second Amendment didn't just finish a hunting trip, they just finished liberating a nation.
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It's growing on me. Maybe by the time the .357 comes out I'll be ready.
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We need a rimmed 6.5 Grendel with flexi tips.
You'd have something then. Instant collectors item, stack it right next to your 7-30 Waters!
...Actually Sycamore, you are sort of right....
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I’m cool with a new gun from a old company, I just don’t believe it yet, but, I hope it takes off, I want to know who is making it for them, Ruger !!! Is this a John Deer made by bombardier ? When this thing tanks in couple of years you going to order parts from Ruger? New idea comes a long because every one getting suppressed, and boom, here’s a lever, we will see. Ruger can't even make enough Marlins to meet its own demand. That's what opened the door for Rossi and S&W to introduce new leverguns. My LGS can't keep any leverguns on the shelf and they can't get enough to please their customers. Somebody needed to plug the gap. My LGS actually took to selling Rossi's because they can actually get them
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With the new age of long range, I don't understand the modern lever action craze.
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With the new age of long range, I don't understand the modern lever action craze. I don't know anyone personally who gives a flip about long range shooting. Wouldn't even know where to go to attempt such a feat?
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With the new age of long range, I don't understand the modern lever action craze. With urban sprawl and development, ranges are getting shorter, not longer for most hunters.
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I'd buy one in a heartbeat if it was chambered in a .360 Buckhammer. I like it a lot.
.44 mag just doesn't do it for me.
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Black & stainless ! looks good,
I always toss the factory firewood and go with McMillan of Manners handles anyway
If it was a 500 or 460 I'd be on it, even a 444 would be cool,
44 ? naw, pass
"The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants".
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Good to see ya! Hope your week is going well up there! Had a good rain for a change down here.
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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I want to know who is making it for them, Ruger !!! Why do you think someone else is making it for them?
Mathew 22: 37-39
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I am on it. I have been asking for a stainless synthetic 44 Magnum lever gun for a long time. I'd prefer a shorter barrel, straight stock and standard loop, but this is as close as I'll get to what I want. Agreed
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With the new age of long range, I don't understand the modern lever action craze. Allow me to pile on….😜 I see you’re in AZ, so your notion probably reflects that. This past season I made my longest shot on a whitetail since the 80s, maybe 125yards. About a minute earlier, I shot another one at maybe 50, and a few weeks earlier, one at 7. The only reason I got the longest opportunity is that the DNR opened up a bunch of food plots that were previously head-high brushy fields. One of those plots may present a shot as long as nearly 300 yards, and I saw some like that earlier during the antlerless and archery season. I carry a rifle able to make such shots, but that’s because I prefer bolt actions; these days, lightweight ones using smaller cartridges. For most of the rest of that WMA, a lever action, even a .44, is a sound choice. Don’t need one, but I’d like to check one out in person.
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With the new age of long range, I don't understand the modern lever action craze. I don't know anyone personally who gives a flip about long range shooting. Wouldn't even know where to go to attempt such a feat? I'll introduce myself. Now you know someone that knows, cares, shoots long range. And short. Where? Wherever you get range. Of course I can't get a shot past 600 down south on our place but up north we can get long shots all over the place if we look. I prefer to close. But I also prefer to be prepared. Hang together lest we hang separately
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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With the new age of long range, I don't understand the modern lever action craze. I don't know anyone personally who gives a flip about long range shooting. Wouldn't even know where to go to attempt such a feat? I'll introduce myself. Now you know someone that knows, cares, shoots long range. And short. Where? Wherever you get range. Of course I can't get a shot past 600 down south on our place but up north we can get long shots all over the place if we look. I prefer to close. But I also prefer to be prepared. Hang together lest we hang separately I meant I don't know anybody around here that does it. Of course I've never seen a range longer than 200 yards. I hear tell of a 1,000 yard range in Williamsport but never went there
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Looks like a solid offering, but I will spend the same money and get a sleek older Marlin any day.
Always remember that you are unique, just like everyone else.
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The older Marlins, even the Remlins, have 1-38” twist barrels, which may be an issue for some. I forgot to check that when I looked at this one, but 1-20” is kinda standard now. My 1885 Browning, about 30 years old now, maybe older, is a 1-20”.
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I like it but I think I would wait a year or 2 to make sure they worked all the bugs out. The second video said it weighs a little over 5 lbs. and the owner's manual mentioned it being chambered in 357 magnum and 45 Colt so it looks like there's more to come. S&W website shows the weight at 108.8 ounces. That's 6.8 pounds. https://www.smith-wesson.com/product/sw-model-1854-lever-action-rifle-44-magnum
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I like it but I think I would wait a year or 2 to make sure they worked all the bugs out. The second video said it weighs a little over 5 lbs. and the owner's manual mentioned it being chambered in 357 magnum and 45 Colt so it looks like there's more to come. S&W website shows the weight at 108.8 ounces. That's 6.8 pounds. https://www.smith-wesson.com/product/sw-model-1854-lever-action-rifle-44-magnumThat sounds more realistic. I should have double checked the S&W website. (I didn't think anyone read my posts.)
Wag more, bark less.
The freedoms we surrender today will be the freedoms our grandchildren will never know existed.
The men who wrote the Second Amendment didn't just finish a hunting trip, they just finished liberating a nation.
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