Author Topic: Lever Action Carbines  (Read 9999 times)

Kid Shelleen

  • Top Forum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1530
  • DRTV Ranger
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Lever Action Carbines
« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2009, 12:27:49 AM »
No advise because I don't have a lever action and I do NEED one in .357 magnum too.

I'll look forward to hearing what you get and just keep wishing for now and drooling when you post porn.

I'm too poor to pay attention and saving for other priorities.
“What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that the people preserve the spirit of resistance?”

Thomas Jefferson, 1787

blackwolfe

  • A Simple Man
  • Top Forum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1844
  • DRTV Ranger
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Lever Action Carbines
« Reply #11 on: June 23, 2009, 01:54:09 AM »
I've heard good things about Marlins.
"We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. "    Abraham Lincoln
 


Wolfe

Badgersmilk

  • Guest
Re: Lever Action Carbines
« Reply #12 on: June 23, 2009, 02:09:56 AM »
I know Henry makes a really nice little .44 mag.  If they didnt call it a "Big Boy"  ::) ??? ::) I'd own one.  Anybody know if they have a .357?  Might be a good indicator for you to step it up a notch that so many companies offer the .44 mag., and the .44 is that much more common!  Good luck.

Rob10ring

  • Top Forum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1024
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Lever Action Carbines
« Reply #13 on: June 23, 2009, 02:13:14 AM »
I've got an old Marlin 30-30. It was my grandpa's and he and his brothers used to like to get deals on beaters at the swap meet. They'd buy all kinds of guns from the $2 barrel and part together serviceable pieces. Mine has a model 93 receiver and a 36 fore end. It's got a great trigger and is more solid than any lever gun I've ever come across. I noticed that at some point someone put the front sight into the dovetail backwards. The bead is facing forward. Anyone know the tool I'll need for that? It kicks a fair amount with that old metal butt plate. I want a Marlin stainless .44!

fightingquaker13

  • Top Forum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11894
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Lever Action Carbines
« Reply #14 on: June 23, 2009, 04:18:40 AM »
I know Henry makes a really nice little .44 mag.  If they didnt call it a "Big Boy"  ::) ??? ::) I'd own one.  Anybody know if they have a .357?  Might be a good indicator for you to step it up a notch that so many companies offer the .44 mag., and the .44 is that much more common!  Good luck.
Timothy
I think that Badger has hit the nail on the head. I have owned, and liked .357 handguns. They are a near ideal SD round. But when it comes to a carbine, why bother? Honestly, I have never liked pistol caliber carbines. You get all the disadvantages of weak pistol ammo, and all the disadvantages of a  rifle's length, weight etc. The only upside is maybe a little more velocity from a longer barrel and more accuracy. It doesn't seem worth it even though I like the idea of a two gun combo. Th exception is the .44 mag. My advice (if you want it) is to trade your .357 in on a Smith, Ruger or Tarus .44mag. Then take your carbine money and buy a .44 mag carbine. I THINK a .357 carbine will work on deer and hogs at 50-100 yards. I KNOW that .44 mag with 240 grain soft points will do it. (Insert other 175 pound creature of your choice). The .44 mag will also fire .44 specials, a very civilized round for targets and SD. There IS a reason that there are 10 .44 mag carbines for every one .357. Its that they do a carbine's job better. Its your money, spend it how you like, but the .44 mag is a very easy round to fire from a cabine, but will still do the job. Just my .02,
FQ13

Sponsor

  • Guest
Re: Lever Action Carbines
« Reply #15 on: Today at 10:45:02 AM »

saltydogbk

  • Better to die on my feet than live on my knees
  • Top Forum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 328
  • DRTV Ranger
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Lever Action Carbines
« Reply #15 on: June 23, 2009, 06:10:52 AM »
I have the Henry, a Marlin and the Winchester, all in 44 mag.  Like every one, but my favorite just may be the Marlin.  The Henry is just too pretty, the Winchester too light, the Marlin feels just right.
You can never have too many guns, or too much ammo

Timothy

  • Guest
Re: Lever Action Carbines
« Reply #16 on: June 23, 2009, 07:16:40 AM »
Why .357?  Here is the rub of it.  

I can't hunt with a rifle in MA.  Not allowed for anything other than coyote in certain parts of the state.  I don't hunt coyote cause I eat what I shoot and I'm not going to eat dog!  So, being as I'm a simple guy and don't want to have to find another caliber in a ever dwindling supply, .357 works for me.  I can have my sidearm and a fun gun and don't need another tackle box of crap.

It's just a plinking gun, no scope, something to have some fun with and in a pinch, to have when and if the time arrises that I need a little more distance to ward off offending zombies.  As we all know, you MUST shoot zombies in the head and my eyesight is terrible these days.  

All I need is my 1911, my .357's, my .22, 12 ga and a thermos, this paddle game, a remote control, kitchen chair and my dog Shithead!  That's all I need!!!!! ;D

Hazcat

  • Top Forum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 10457
  • DRTV Ranger
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Lever Action Carbines
« Reply #17 on: June 23, 2009, 07:19:12 AM »
All tipoes and misspelings are copi-righted.  Pleeze do not reuse without ritten persimmons  :D

Timothy

  • Guest
Re: Lever Action Carbines
« Reply #18 on: June 23, 2009, 07:22:15 AM »
Get one of these...

http://www.jbcustom.com/new-mares.htm

That's gonna have a hard time making the approved weapons roster Haz!

 ;D

Hazcat

  • Top Forum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 10457
  • DRTV Ranger
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Lever Action Carbines
« Reply #19 on: June 23, 2009, 07:39:15 AM »
Sorry you live in a commie state, Tim.

Here, if it is Fed legal then it is state legal.

BTW the Mares Leg is a pistol and does not take a fed tax stamp!
All tipoes and misspelings are copi-righted.  Pleeze do not reuse without ritten persimmons  :D

 

SMF spam blocked by CleanTalk