I have a "gold trigger" (Miroku) BLR 81 takedown in 450 Marlin which is just as portable as the handi-rifle and the Pachmayr recoil pad makes things alot easier on the old shoulder bones.
A much better rifle in every repect - shooter comfort, killing power, fire power (lever action is very slick and fast), looks, faster to assemble when taken down in the pack sack, no lawyer safety to get me killed in bear country - you name it.
Every time I go back to Alaska to visit friends and relatives and go on hiking trips that's the gun you'll find in my packsack.
It has ZERO killing power in your packsack.





















































