- Location
- Southern Vancouver Island
It be nicely affordable if ye reload, especially if you cast yer own boolits. The reloading gear pays fer itself in short order fer folks that do lots of shootin'.
Big bore levers
- Thread starter Claytom Magnet
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It be nicely affordable if ye reload, especially if you cast yer own boolits. The reloading gear pays fer itself in short order fer folks that do lots of shootin'.
Big bore dinosaur
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- NORT OF COW.TOWN.EH
Campro played boolits, and trail boss keep my costs down when shooting heavy lead..
Factory ammo is soooooo expensive
Factory ammo is soooooo expensive
- Location
- Haliburton County, Central Ontario
Au contraire, mon ami. I have been reloading since day one and it is no more expensive to shoot than any other calibre I own. Cast is lots of fun to shoot, but don't send them too fast (without gas checks) or you will have epic barrel leading. Ask me how I know...
+1 The new production Winchesters are exceptionally well made.
- Location
- Calgary, AB
Love my .444 and newly acquired .450M
Brutus
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Google "The Load"
Red Dot powder and many deer caliber cartridges in handloads. Usually cast bullets.
Also a more recent powder Trail Boss.
More often with straight wall cartridges of western fame.
405gr remington factory ammo is very mild on the shoulder. In the 22" 1895 it's softer than factory ftx ammo in the 30-30 336 20" barrel
- Location
- Southern Vancouver Island
Yep, and fer me it would be one of the Pedersoli 1886 sporting rifles. No added lawyer safety & barrel script crap as on the new Winchesters and they have a
proper, shotgun butt to make shooting a bunch more easy on the shoulder compared to the steel crescent buttplate on the Win models. Big ouch for un-padded
shoulders. Made to spec like the original units, but using good steel & wood. The added bonus on these over the Miroku units being the option of the bolt mount
aperture sight fer folks with older eyes. The Win versions will take a Williams peep though for folks that like 'em.
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soldier506
Regular
- Location
- saskatchewan,canada
I have had a marlin 45/70 for a long time. Now have the sbl guide gun and happy with it. Not a long range open country rifle but good in the bush especially in bear country
handofzeus
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Trout Creekish Ontario.
I still consider .44 mag big bore.
Less shoulder pain than 45-70 and decent velocity. Match that to an 1892 action and nothing left but to smile.
Less shoulder pain than 45-70 and decent velocity. Match that to an 1892 action and nothing left but to smile.
Savage 99 fires real rifle cartridges. Originally designed for .303 Savage, it has been made in most of the full sized rifle calibers. I have the 99c in .308. But I don't think you will surprise anyone with it, it is obviously a full size rifle, not a pistol caliber.
Or if you hate money, check out this Marlin 1894. Maybe I Run Guns can help you get one of these.
Or if you hate money, check out this Marlin 1894. Maybe I Run Guns can help you get one of these.
I recently did the math and my 450 marlin light loads are $0.45 each for campro bullet, trailboss load and primer. Brass was $1.65 each but as long as you find them all I have yet to need to toss any after a decent number of reuses.
I personally believe that the BLR is the best action you can get for a big bore lever. It is both extremely strong and extremely smooth which is a pretty decent combination in my opinion. Combine that will the ability to detachable mag load spitzers for all kind of fun outcomes and it all adds up to a lot of fun for my money. I really enjoy winchesters and marlins and I'm hoping someday to get some experience with Henry's Long Rangers (that would happen sooner if they had a chambering I was interested in), but I highly suspect nothing will ever replace my BLR in 450 Marlin in my safe.
I just picked up one of these; 1894 model, .357 mag. Dark series. Really nicely done rifle; stock is hardwood with grippy black paint, unlike the Henry’s composite stock. This feels much more solid. Pic rail, XS peep sights, threaded barrel, 16 1/4in. Offset hammer spur, large paracord wrapped lever, woven paracord sling included. It’s “tactical” enough to make most Ninja’s happy, still “cowboy” enough that even anti gun types don’t feel as threatened by it, or even have good memories of shooting a .22LR lever gun as a kid. They’re light, fast shouldering, quick on the sights. Nice & short so they are great in the brush, and the action is slick out of the box, with a sub 4 pound, very crisp breaking trigger.
VERY pleased with this gun; .357 mag is a solid round that punches well above it’s weight class if you want it to. Nothing I like more for walking around in the forest. They are already hard to get, and that’s going to just get worse.
many choices, all good in their own way. for full power i like the .444. for a blunt cartridge a good trajectory and power, and recoil is not punishing like a full house 4570. i like the .4570 loaded down with softer cast bullets such as the gould bullet from lyman at black powder speeds. a 44 mag rifle is great and economical, plenty fine. if you want something collectible winchester has released a 405 1895 rifle which has lots of power and good trajectory. with a corbin canuluring tool you can even load in heavier bullets (sectional density), essentially combining the heavier bullets of the 4570 and the flat shooting of the 444. cheers
