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daddylonglegs said:
OKCORRAL don't tease us like that. Is that a Marlin 1895 chambered in 40-72 or 33 Win? You can't just show us a photo of a beautiful old Marlin without identifying it!
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Neither, sorry if I didn't mention it, it was the only picture that I had to show freddyfour the ammo for the Win 95. It is a Marlin 1893 born in 95 chambered in 38-55.
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How about a family photo, this is the current lever gun inventory.



Left to right:
Uberti Henry 1860 44-40
Uberti 1866 44-40
Navy Arms (Uberti) 1873 trapper 44-40
Win 94 30-30 SRC
Win 94 25-35 SRC
Browning BL-22
Marlin 336 35 Rem
 
Gasoline boy said:
It's made by Big Horn Armoury out of Wyoming. It's Stainless and Walnut. Beautiful piece of wood. Got a fantastic peep sight. Chambered in .454 casull. Cost a bunch of money.
Hope this answered your questions.
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Actually what I really want to know is if you would drop by my place and let me shot it..........

The walnut stock looks amazing. It doesn't look stainless from the picture, does it have some sort of finish on it or is it more of a matte stainless?
 
freddyfour said:
Actually what I really want to know is if you would drop by my place and let me shot it..........

The walnut stock looks amazing. It doesn't look stainless from the picture, does it have some sort of finish on it or is it more of a matte stainless?
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I reckon the stock is BHA's #2 by the look of 'er and the finish is Hunter Black Stainless. These are really nice rifles and are rather pricey as is to be expected. The big bummer for my owning one (Aside from the money hit.), is the slow 1 in 32" twist of both the .460 S&W and the .454 Casull, which is fine for 260 gr. revolver bullets but falls well short for stabilizing heavy bullets from 325-400 gr.

For me, a rifle like the Model 89A really needs to be chambered to handle big bullets of sufficient weight and have a decent twist rate of 1 in 16" to do the job.

A .460 chambered unit would fit the bill for heavy bullet .454's nicely though.:)
 
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SHELL SHUCKER said:
I reckon the stock is BHA's #2 by the look of 'er and the finish is Hunter Black Stainless. These are really nice rifles and are rather pricey as is to be expected. The big bummer for my owning one (Aside from the money hit.), is the slow 1 in 32" twist of both the .460 S&W and the .454 Casull, which is fine for 260 gr. revolver bullets but falls well short for stabilizing heavy bullets from 325-400 gr.

For me, a rifle like the Model 89A really needs to be chambered to handle big bullets of sufficient weight and have a decent twist rate of 1 in 16" to do the job.

A .460 chambered unit would fit the bill for heavy bullet .454's nicely though.:)
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Well... it is Stainless it's glass beaded that's where the different color comes from. They do offer a black finish which is black. Pretty much the same color as the rail and peep site.
I haven't shot any super heavy bullets yet. I loaded up a case of 240 jacketed flat points and 260 xtp mags for my Freedom Arms .454 so I've been using them with good results. It seems to prefer the XTPmags I'm getting nice cloverleafs at 50 yds so I may just stick with them. I do have a bunch of 334 hard cast lead gc that I will try out.
Having shot a few Levers in my time I will say that this is by far the nicest one I've used.
I shoot .454 because I like the idea of a 260 gr jfp travelling at just under 1875 fps. Everyone knows that heavy bullets travel slower so...
 
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