sandog
01-27-2019, 06:32 AM
I had a chance to get two of my levers out yesterday. We've been having nice, sunny 60 degree weather all week long when I'm working, then on my weekend days off, it's trying to snow and slick roads.
But yesterday was nice, winters in Arizona are pretty short, even up at the higher elevations in Northern Arizona where I live.
The Marlin CB is always fun, and dead on. It's a JM in .45 Colt, made in 1988.
I do need to work up a more accurate load for it, I've been using one that I worked up for my Uberti sixgun.
https://i.imgur.com/JUb5pIyh.jpg
It's a 250 grain Oregon Trail RNFP over 7.4 grains of Universal in Starline brass. Gives 830 fps in the 5 1/2" handgun.
https://i.imgur.com/pokf3Tah.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/yHPJ6pyh.jpg
I also shot a few hundred rounds through the little Browning BL-22. I knew the Williams GRS peep would need a tall front sight, because the GRS sits up high on the receiver. I used the tallest FireSight front that I had on hand, but it's still not high enough.
The BL is zeroed well, but the GRS had to be so low it's partway off the base.
I'll probably put a small red dot like the FastFire I use on the Mini-30's. They weigh less than one ounce and are the size of your thumb. The other option would be to get a Skinner rear peep, they sit low and look good on the Browning.
The BL-22 is one fun plinker. You just open and close your fingertips to work the lever, leaving your thumb on the upper tang. About as fast as a manually operated carbine can be.
It's not a tack driver like my Marlin Mountie or my CZ 452, but plenty good enough to hit small targets out to 60 yards or so. I could probably do better with a low powered scope, but the BL's receiver is so small, a scope looks funny on them.
I picked this one up in November, it was made in 1976, but appeared to have been fired very little if at all.
They are a really underrated lever, and overlooked because many want a 9422 or Marlin 39.
But you can find them used for $325 to $350. A new Grade I sells for $530, and the Grade II like mine goes for $625 or so.
https://i.imgur.com/FSsElKZh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/fjJIGnih.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/vagZwpNh.jpg
But yesterday was nice, winters in Arizona are pretty short, even up at the higher elevations in Northern Arizona where I live.
The Marlin CB is always fun, and dead on. It's a JM in .45 Colt, made in 1988.
I do need to work up a more accurate load for it, I've been using one that I worked up for my Uberti sixgun.
https://i.imgur.com/JUb5pIyh.jpg
It's a 250 grain Oregon Trail RNFP over 7.4 grains of Universal in Starline brass. Gives 830 fps in the 5 1/2" handgun.
https://i.imgur.com/pokf3Tah.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/yHPJ6pyh.jpg
I also shot a few hundred rounds through the little Browning BL-22. I knew the Williams GRS peep would need a tall front sight, because the GRS sits up high on the receiver. I used the tallest FireSight front that I had on hand, but it's still not high enough.
The BL is zeroed well, but the GRS had to be so low it's partway off the base.
I'll probably put a small red dot like the FastFire I use on the Mini-30's. They weigh less than one ounce and are the size of your thumb. The other option would be to get a Skinner rear peep, they sit low and look good on the Browning.
The BL-22 is one fun plinker. You just open and close your fingertips to work the lever, leaving your thumb on the upper tang. About as fast as a manually operated carbine can be.
It's not a tack driver like my Marlin Mountie or my CZ 452, but plenty good enough to hit small targets out to 60 yards or so. I could probably do better with a low powered scope, but the BL's receiver is so small, a scope looks funny on them.
I picked this one up in November, it was made in 1976, but appeared to have been fired very little if at all.
They are a really underrated lever, and overlooked because many want a 9422 or Marlin 39.
But you can find them used for $325 to $350. A new Grade I sells for $530, and the Grade II like mine goes for $625 or so.
https://i.imgur.com/FSsElKZh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/fjJIGnih.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/vagZwpNh.jpg