Mine was a Marlin in 30-30 Winchester.
Mine was a Marlin in 30-30 Winchester.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face!" - Mike Tyson
"Don't let my fears become yours." - Me, talking to my children
That look on your face, when you shift into 6th gear, but it's not there.
Does a Red Ryder count ? If not, a 1964 Winchester 94 in 30 30. Now I have 18 more.
Red Ryder
Marlin 39a
Savage 99 in 300 Savage
Marlin .357 mag in 1982, wish I kept it....
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Marlin model 39. Grandpa gave it to me when I was 6. I was supervised until I was about 9, then allowed out on short excursions by myself.
Marlin Model 97, 22 LR. I was 7 or so, I think.
-Paul
Henry golden boy I bought myself at 18.
My Dad had a 30-30, I think it was a Marlin, but am not sure. I never got to shoot it and one day he swapped it for a shotgun...and it was gone. So I never got to shoot a levergun in my youth.
Later in life, I bought a Marlin 39a. Funny thing is, I never took to it, so I swapped it for something else.
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“If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.”
― The Dalai Lama, Seattle Times, May 2001
Daisy Red Ryder followed by pre 64 Winchester 94 carbine + post 64 Winchester 94 long rifle both in 30/30 - still have the Daiy + long rifle -
never pick a fight with an old man - if he is too old to fight he will just kill you -
in this current crisis our government is not the solution , it is the problem ! -
ILLEGITIMI NON CARBORUNDUM
as they say in latin
Marlin #39 take down carbine.
In school: We learn lessons, and are given tests.
In life: We are given tests, and learn lessons.
OK People. Enough of this idle chit-chat.
This ain't your Grandma's sewing circle.
EVERYONE!
Back to your oars. The Captain wants to waterski.
Marlin 1895 reissue 45-70 circa 1977.
I cut the barrel down to 18” and recut the front sight dovetail to make a Trapper.
Yes, I should have kept it, yes I should have left it alone, Yes, it turned out good and shot the same- it is just more portable- wherever it ended up!
I have Dads 1950s model 94 Winchester (the first lever action that I ever shot).
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Two actually, bought from the SIL's fathers estate.
Marlin 1889 in 32-20
Winchester 1894 in 30-30
Have the Cody Museum letters on both of 'em now.
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genealogy, another area of interest
feedback - http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...9613-czech_too
Bought in 1967 a used 1964 Winchester 94 30/30...in the same year took a California Mule Deer spike in Hemet Ca. while hiding underneath a horsehair rug "injun style"....That whole area today is paved over suburbia. We were roughing it under the star's. Bacon and bean's. It used to be beautiful. Still have the gun. Updated with a Skinner Sight, so much better than the buckhorn.
“You should tell someone what you know. There should be a history, so that men can learn from it.
He smiled. “Men do not learn from history. Each generation believes itself brighter than the last, each believes it can survive the mistakes of the older ones. Each discovers each old thing and they throw up their hands and say ‘See! Look what I have found! Look upon what I know!’ And each believes it is something new.
Louis L’Amour
The Californios
A used Marlin 94 in 44 mag my father bought me to hunt deer in The Florida swamps.
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“I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I require the same from them." the duke
Winchester model 94 , 30-30.
Keep your powder dry and watch your six !!
It was a large loop , cap firing replica of Chuck Conners rifle from the TV show ... the Rifleman ... it was based on a model 92 Winchester 44-40 , with that neat little folding tab/ lever inside the trigger guard / loop that let you fire while working the lever . Fold it in and you could shoot the caps one at a time by pulling the trigger with your finger ... It was NOT the toy that Hubley made ... it was made by Mattel or Marx . Late 50's or early 60's ...I forget
My first real lever action was a model 94 Winchester in 30-30 .
It was given to me in 1980 by a friend , I helped him pick out a new Ruger Bolt Action Sporter in 30-06 and select a nice scope for it ... he didn't know anything about firearms or scopes ... and he gave me his old 30-30 as a gift for helping him .
I still have it and still enjoy shooting cast boolits in it .
Gary
Certified Cajun
Proud Member of The Basket of Deplorables
" Let's Go Brandon !"
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |