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The Marlin Guide Gun is available in high-caliber rounds such as .444 Marlin and .45-70 as previously mentioned, but is also highly modifiable. XS Sight Systems makes excellent top picatinny rails with integrated ghost ring sights with tritium front posts. The Guide Gun can be set up with a short, stainless-steel bull barrel to shoot sub-MOA groups at 100 yards.
 
The Marlin Guide Guns are great. I have the 1895 .45-70 that goes deer and bear hunting every year in the GA mountains. Bagged a couple of hogs with it this year in south GA.
 
Solstice said:
My Marlin Guide Gun 45 70 is one of my favorite rifles. It'll take down anything in North America...
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El Bandit0 said:
... The Guide Gun can be set up with a short, stainless-steel bull barrel to shoot sub-MOA groups at 100 yards.
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dregoth said:
The Marlin Guide Guns are great. I have the 1895 .45-70 ....
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Jroden5446 said:
I have a newer marlin 1894c in .357/.38 special, to match my revolver, I put some peep sights and a big loop lever on it. So far about 300 rounds through it, not a single problem

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And the revolver. Been thinking about a single action though
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I'm not really a gun guy, but I have lusted in my heart for a nice lever action .357 carbine.
 
Lonesome Dove got me hooked on the 1860 Henry. The new era Henrys are pretty sweet as well and they are butter smooth.

Garth
 
I have a Winchester ranger 30-30. I love the gun but I want a scope on it, and of course it's top eject. The one I had would throw the empty shell right back in. Any suggestions?
 
goephoto said:
I have a Winchester ranger 30-30. I love the gun but I want a scope on it, and of course it's top eject. The one I had would throw the empty shell right back in. Any suggestions?
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Years ago my dad had one that he bought a side mounted scope mount that came up and over the receiver. It had a beveled bottom that pushed the spent casing away at an angle. No idea who made it as he put it all together for a hunting trip 3 weeks before I was born.

Garth
 
Puma makes a fine copy of the 92 winchester in 44 mag, 45 colt, and 357 mag. I have the older model which is pre-top safety. 16" bbl in 357 is a lot of whoop ass in a mighty small package. My father has the 44 mag version... it's more whoop-ass.

Other than that, model 36 marlin which is pre 336 is as smooth as you get in the 30-30. It has a flat, not round bolt. The marlins may be less expensive, but in my experience they are more accurate than the winchester 94. Winchesters have more collectors value though.

Lever actions are awesome great fun. But it's blasphemy to put a scope on one. It ruins the aesthetics completely. Can you imagine John Wayne with a gun like that? No way.


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Great guns! I love them. I just helped a friend site in a Marlin 1894 in 44 mag. We put a red dot on it. I hit all rounds inside the ring including a bullseye at 100 yards. My shoulder still hurts... But worth it. Fun fun fun!
 
goephoto said:
I have a Winchester ranger 30-30. I love the gun but I want a scope on it, and of course it's top eject. The one I had would throw the empty shell right back in. Any suggestions?
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.... XS (as in XS sights) make a "scout" type mount for 94s I believe, combine this with an long eye relief scope you sould be good... !
 
For .45 I would go with an 1892, Rossi/Puma 92 is a great little gun, but very strong and priced right!
They could use a little slicking up though, If your not into smithing I would recommend Steve's Guns, you can call him, he can sell you the gun with any work you would like him to do, saves alot of time and Steve's a great guy!
http://store.stevesgunz.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=10_12_4

I like working on my guns though, Steve sells a DVD that shows you what to do if your into that.
1873's are neat guns but not as strong as a 92, if you were getting one for cowboy action shooting you cant beat a slicked up 73 shooting gamer loads.

I have many leverguns, For my truck gun at the ranch it's a Puma 92 in .357 16" barrel and Steve's Guns peap sight and front blade.
It started out as a 20" but I chopped it to 16.25" slicked it up and refinished the wood. I dont have a picture of it with the bolt mounted peep sight yet.

 
I like the Marlin for side eject. Scopes are easier on marlins for that fact. One of the most common deer/hog gun around here, the Walmart special- marlin 30-30 with scope and camo sling for around $350. Theyre cheap and tough.
 
salvo said:
For .45 I would go with an 1892, Rossi/Puma 92 is a great little gun, but very strong and priced right!
They could use a little slicking up though, If your not into smithing I would recommend Steve's Guns, you can call him, he can sell you the gun with any work you would like him to do, saves alot of time and Steve's a great guy!
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+1 on the Rossi 92 in 45 Colt and having Steve tune it up for you. I had his do that on a 454 Casull Rossi 92 for me that loves 325 gr WFNGC bullets. A companion piece to my Ruger Alaskan in that caliber.

If you are planning on shooting the heavy 45 Colt loads from Buffalo Bore, Double Tap and others that approach 44 magnum speeds, stick with Marlin and Winchester. They have the frame strength to handle a steady diet of them.

If you are sticking with cowboy or standard pressure loads, lot of good options out there from Uberti, Rossi, Henry...etc.

My favorite lever gun is my Browning Pre-81 BLR in .308 win. Great brush gun but has the ability to comfortably reach out to 400 yards when I'm hunting elk and mule deer along the timber line.
 
If you get a Marlin, try and get an older one. The new Freedom Group made ones I'm sure are fine, but after what they did to Marlin as a company and the employees I gave up hope on the newer ones.
 
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