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Some years back J.D posted about taking a buck, in the U.P, with his 45-70 lever. At least I think he did as my memory isn’t too good these days. I thought it would be fun but not very practical for me at the time. But you guys know how it goes, sometimes you get a sliver in your finger and...

Since I just retired this year I have lots more time to shoot. Wiped the dust off the Thompson Contender in 7-30 Waters. Took it to the range and shot 130 gn Sierra ssp. Off the bench groups were .465 - .731 with Reloader 15. But Sierra doesn’t make those bullets anymore and I really like...

What would u recommend ? Long

As I get a bit older I find myself thinking about the "old days" a bit more. I find that I take more joy in the hunt and watching family take deer and no longer feel like I need to put the meat in the freeaer. I have my dad's 1950's Marlin lever 30-30 and was thinking of all the deer I took...

I just received 100 pcs of new PMC brass from Brassman. Not cheap at 75.00 a hundred, but I ordered it on the 18th and got it today. Shipping was included in the 75.00. From what I read on Marlin Owners guys seem to like it. No clue where it is made...maybe Korea? Anyway it is available. Long

When i picked up my can of H322 the shop had a couple boxes of Speer HotCore 350gn. I thought "great I'll grab a box ". Well I get home and look in my Speer reloading book. Hmm, they say their 400 gn bullet will work in anything but the 350 gn was made for the Win 458 and may not work in any...

Yep, I'm really on a 45-70 buzz. I have seen that some of you use the 300 gn partition with your Marlin 1895's. So are these safe to use in a tube magazine? Guess I'm a little confused. Typically we always used "round nose" bullets. I know the Partition has a soft lead tip but it is not...

I really didn't think I'd reload for my new Marlin 45-70 until I started kinda looking around and saw that while I can get loaded ammo the finding of components is pretty skinny. That motivated me to find some (I'm kinda like that). Sooo, anyone know where I can get jacketed bullets and brass...

So with the new Marlin 45-70 lever, I don't plan to reload for some time. Can anyone tell me what manufactured ammo has done well for you? One other question. I have some Winchester 405gn cowboy action cartridges. Shoot slower at under 1200fps. Will these cause leading problems in my...

And it sounds like some of you think there is a world of difference between a Leupy vx2 and the vx3 besides 100.00.. How much difference is what I'm wondering? I am going to start looking for a scope for my Marlin 45-70 and was considering the vx2 in a 4x. On my 1952 Marlin 30-30 I just put...

Here in the U.P it's been a very hard winter with the cold temps and snow. The last time we had something like this was back in the early 90's and we lost probably half the deer in the U.P The following few years guys could hunt the whole season and never see a deer. Add now the very high...

I can't believe it but I'm looking at guns again.... I've mentioned before about a Marlin lever and now am starting to look at em again. I am leaning towards 35 Rem but might consider 45-70. I was wondering if you men with experience with these calibers might give me the pros/cons of each...

Well here is the next phase of the Wild West trigger story. I got my WW trigger and it did not "drop in", as you may remember. I took it to my gun smith and ...he could not get it to fit either so he called the company. After a while they called and as they discussed the problem and the...

I've got a Rem SPS Tactical that I got for coyotes etc...But the Hogue stock has much to be desired. I've been thinking of replacing it and wondered what you guys thought. I am not sure I want to put the money into a Micky stock. but don't want a heavy stock when the gun already has a hvy 20"...

Well I followed the advice of some of you and finally ordered a Wild West trigger for my Pre-64 Marlin lever. It actually should be here tomorrow. But I figured I'd take the the Marlin apart to clean it up etc.. Imagine my surprise when I saw that the original trigger was a one piece instead...

I was reading Guys post on "Lunch" and was wondering what marinades are good for venison? I usually just soak the steaks in cold salted water to draw the blood out and then fry to medium with a bit of garlic salt and pepper. But would like to try something else. Long

Remington SF in 30-06 and 7m-08. Wood stock and stainless...a thing of beauty. Long

I was loading up some .223 with Winchester brass. Had 12 of them that had such poor primer pockets that I could not seat a primer in them. I've never had that problem before with any brass. I could see just inside the rim was a ring/band and though I tried to clean it up it didn't help...

Yesterday my wife took her ccw class and wants to apply for her permit this week. She thought the class quite interesting and although she not sure she necessarily wants to carry, she now knows the laws and thinking behind the whole ccw thing. She didn't necessarily care for the outside...

Just came home from lower Michigan and stopped by Jay's in Gaylord. I told my wife, after reading what guys said about nothing left on the shelves in other sports stores, there probably would be nothing left but a few crumbs. We got there and as usual the parking lot was full. I found a place...