Thanks, Chadp82! Took quite a bit of conviction to go for the goat with it! The goat would have been an easy poke with the long range rig but they went into the basin after him. An 82 yard off-hand shot through two gaps in the trees and over the back of another billy put him down. The "kid" can shoot a little whether LR or close!
Ok, it's time to see lever action kills
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I don't have pics but back in my early 20s I dropped a doe with my Marlin 36adl in 30-30. Funny thing was that I didn't see the 4" maple tree in front of the deer. The 170g power shock bored a 30cal hole right through that tree and struck the deer in the heart. Entry hole on the deer was 30cal, exit was about 1.5". Cleanest kill I ever made. The deer didn't take a step. She just let out a BLLUUURRRRT and flopped straight to the ground. When I butchered her there was a nice clean cone shaped hole through the lungs but the heart was just red slime.
In the early 80's, a friend who I hunted with on a lease brought his 14yr old son with him one weekend. The kid showed up with an iron sighted Marlin 30-30. He killed 6 does that weekend out to 200 plus yards. The kid could shoot.
Charles Keethler
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Thanks all who sent there storys on lever kills and hunts, I took my buff with a Encor in 45-70 one shot 125 yards two steps good meat.
ridgewalker
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Took this one last September using dogs in New Mexico. Near 300 lbs with my Marlin 44 Mag.
Varmint Hunter
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A Canadian outfitter wasn't happy when I showed up with my Ruger 44mag carbine for a black bear hunt. He said that I was undergunned. Ahahahahaha
Nice bear and good shooting!
Brushcutter
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My first rifle was a 94 30-30. It worked perfectly on my first deer. By 15 I figured I should have a bigger rifle, so I bought a Remington 760 30-06. That was fine until I acquired a 7mm mag. Model 70 that shot 1" groups, which beat 2" so obviously was best for Eastern Oregon deer and elk. It worked well until the day I shouldered a Savage 99 featherweight 308. 20 years later, that rifle is still "my best " rifle. And while it also groups in an inch, it hasn't missed several running deer and elk. That gun fits me like a glove. I did spot a BLR lightweight at a shop one day in 325wsm. Got it for elk. Just before season the only ammo available was 220 gr. Silvertip. Shot a spike behind the shoulder at 40 yards, it took 2 steps and fell over. I found 2 exit holes on the off side. The bullet separated. Since then I've found premium loads in 325 so all is good (sorry to admit I don't handload). Finally, I added a Puma 92 in 454 cassul as a brush gun and companion to the Taurus raging bull that I got the year I broke my left shoulder. Sorry I can't post any pics, but I love to hunt with lever guns!
birddog 68
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Lost my early pics. in a flood but still have the 30-30. Circa. 1956. Wish I had a dollar for every mile I carried this rifle. Used Remiington Core-Lokt in the early years. Now I reload 170gr Nosler Partitions for it.
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adk hunter
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All 99 Savages.
Indian Outlaw
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Dad took this buck with his old Winchester 30-30 back in 1957. i get his score backwards, it's either 193 5/8 or 195 3/8. Either way he was a very nice 16 pt SW Arkansas buck.
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Muddyboots
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I hunted Wells area at family friends camp starting in late 60's through 70's. I bet 25% had Savage 99's in 300 Savage! All had peep sights! Couple Win 32 Spc and few Win 94's. Wish I had pics of the gun rack!
Do you use that .35 Remington for prairie dogs too?
