Whats the cartridge you LOVE to HATE?

[Rcritch]

Well and at that point CANADA was much more rural…more people familiar with firearms and knowing how to use them.

I've read numerous places that regarding both Canadian and American forces during ww1 and 2 it often was the "Indians" as they were called then and the farm boys that ended up being the best natural snipers. Makes a lot of sense. Farmers/country folk and native sustenance hunters are much more likely to have experience and proficiency with long range rifles than the average draftee. And the indigenous hunters were noted for being exceptionally good scouts/navigators and having keen eyesight

And one of those poor, West Virginia, "farm boys" I had the immense pleasure of meeting in 1997 at the Experimental Aircraft Association's annual Airventure Flyin Expo in Oshkosh, WI. At a very early age he helped feed his family by harvesting the local rabbits and squirrels with a .22 rimfire ... and his family could financially ill afford for him to ever miss a shot. He was a famous WWII ace fighter pilot and his mention is appropriate to a "Long Range" blog because of a peculiar quality he possessed that made him such a deadly aerial combatant. Just as Calvin points out, he was also blessed with exceptionally keen eyesight.

General Charles Elwood Yeager (then just the equivalent of a modern day Warrant Officer ... and may he R.I.P.) was reputed to have something on the order of 20/5 or better visual acuity, i.e. he could see detail at a 20 foot distance that a normal 20/20 eye could only make out at 5 feet or less. He would always spot the enemy's aircraft before they would see his and it served him well in his arial dogfights.

Another hero from "The Greatest Generation

Brigadier General Chuck Yeager (1923-2020)​

 

[warboar21]

Was that a real cartridge? memtb

Blasphemy!!!!!

 

[Rcritch]

I still want... need (maybe not) a marlin 30-30 but it CANNOT have a push safety. Just wouldn't be the same gun. But man... have they gone stupid in price. Who knew that a new Remington 700 and a 40 year old Marlin would sell for basically the same price

I searched through dozens of "stupidly priced" Marlin 336s before finding one in mint condition for less than a kilobuck. Bought earlier this year my 50 year old Marlin is in "as new" condition and cost less than any of the new Remington 700s save for their two cheapo SPS versions:

Of course you wouldn't want my Marlin 336 anyway because it's not a thutty-thutty ... it's just a .35 Remington. Had I not found this one I would have ultimately settled for a 30-30 but I really wanted the .35 because I've always had a preference for the mid-bores and the older ones tend to have slightly higher collector's value than the more common 30 caliber variety.

 

[JiggyIi]

I searched through dozens of "stupidly priced" Marlin 336s before finding one in mint condition for less than a kilobuck. Bought earlier this year my 50 year old Marlin is in "as new" condition and cost less than any of the new Remington 700s save for their two cheapo SPS versions:

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Of course you wouldn't want my Marlin 336 anyway because it's not a thutty-thutty ... it's just a .35 Remington. Had I not found this one I would have ultimately settled for a 30-30 but I really wanted the .35 because I've always had a preference for the mid-bores and the older ones tend to have slightly higher collector's value than the more common 30 caliber variety.

You have a beautiful keeper

 

[Playtimefun]

Your also an evil man for posting pics LOL. I like the 35 so that wouldn't stop me. I hesitated pulling the trigger on a 444 marlin and still regretting that. My lever collection consists of browning white gold blr in 270 WSM; win model 88 in 284; savage 99 in 284; and a sako finnwolf in 243.

 

[Calvin45]

Your also an evil man for posting pics LOL. I like the 35 so that wouldn't stop me. I hesitated pulling the trigger on a 444 marlin and still regretting that. My lever collection consists of browning white gold blr in 270 WSM; win model 88 in 284; savage 99 in 284; and a sako finnwolf in 243.

I had an 88 in 308. Sold it. Just didn't like the feel of the thing. Never did like the browning BLR for some reason, again, just felt wrong in my hands.

Have a savage 99 in 243 that I love.

I stand to inherit my dads marlin 336 in 30-30

My wife stands to inherit her dads win 94 in 30-30

Hopefully not for a long time.

 

[Playtimefun]

The Savage shot my largest bodied buck. He was an OLD bugger. Grey muzzle. Built like a tank, but you could tell his horns had decreased in size. Wish I would have sent his jaw in to get the true age. Anyways old bugger stopped to look if his does were following and much to both his and my suprise that 99 in 284 put a bullet right through the top of his heart at 346 yards. I was so surprised he dropped. And then I realized while walking around the big bunch of cattails that he came out of was 12 does that were joking in there. He had himself one heck of a harem. He must have been deaf though... to have that many women around him!!!

 

[JiggyIi]

Your also an evil man for posting pics LOL. I like the 35 so that wouldn't stop me. I hesitated pulling the trigger on a 444 marlin and still regretting that. My lever collection consists of browning white gold blr in 270 WSM; win model 88 in 284; savage 99 in 284; and a sako finnwolf in 243.

yOu have a collection to be envious of some rare birds

 

[Calvin45]

yOu have a collection to be envious of some rare birds

Indeed.

A savage 99 in 284 or 358 Winchester would be mighty tempting to me…or a 250 savage IN GOOD CONDITION…

 

[Playtimefun]

Obsessive compulsive gun buying idiot who keeps extending his retirement date because instead of paying down the mortgage I keep looking and buying more!!! BeenTRYING (might have to go to addictions counselling) to not buy a Ruger M77 in 6.5 Rem Mag. The price is too high once you add in conversion and the import cost. BUT I WANT IT SOOOOO BADLY!!!!!

 

[JiggyIi]

Obsessive compulsive gun buying idiot who keeps extending his retirement date because instead of paying down the mortgage I keep looking and buying more!!! BeenTRYING (might have to go to addictions counselling) to not buy a Ruger M77 in 6.5 Rem Mag. The price is too high once you add in conversion and the import cost. BUT I WANT IT SOOOOO BADLY!!!!!

You only live once!! Get it

 

[Playtimefun]

We don't have kids!!! Wife says that I am worse than a 6 year old with toys and wanting more toys. Doesn't help that I am in the process of adding fuel injection and rebuilding the 340 in my 1973 Plymouth Cuda. Wife says most guys should be looking at porn on their phone... your either looking a guns (predominantly) and car parts!!!

 

[AGGRO]

We don't have kids!!! Wife says that I am worse than a 6 year old with toys and wanting more toys. Doesn't help that I am in the process of adding fuel injection and rebuilding the 340 in my 1973 Plymouth Cuda. Wife says most guys should be looking at porn on their phone... your either looking a guns (predominantly) and car parts!!!

pics of Cuda or didn't happen

 

[Playtimefun]

Motor is out of it now. Kind of blew it up drifting about 200 yards sideways at 7000+ RPM. It was a bad day at the office and I took it out on the car. Spun 3 rod bearings.