SaskHunter
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Don't need massive binos when you're chasing GNARLY TOADS!!!
Classic western Lever gun?
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Don't need massive binos when you're chasing GNARLY TOADS!!!
Kaitum
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Finally some love for the Win model 88. My dad has one in .308 and .243, both are very nice guns. Interestingly, he bought his .308 in the early 60's to replace his Win model 94. I had a Savage model 99 in .308 when I was a teen. Yes, it was ugly. But what does a 16 yr old know about gun aesthetics? It accounted for a handful of whitetails and did it's job.
Classic lever gun? I still have to lean Win 94 in .30-30.
Classic lever gun? I still have to lean Win 94 in .30-30.
My dad had 2 when I was growing up, one in .243 and one in .308. Deer season was always over in the first hour. I saw him make some crazy shots with those guns. I've always thought that they're pretty cool rifles
I have a model 88 in 308. It’s my father’s and I’ve early inherited it into my collection. Dad and I have killed animals with it.
It shoots well, holds less than an inch.
The only problem with the gun is its trigger. It’s stiff. I feel like I’m yanking a 12 gauge duck gun everytime I shoot it. I’ve never measured it but I bet the pull is 4 pounds plus. The problem is the unique design of the 88 doesn’t allow the trigger to be adjusted. From what I could find, replacing the trigger doesn’t solve the problem.
It shoots well, holds less than an inch.
The only problem with the gun is its trigger. It’s stiff. I feel like I’m yanking a 12 gauge duck gun everytime I shoot it. I’ve never measured it but I bet the pull is 4 pounds plus. The problem is the unique design of the 88 doesn’t allow the trigger to be adjusted. From what I could find, replacing the trigger doesn’t solve the problem.
This is the song of my people.
p_ham
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Those 1895s are flat abusive when you pull the trigger..
noharleyyet
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@p_ham
You realize that Fender makes a chit ton of dough relic'n new strats & telecasters...Murphy Lab doin the same with Les Pauls . . .
....color case in your trick bag, cough
You realize that Fender makes a chit ton of dough relic'n new strats & telecasters...Murphy Lab doin the same with Les Pauls . . .
....color case in your trick bag, cough
Irrelevant
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This is basically what I came in with, glad to hear I wasn't too far off base.
While that sounds cool, that's just not the reality I live in. I can't even manage to reload consistently for my 270 and those components couldn't be easier to come by. Maybe someday down the road, but not now.
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EYJONAS!
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Kaitum
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Personal bias but I’d buy Winchester
p_ham
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That takedown '93 is very tempting..
BrentD
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Be aware, the takedown mechanism adds some weight.
Yeah, but it's the weight of awesomeness.
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Just FYI lever guns do not come with 3 position safeties…
Or any
Basically they give OSHA nightmares
Or any
Basically they give OSHA nightmares
ismith
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A Browning 1886 or 1895 would fit the bill nicely.
