Welcome guest, is this your first visit? Create Account now to join.
  • Login:

Welcome to the NZ Hunting and Shooting Forums.

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.

Terminator DPT


User Tag List

+ Reply to Thread
Results 1 to 15 of 109
Like Tree113Likes

Thread: Lever action

Hybrid View

  1. #1
    Member rockland's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    Golden Bay
    Posts
    752
    I have a Marlin model 1894 CS in .357 mag and like it very much. It has the 18" barrel and is compact and handy for using in scrubby country or stalking up tight creek beds. Plenty of firepower with the tube mag.
    IMO quieter to shoot than my .223 using same length barrel (both unsuppressed), more of a soft 'boom' than the harsh 'crack' of a .223.

    Have done a lot of goat hunting with it and found it reliable to about 100 yds. using 158 gr. jacketed hollow points. Tried 125 gr. hollow points but far too explosive for all except the smallest goats, best save them for small game like possums (turns em inside out!).

    I have a compact scope on the Marlin but would be quite happy with a good aperture sight. If you suppress it you'll have to mount the front sight very high, kind of defeats the purpose of a short fast-handling carbine.
    Marty Henry likes this.

 

 

Similar Threads

  1. WTB lever action .44 or .30-30
    By djckjclrc in forum Firearms, Optics and Accessories
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 25-01-2016, 12:36 PM
  2. Lever action 3030
    By iztrueman in forum Firearms, Optics and Accessories
    Replies: 27
    Last Post: 07-02-2015, 09:52 PM
  3. Rossi lever action
    By Timmay in forum Firearms, Optics and Accessories
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 21-07-2013, 10:31 AM

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
Welcome to NZ Hunting and Shooting Forums! We see you're new here, or arn't logged in. Create an account, and Login for full access including our FREE BUY and SELL section Register NOW!!