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    I had a Marlin Lever .44-mag back in the 80's that I used as a pig gun. But man was it a pig to jam on loading! Never got it sorted. A mate bought it (knowing the problems I had with it) because he reckoned he could get it to work. Yeah naaah...... I bought it new; I can't remember who from, but they certainly wouldn't stand behind it. And being a young fella I never really pushed them hard enough on it..... I must have got a lemon because everyone else seems to have no problems with them.

    I also had a Winchester 94 30-30 for a while; what a great handy bush gun! :-) This thread has been great!!!

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    My savage 99e 308 put a new barrel on it last year .Name:  9F4802A2-F837-4530-95C9-DB0D401261DF.jpeg
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gur1 View Post
    My savage 99e 308 put a new barrel on it last year .Attachment 94279
    Yup Id have one of those in a heartbeat. Always liked them but never got my hands on one, at least to shoot anyways.
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    OK so I have talked about mine so figured I had best add a picture or 2.
    Sorry about the poor lighting and colour not being very true.

    So the details are 1975 Savage 99 Rotary mag in 308 win.
    re-barrelled to 358 win. SS Trueflite 20" long, 16mm od at muzzle M14x1 threaded and a 9.1mm hole so not a lot of meat left at the end.
    Grey & Black laminated Boyd's stock with a bit of chisel and sanding on both ends.
    Removed boyd's butt plate, then cut butt stock down buy approx 1" and added a limb saver.
    Nikon Monarch 1-4x20 with German #4 reticle, fast, great in low light but I can still see my bullet holes at 100 meters
    Pushing 225gr Game King at 2450 fps for 3000 ftlb of energy.
    or 357cal 158gr xtp at 1450 fps for fun.

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    And here's another 99.
    this is a mid 1960's one in 243 with a Hertel & Reuss 2.75 x 26.5 post and rail scope. Scope was sent back to Germany for a clean and lenses polish and lenses re-coated a couple of years back and optically is very good.
    Barrel was cut back to about 18" due to crown damage and an internal rust pit. However a 243 with a short barrel is very noisy and makes a great flame thrower plus I could not get it to shoot. Ended up finding a local gunsmith with an unused original 22" savage 99 barrel which I had threaded and fitted.

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    and another Ruger Mod 96.
    this one in 22WMR with Nikon 2-8x32 scope, nice and low mounted. Barrel band cut and reblacked. would shoot 9 shots (full mag) inside 1.5" at 100 mtr with ammo it liked. trigger job, floated barrel etc, one the last ones made before production stopped. Imported for me by GC.
    Cutting the barrel band made a big difference to the accuracy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ZQLewis View Post
    And here's another 99.
    this is a mid 1960's one in 243 with a Hertel & Reuss 2.75 x 26.5 post and rail scope. Scope was sent back to Germany for a clean and lenses polish and lenses re-coated a couple of years back and optically is very good.
    Barrel was cut back to about 18" due to crown damage and an internal rust pit. However a 243 with a short barrel is very noisy and makes a great flame thrower plus I could not get it to shoot. Ended up finding a local gunsmith with an unused original 22" savage 99 barrel which I had threaded and fitted.

    Attachment 94591

    and another Ruger Mod 96.
    this one in 22WMR with Nikon 2-8x32 scope, nice and low mounted. Barrel band cut and reblacked. would shoot 9 shots (full mag) inside 1.5" at 100 mtr with ammo it liked. trigger job, floated barrel etc, one the last ones made before production stopped. Imported for me by GC.
    Cutting the barrel band made a big difference to the accuracy.
    Attachment 94594
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    with the ruger drill and tap the rear of the receiver then use a very long bolt to tension it back into the stock and it will be even better. when i had one i chiseled out the wood and used bedding compound as well, accuracy was great

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    @ZQLewis-please clarify...cutting the barrel band?

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    hi CS, many ruger 10/22 and the mod 96 have a metal band around the end of the barrel adding downwards pressure onto the tip of the stock.
    I liked the look but wanted a floating barrel. I cut away the band either side of the barrel and sanded out the barrel channel.
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    Her is my current lever, new M94 in 30-30, Name:  IMG_1137.JPG
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    Thinking of selling it, as a few M94 about in trails end takedown at the moment, just missed one, new M94 38-55 for a g, still miffed about that.
    also looking very hard, at the limited run, Winchester M92 16" trapper in 44 mag or 44 colt, also takedown, kind of expensive,

    Ive also got a BLR SS takedown in .243 in NZ,

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    @ZQLewis, I just took mine off. Have no idea where it is but your idea is a good one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by southernman View Post
    Her is my current lever, new M94 in 30-30, Attachment 94646


    Thinking of selling it, as a few M94 about in trails end takedown at the moment, just missed one, new M94 38-55 for a g, still miffed about that.
    also looking very hard, at the limited run, Winchester M92 16" trapper in 44 mag or 44 colt, also takedown, kind of expensive,

    Ive also got a BLR SS takedown in .243 in NZ,


    Very nice...
    A new 94 in .38-55 would sorely tempt me as well, I would stop relishing my dinner even till I got it, as long as it has the tang safety

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    Browning BLR 308 with an illuminated VX5 1-5 Chur

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    Shoot it, root it & then BBQ it !!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ZQLewis View Post
    hi CS, many ruger 10/22 and the mod 96 have a metal band around the end of the barrel adding downwards pressure onto the tip of the stock.
    I liked the look but wanted a floating barrel. I cut away the band either side of the barrel and sanded out the barrel channel.
    Zq
    Good idea! A lot of BLR's have the same trouble I recon. Well the older models
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    Quote Originally Posted by Carlsen Highway View Post
    Very nice...
    A new 94 in .38-55 would sorely tempt me as well, I would stop relishing my dinner even till I got it, as long as it has the tang safety
    It’d be hard beat an original in 38-55, the holy grail of 1894’s. I don’t like the receivers of the post 64’s, would’ve been nice if Miroku had gone back to the original profile.
    More meplat, more better.

 

 

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