Big bore lever guns
09-27-2002 | 04:52 PM
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From: Allen Texas USA
RE: Big bore lever guns
I agree with Quilly.. I have a Big Bore 94 in 375 Winchester, and it's a good rifle. I'm trying to work up accurate loads with cast bullets, and haven't found the right combination yet. I do know that a 270gr bullet at almost 2000fps creates a pretty good backthrust.
My "dream" lever action would be probably a Marlin in 45 Colt, but with Ballard rifling, NO PORTING, and about a 20" barrel. I could certainly live with a Winchester set up the same way, though. I think a 325gr hardcast bullet at about 1600fps or so would be a major thumper.. for deer, hogs, armoured personnel carriers, whatever...
although the 480 does sound like fun.....
"Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness..those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Santayana
My "dream" lever action would be probably a Marlin in 45 Colt, but with Ballard rifling, NO PORTING, and about a 20" barrel. I could certainly live with a Winchester set up the same way, though. I think a 325gr hardcast bullet at about 1600fps or so would be a major thumper.. for deer, hogs, armoured personnel carriers, whatever...
although the 480 does sound like fun.....
"Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness..those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Santayana
