I am very excited about this. I love Rugers and I love Marlins!
I am very hopeful that they will come out with some nice leverguns. I would love a Marauder/LTS 336 and an 1894 CP. I have both the LTS and the CP, but have kept them in the safe lately. I will say that the Ruger American Ranch in 7.62x39 is sort of the modern version of the hardware store levergun of days past.
Anyways I think this is a win/win!
Lever action .44 Mag with a 77/44 magazine format (extended mags, easy mag changes) for the win!
I realized the ambiguity in how that reads after I typed it, but left it in as a low-key troll. I've written about .30-30 elsewhere on the site. I'm definitely in favor of it in certain applications.
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Not another dime.
I considered it an awesome set up and couldn’t resist. And I knew what you were meaning, ballistically they have similar performance. No offense intended.
https://www.luckygunner.com/lounge/3...lever-actions/
One interesting conclusion on the effect of barrel length on velocity:
“So if you shoot something with your .357 Henry that’s 100 yards away, it’s basically like shooting it point blank with a 4-inch revolver.”
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“ Here’s one more chart for you. This is showing the energy at the muzzle for each load. The reds represent the rifle muzzle energy and the greys are for the revolver.”
Last edited by peterb; 10-17-2020 at 09:36 AM.