Out of every rifle I own, if I could only pick one to keep and had to give up every other....I would keep my old 30-30win 336. It's hands down (if indiana cartridge regs were out the window
) the most universal rifle I have. It's rugged, reliable, accurate and more than powerful enough for anything I'd run across here. And (to me at least) it's a 1 out of 100, beautiful specimen of a mid 80s Marlin.
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One day, Men in tall hats will thump their chests and proclaim..."oh, what a great sea of mud we lived in"--The unalterable fate of billy creek
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"Smoke.....it's what's for dinner"