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Big Shrek · September 21, 2012, 11:07 PM

Unless you see big bears when you are out & about, it is kinda overkill...
If you live in a state with Grizz/brown bear/Polar...GET ONE.

You can literally shoot thru a 4" birch tree to hit a deer on the other side, and it'll drop the deer DRT...
although you end up picking wood splinters outta its hide for a few hours...ruins the cape...
but it does pre-tenderize the meat...HAHA!

I let my Marlin 1895-SBL like Deja's go...still miss it...but it was flat overkill on Florida Whitetail...almost felt like using a howitzer...
BAM!! Whump...that was it. No tracking, no wondering where the deer ran, it was right where you shot it if U did a Heart/lung or neck/head...
Pretty much the same on hog...it'd blast thru a hard bony shoulder and make a mess of the thoracic cavity...
and if you hit 'em in the head...well, YUKK is the best thing I can say there...
Effective as is gets with Buffalo Bore loads...

Somewhat more expensive to shoot than .30-30, like 2-3 times as expensive...
and it has a trajectory like a civil war mortar at long ranges...
but it ain't nothing a Marbles Peep can't solve...and it is fun as heck!!!

September 21, 2012, 11:07 PM	#24
Big Shrek Senior Member Join Date: August 6, 2009 Location: NorthWest Florida Posts: 1,358	Unless you see big bears when you are out & about, it is kinda overkill... If you live in a state with Grizz/brown bear/Polar...GET ONE. You can literally shoot thru a 4" birch tree to hit a deer on the other side, and it'll drop the deer DRT... although you end up picking wood splinters outta its hide for a few hours...ruins the cape... but it does pre-tenderize the meat...HAHA! I let my Marlin 1895-SBL like Deja's go...still miss it...but it was flat overkill on Florida Whitetail...almost felt like using a howitzer... BAM!! Whump...that was it. No tracking, no wondering where the deer ran, it was right where you shot it if U did a Heart/lung or neck/head... Pretty much the same on hog...it'd blast thru a hard bony shoulder and make a mess of the thoracic cavity... and if you hit 'em in the head...well, YUKK is the best thing I can say there... Effective as is gets with Buffalo Bore loads... Somewhat more expensive to shoot than .30-30, like 2-3 times as expensive... and it has a trajectory like a civil war mortar at long ranges... but it ain't nothing a Marbles Peep can't solve...and it is fun as heck!!! __________________ Marlin Specialist Calico Specialist A gun should be a tool in the hands of a deadly weapon, not a deadly weapon in the hands of a tool.