Lever Action anyone?

[cal30_sniper]

Any of you hunting with these suppressed? Are the irons tall enough to see over a Supressor?

LGS won’t let me put a can on one but they seem too low.

The Marlin Skinner/XS sights are tall enough to provide a good sight picture over the AB Raptor on the muzzle of mine. No red dot required, but it is a nice accessory, as is an LVPO.

 

[flyfisher117]

The Marlin Skinner/XS sights are tall enough to provide a good sight picture over the AB Raptor on the muzzle of mine. No red dot required, but it is a nice accessory, as is an LVPO.

Roughly how much sight picture does it have? My reaper is fairly girthy at 1.8” but maybe that extra .1” wouldn’t matter.

 

[Taudisio]

Any of you hunting with these suppressed? Are the irons tall enough to see over a Supressor?

LGS won’t let me put a can on one but they seem too low.

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Yes I am using one as you describe. A Henry in 357 mag. No, I cannot see through the can. The top 1/3rd of the brass bead is all that’s over the can. I use a 6 o’clock hold. I’ve shot water bottles consistently out to about 110 yards. Shot the doe just a touch over that. It was pretty cool seeing most of the deer above the sight picture. 10/10 would recommend. As noted by others, subsonic loads through it makes the person shooting giggle. Hunting loads sound like a 22lr unsuppressed.

 

[WJS23]

I was lucky enough to fill my NH buck tag again this year with my first production run 1895 guide gun in 45-70 with XS sights

 

[cal30_sniper]

Roughly how much sight picture does it have? My reaper is fairly girthy at 1.8” but maybe that extra .1” wouldn’t matter.

The front sight blade on the Skinner or XS setups is pretty tall. Good sight picture with mine.

 

[BryanAustin]

Headed out early in the morning for a long weekend hunt in SC

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[flyfisher117]

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Yes I am using one as you describe. A Henry in 357 mag. No, I cannot see through the can. The top 1/3rd of the brass bead is all that’s over the can. I use a 6 o’clock hold. I’ve shot water bottles consistently out to about 110 yards. Shot the doe just a touch over that. It was pretty cool seeing most of the deer above the sight picture. 10/10 would recommend. As noted by others, subsonic loads through it makes the person shooting giggle. Hunting loads sound like a 22lr unsuppressed.

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The front sight blade on the Skinner or XS setups is pretty tall. Good sight picture with mine.

Thanks! Now to track down the 30/30 I want.
End goal will be optic with QD mount and the ability to swap to irons as needed. Looks like the skinner sights may be the ticket

 

[cal30_sniper]

Thanks! Now to track down the 30/30 I want.
End goal will be optic with QD mount and the ability to swap to irons as needed. Looks like the skinner sights may be the ticket

I’d look real hard at a Marlin 336 Trapper or SBL in .30-30. It has everything you need and the new Ruger guns are very well made.

 

[Steve300xcw]

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Thank you for trying to get this thread back on track with a proper rifle

 

[North of 60]

My Henry all-weather 45-70 is a gentle push with factory ammo...that thing kicks worse than a 12 gauge with 3" slugs with hot AA1680 loads and 300gr hammers.

Makes blood trails a blind man could follow.

Unfortunately purchased prior to the release of the X, or i would have an X and a big ole can on it.

 

[JimIsland]

my first lever action was a Red Ryder BB gun 50 years ago! Picked up a cheap Rossi .22 lever action and had it threaded a couple years ago. I've killed a bunch of squirrels with it and it's stupid quiet with CCI sub-sonics and accurate.

Liked the little Rossi so much I picked up a Rossi R95 30-30 about a month ago. It's no Marlin or Winchester but it's a beautiful rifle and fit n finish is very good. I would love to leave it scopeless however, at 60 years old, a scope makes sense and will also afford me some low light advantages. Can't wait to climb a tree with it.

 

[Wolfshead]

my first lever action was a Red Ryder BB gun 50 years ago! Picked up a cheap Rossi .22 lever action and had it threaded a couple years ago. I've killed a bunch of squirrels with it and it's stupid quiet with CCI sub-sonics and accurate.

Liked the little Rossi so much I picked up a Rossi R95 30-30 about a month ago. It's no Marlin or Winchester but it's a beautiful rifle and fit n finish is very good. I would love to leave it scopeless however, at 60 years old, a scope makes sense and will also afford me some low light advantages. Can't wait to climb a tree with it.

I’m 65, and I still use a peep on my model 94.
It is really good in the close woods with shots “long distance” at 100 yds.
Last year almost to the day, today, I was hunting with my Father In-law, and Brother In-law. I was using my Model 94 with a Williams peep sight and a .125 apreature on it. With all the snow in the forecast, and what we actually hunted in, had I brought my scoped rifle I would have spent a majority of time cleaning out my lenses to be able to see.
My Father in-law shot a Doe around four-ish, and with him being 84 we decided to forgo our last few minutes to go help him with his deer.
We located the deer and my Brother In-law went back to the truck to get the four wheeler to get the deer, and my Father In-law, out of the woods.
I decided to wait it out on the trail the Doe came in on in hopes that maybe a Buck might be following her from where she came.
With about ten minutes of legal shooting time left I see movement from the trail, and see another Doe coming along. Without a Doe tag I just watch her, but knowing that it is really low light, I wanted to see about my sight picture, and to see what it looked like under the circumstances.
I was able to see well enough with the .125 aperture and the low light conditions that I could have taken a shot had it been a Buck.
Another option would be to take the aperture out and used the opening as a ghost sight, but with the .125 aperture it was good enough to see still with them minutes of legal shooting left.
I will pick up a .15 aperture this year when I get to it just to have.
This picture of the .125 aperture on my 94.

 

[flyfisher117]

I’d look real hard at a Marlin 336 Trapper or SBL in .30-30. It has everything you need and the new Ruger guns are very well made.

336 Trapper is top of my list. Haven’t found one in person yet to check out though.

 

[cal30_sniper]

336 Trapper is top of my list. Haven’t found one in person yet to check out though.

I’ve got an older Win 94 in .30-30 (used to have 3, but thinned the herd). I wouldnt mind picking up one of the 336 Trappers though. The SBL is also nice with the extra barrel length.

 

[Unclecroc]

I just picked up this Marlin 336 35 Remington off a coworker for a great price. It’s in great internal condition and the stock is in good shape, but the bluing is rough.
I mounted a 2.5 Weaver scope on it. I’m looking forward to hunting with it.