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I just recently, in the past month or so have traded off a few lesser-used rifles and picked up first, a Marlin 39A lever action .22, and a few days ago, a Marlin 336 in 30-30
Anyway, long story short, I've always been a traditionalist when it comes to shooting, revolvers, levers, bolts, manual action guns just speak to me, I also like keeping things simple, I really *love* the idea of having a revolver and levergun chambered for the same cartridge, and I've been seriously considering doing some more strategic trades
I'm thinking of a couple possibilities;
Trade my Ruger Blackhawk .45 Convertible towards either a .44 Magnum revolver or a .357 Magnum revolver, and trade in another lesser used rifle or two towards a levergun chambered in the same cartridge
I know that Marlin makes a .45 Colt levergun, but I tried one out, and it felt so small and cramped, even more cramped than my 39A .22, plus, from what I've read, the .45 Colt in a levergun is a 100 yard gun at best....
So it comes down to this, *IF* I did decide to do some strategic trades (still mulling over the pros and cons) is it better to go .357 Mag or .44 Mag?
the advantage of .357 Mag is I'd be getting a potent cartridge in both revolver and rifle, it's cheap to reload for, problem is, I have no supply of small pistol primers, brass, bullets or the dies
The advantage of .44 Mag is first off, it's a caliber that starts with a ".4" , and I'm a big fan of the "forty-something" cartridge, and more importantly, it uses large pistol primers, which I have a good supply of, all I'd need is brass, bullets, and the dies, plus, the .44 Mag is just plain......cool,
the lure of ammo commonality is strong, but is it worth going through the annoyance of switching from .45 Colt to .44 Mag or .357 Mag?
Anyway, long story short, I've always been a traditionalist when it comes to shooting, revolvers, levers, bolts, manual action guns just speak to me, I also like keeping things simple, I really *love* the idea of having a revolver and levergun chambered for the same cartridge, and I've been seriously considering doing some more strategic trades
I'm thinking of a couple possibilities;
Trade my Ruger Blackhawk .45 Convertible towards either a .44 Magnum revolver or a .357 Magnum revolver, and trade in another lesser used rifle or two towards a levergun chambered in the same cartridge
I know that Marlin makes a .45 Colt levergun, but I tried one out, and it felt so small and cramped, even more cramped than my 39A .22, plus, from what I've read, the .45 Colt in a levergun is a 100 yard gun at best....
So it comes down to this, *IF* I did decide to do some strategic trades (still mulling over the pros and cons) is it better to go .357 Mag or .44 Mag?
the advantage of .357 Mag is I'd be getting a potent cartridge in both revolver and rifle, it's cheap to reload for, problem is, I have no supply of small pistol primers, brass, bullets or the dies
The advantage of .44 Mag is first off, it's a caliber that starts with a ".4" , and I'm a big fan of the "forty-something" cartridge, and more importantly, it uses large pistol primers, which I have a good supply of, all I'd need is brass, bullets, and the dies, plus, the .44 Mag is just plain......cool,
the lure of ammo commonality is strong, but is it worth going through the annoyance of switching from .45 Colt to .44 Mag or .357 Mag?