BlueHeelerFl
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On Monday I took my new Marlin 1984C out to shoot for the first time.
Here are the first shoots offhand, standing at 25 yards. This is good for me and my poor eyesight. I'm surpised I picked up the semi bullhorn sights as well as I did this outing.
I put about 100 rounds though it on Mon. I only had so much time that day and my fingers got worn out by the loading gate.
Most rpunds where Fiocchi 142 gr tc 357 mags. I also shot a handful of Winchester 145 gr Slivertip HP 357s, 148 Fiocchi semi jacked up 357's, and some Proload 125 grain go 357. For some reason I could only load one of the Proloads in though the loading gate at a time. I was unable to get a 2nd round to load properly. I could feel a noticeable increase in power with the hollow points.
I also fired some Federal 125 Nyclad HP 38 spls. These were loading fine initially but after 5 rounds I couldn't load any more.
The lever was very smooth on my gun. It loaded and ejected 357's and 38's smoothly. At the end of my range session the lever action wasn't as smooth, more in the 38 side but also on a couple of 357s. It.might have been from a dirty gun, or cause I was getting tired at that point ( I was still tired from working my two jobs from the day before).
Overall I am happily satisfied with my new 1894. Its accurate and seems to be reliable. I previously had an 1894CS in 357 and my new one actually seems to be better than my memories of the old one. I would have no problems using this rifle as a SD gun.
Here are the first shoots offhand, standing at 25 yards. This is good for me and my poor eyesight. I'm surpised I picked up the semi bullhorn sights as well as I did this outing.
I put about 100 rounds though it on Mon. I only had so much time that day and my fingers got worn out by the loading gate.
Most rpunds where Fiocchi 142 gr tc 357 mags. I also shot a handful of Winchester 145 gr Slivertip HP 357s, 148 Fiocchi semi jacked up 357's, and some Proload 125 grain go 357. For some reason I could only load one of the Proloads in though the loading gate at a time. I was unable to get a 2nd round to load properly. I could feel a noticeable increase in power with the hollow points.
I also fired some Federal 125 Nyclad HP 38 spls. These were loading fine initially but after 5 rounds I couldn't load any more.
The lever was very smooth on my gun. It loaded and ejected 357's and 38's smoothly. At the end of my range session the lever action wasn't as smooth, more in the 38 side but also on a couple of 357s. It.might have been from a dirty gun, or cause I was getting tired at that point ( I was still tired from working my two jobs from the day before).
Overall I am happily satisfied with my new 1894. Its accurate and seems to be reliable. I previously had an 1894CS in 357 and my new one actually seems to be better than my memories of the old one. I would have no problems using this rifle as a SD gun.