Roadwild17
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Yeah, I was thinking daughter also.
New Marlin! w/pics!
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Rock_Steady
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I sucked with the factory sights too. I ordered a ghost ring setup from XS and am slowly getting it to work - I had to contact XS and get a taller front sight post. It just came in today, and tomorrow is supposed to be rainy as heck, so I might not get to shoot. I'll spend the day making up loads for it.
Open sights and me are not a good combo. Get a good peep or a ghost ring setup and you'll be pleased with the results. But, you're still gonna have more problems at 100 yds, unless your eyes are alot better than mine. Start out at 25 yds, or 50, and get things rolling from there - then you'll at least be close to on target.
--Rock
BTW, nice pics - is there a rifle in the 3rd one? She's a keeper.
Open sights and me are not a good combo. Get a good peep or a ghost ring setup and you'll be pleased with the results. But, you're still gonna have more problems at 100 yds, unless your eyes are alot better than mine. Start out at 25 yds, or 50, and get things rolling from there - then you'll at least be close to on target.
--Rock
BTW, nice pics - is there a rifle in the 3rd one? She's a keeper.
odd.. first time out with the 1894c .357/.38 and the 1894 cb .44, i did quite well with the stock buckhorn sights at 50-85 yards. took me a few shots to get the 100 yard range though. a friend has the ghost ring sights for his marlin and bought me a set, but i havent put them on yet. think those are better? i wasnt sure i wanted to tweak either rifle since i seem to do well with the stock sights. hrm.. maybe ill experiment..
mustanger98
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This is just me, but I'd go with the Williams 5D. Get it dead on at 25m for windage and elevation. Then go to 50m and 100m, but don't adjust... just see what kind of drop/climb there is on paper. Then shoot/sight-in so elevation is dead on at 100m and shoot the other closer distances again to see what it does. Just what I would do.
As for ammo, whatever good stuff you buy, you can never have too much, but you can easily have too little.
As for ammo, whatever good stuff you buy, you can never have too much, but you can easily have too little.
Mike_in_OC
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I have the same gun and I put the XS peep sights on; can hit clays off hand at 75 yards no problem.
I tried to get my wife to pose with my Marlin but she gave me that look.....
I tried to get my wife to pose with my Marlin but she gave me that look.....
Some folks do ok with factory sights (once adjusted) but they are slow and for old guys like myself they are difficult.
I haven't really tried out the gost ring type but feel very strongly that a lever gun is best matched with peep sights. On my marlin 44mag cowboy I used the lyman tang because I wanted to shoot cowboy matches with it. The tang peep works well but is slightly clumsy,For someone who doesn't plan to shoot cowboy I would reccomend the rieciever mount peep. A peep is quite accurate and can be set up for a particular use by swapping out appeture size. A peep makes you a better shooter as it forces you to put your cheek in a consistent location. A peep will beat anything else for speed except in lower light situation a high dollar scope might give a slight advantage.
I generally don't like scopes on lever guns,they just don't work as well as the peep and most stocks are too low for correct cheek weld.
Yes,do handload for this gun.
Lead cast bullets in a nice clean barrel=fun shooting and easy cleaning.
Cast bullets in a barrel that has some copper from shooting jacketed=nasty mess to clean that won't be very accurate. ( use a good copper solvent to clean well between jacketed and cast) I just shoot cast only in my marlin and it has never taken but a couple quick brush strokes to get it clean as a whistle.I shoot a fairlly hot load and get some crazy speed.Commerrcial cast bullets are way cheeper than jacketed bullets,this will be your big saveings in handloading- $6 or $7 a box of cast bullet full power handloads vs $20+ for a box of jacketed factoruy loads.
If you look on the cowboy sites you will find most shooters will cover the lower part of the lever with leather,this will help your fast repeat shots greatly.
You are going to have lots of fun with this great gun!
I haven't really tried out the gost ring type but feel very strongly that a lever gun is best matched with peep sights. On my marlin 44mag cowboy I used the lyman tang because I wanted to shoot cowboy matches with it. The tang peep works well but is slightly clumsy,For someone who doesn't plan to shoot cowboy I would reccomend the rieciever mount peep. A peep is quite accurate and can be set up for a particular use by swapping out appeture size. A peep makes you a better shooter as it forces you to put your cheek in a consistent location. A peep will beat anything else for speed except in lower light situation a high dollar scope might give a slight advantage.
I generally don't like scopes on lever guns,they just don't work as well as the peep and most stocks are too low for correct cheek weld.
Yes,do handload for this gun.
Lead cast bullets in a nice clean barrel=fun shooting and easy cleaning.
Cast bullets in a barrel that has some copper from shooting jacketed=nasty mess to clean that won't be very accurate. ( use a good copper solvent to clean well between jacketed and cast) I just shoot cast only in my marlin and it has never taken but a couple quick brush strokes to get it clean as a whistle.I shoot a fairlly hot load and get some crazy speed.Commerrcial cast bullets are way cheeper than jacketed bullets,this will be your big saveings in handloading- $6 or $7 a box of cast bullet full power handloads vs $20+ for a box of jacketed factoruy loads.
If you look on the cowboy sites you will find most shooters will cover the lower part of the lever with leather,this will help your fast repeat shots greatly.
You are going to have lots of fun with this great gun!
Ghost rings definitely make a Marlin a better shooter. The XS (formerly Ashley Outdoors) peep sights are bulletproof, and require no gunsmithing to install. They go on the receiver in the pre-drilled and tapped holes on the flat on top. While the front sight is a little coarse for many (like me), you could leave the existing front sight on and try it with that. By putting a receiver-mounted rear sight on, you're increasing the sight radius from a feeble 12 to 14 inches to a more-useful 18+ inches, and the XS sights are far more drop-proof than the semi-buckhorn factory sights.
Most of the Marlins that I've tried new from the box needed a trigger job, too. For ~$35 you can get a trigger job, and for about $50, a new set of sights, which will improve your accuracy potential immensely.
Oh, and while I applaud that you've gotten a proper sling for it (do you know how to use it?), I think I'd go ahead and invest the $15 in a set of QD swivels for that lovely carbine.
Try it with 180g and tell us how it shoots! (Remington offers it in a SJHP, And Federal offers a gas-checked CastCore 180, as well.)
Most of the Marlins that I've tried new from the box needed a trigger job, too. For ~$35 you can get a trigger job, and for about $50, a new set of sights, which will improve your accuracy potential immensely.
Oh, and while I applaud that you've gotten a proper sling for it (do you know how to use it?), I think I'd go ahead and invest the $15 in a set of QD swivels for that lovely carbine.
Try it with 180g and tell us how it shoots! (Remington offers it in a SJHP, And Federal offers a gas-checked CastCore 180, as well.)
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