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Post by Purebred Redneck on Jan 30, 2007 22:52:42 GMT -5
I'm still thinking about buying the marlin for 190 dollars
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Post by jimh on Mar 3, 2007 12:42:32 GMT -5
well in an act of stupitity on my part i invited Red to go to the range with me tomorrow to wring out the .17hmr after it's superglue & bedding job. if it ends up being a crap shoot i won't have anywhere to hide as Red will be there to witness first hand and i'll have to endure his rath on this board for time to come. i will have both my ruger rimfires with me, should provide Red with plenty of entertainment should they both go south on me.
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Mar 3, 2007 16:24:52 GMT -5
I'm going to issue a challenge right here. Your ruger 22lr against my marlin 22lr at 50 yards --- action against action. You just tell me if you have a 77/22 or a 10/22 (cause I don't know). I'll either have my 880 or 60 then. Each gun gets 4 groups of 5 shots. The best two groups from each gun count (doesn't matter where the group hits on paper). The best average of the two best groups wins. If I win, I won't say anything bad about that one piece of crap brand you like until April 1st If you win, you won't say anything bad about Marlin until April 1st. Good lord, I'm going to get my butt kicked. ;D
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Post by jimh on Mar 3, 2007 17:12:38 GMT -5
it's a 77/22, and dang if i know what it shoots best but yep we'll do it anyway. should prove entertaining at the very least for our readers.
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Post by jimh on Mar 3, 2007 17:13:28 GMT -5
ok, i forgot to ask, is your marlin a bull barel? cause i'm shooting a factory sporter wt.
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Mar 3, 2007 17:51:48 GMT -5
It's a bull barrel but it's got a 50 pound trigger on it --- I'd call it even ;D
I'll take my 22bolt, muzzleloader, and the mark II jamamatic.
I haven't been to that range in 8 years or better and all the maps I found on the internet are very confusing.
Do I take exit 269? Or do I take the hwy141 exit, meramac road, hillsboro rd? (that may be the horse place)
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Post by jimh on Mar 4, 2007 8:19:18 GMT -5
50# trigger or not those bull barrel marlins are shooters and you know it ! i don't know how well i'll shoot today as i did party hard last night at that dance we went to. i had to party hard we ended up winning 1,000.00 at it last night. ;D but the chances of me seeing some much as a dime of it is about zero so i did the only thing i could salvage out of the event as that was to drink hard and hope for victory sex when we got home. i didn't get 1K worth but it was a step in the right direction.
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Mar 4, 2007 10:42:01 GMT -5
I know they shoot ;D I'm going through my ziplock bag o'bullets here trying to figure out if I have 20 mini-mags or not. ;D ;D ;D It's like - dynapoint, velocitor, federal, oh here's one... If can find 40 of those suckers I might have to kick you butt unofficially with a model 60 with a 70 pound trigger ---- oh how embarassing would that be And you can't use your 17, that would be below the belt and plain unfair...
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Post by jimh on Mar 4, 2007 11:52:34 GMT -5
I know they shoot ;D And you can't use your 17, that would be below the belt and plain unfair... oh and a bull barrel is fair? i don't care i'm gonna just shoot what i bring. see ya in a while, i got to get ready for my sons basketball game.
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Post by jimh on Mar 4, 2007 17:52:26 GMT -5
god it was windy out. i'm home but headed out and no time for an indepth review but we'll fill in the blanks later on. in a nut shell we both shot bad and good at times, Reds bull barrel marlin is a very consistant shooter, my 17hmr definately benifited from its bedding job. more to come from Red or myself later.
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Mar 4, 2007 19:00:25 GMT -5
I felt like I was in jail (minus the gay part) with all the rules that range had It was windy most of the time. Our 22s seemed to keep the majority of the groups in the 1 1/4" range. There were semi-breaks in the wind and both of us managed to shoot about 7/8" as our best. We'll do our official contest when it's not so windy. But of course by then jim will complain about an unfair advantage should I decide to fix a few things on the bull barrel. Like we both agreed, my marlin 22 has the potential to be a serouis shooter considering it has a very heavy trigger and a horrible stock. I can't fix up the 22 and buy a 17 in the same year. I do want a 17 bad so the 22 will have to wait till at least next fall. It did get me thinking that perhaps the 17 could be my "squirrel gun" and the 22 once fixed up could be my "target gun" --- instead of the other way around which I planned. Speaking of 17hmr's, jim did prove that you could make a ruger a very nice and accurate gun (after about 20,000 dollars or whatever he put into it...) I'll let you brag about that though. I'm interested in knowing what that 3 shot group I shot measured.
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Post by jimh on Mar 4, 2007 21:41:03 GMT -5
ISpeaking of 17hmr's, jim did prove that you could make a ruger a very nice and accurate gun (after about 20,000 dollars or whatever he put into it...) I'll let you brag about that though. I'm interested in knowing what that 3 shot group I shot measured. i got about 10.00 and one of twomoons dead frogs into it. yea guys you should of seen the sweat pouring out of my head while i watched Red shoot a "Ruger". i didn't know if he was going to shoot it or use it for a hammer. Red i didn't get that one measured but you have .17" dia holes right next to one another in a perfict triangle just about touching. anyway i threw the target away without thinking. i would have loved to shot a couple more rounds as the wind was finaly dieing down especialy after i saw how my rifle shot that other ammo. yea red is happy as shit because his bull barrel shoots the cheap stuff realy well.
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Post by jimh on Mar 4, 2007 21:56:55 GMT -5
i forgot to mention, you should have seen the look on Red's face when he went to shoot my .17 and he went from a 50 lb trigger to a 2 lb trigger. if Red where to take his marlin and put it into a lamanet stock and have it bedded and put a decent trigger on it he would have a serious shooter, and a rifle with as much cash in it as my ruger.
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Mar 4, 2007 22:11:14 GMT -5
If you just look at his ruger wrong the thing will go off Yes, I am very happy with my cheap ammo ;D The bolt gave me a 7/8, 1, 1 1/4, and 1 1/4 I just wish my marlin semi would cycle them (I might take the thing apart and clean it real good and try again). After the first 2 shots the gun put about 14 shots in 1 3/4" which includes the new change in ammo, wind, and mutulated bullets from the bad feeds.
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Mar 4, 2007 22:27:25 GMT -5
i forgot to mention, you should have seen the look on Red's face when he went to shoot my .17 and he went from a 50 lb trigger to a 2 lb trigger. That was nothing compared to the look on your face when you went from your 2 lb trigger and pulled my 50 lb trigger ;D
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