Gun Control & RKBA

jody

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7. DoD has been trying to replace John Browning's .50 caliber M2 and variants without success.

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 06:46 PM

Oct 2012

Browning's genus grows as time passes.

I remember one tale by an engineer who recounts Browning explaining what he wanted by holding his fingers apart. Engineers would take calipers and measure the distance.

True or not it illustrates the genius of dreamers with little formal education who started at the absolute grass-roots level and created the industrial giant that financed the greatest nation the world has ever known.

Where, oh where, are the geniuses like John Browning, Henry Ford, and others we need to take the United States into the 22nd Century?

IMO it's not from law schools that crap out most elected politicians.

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Good to find that a lever gun still has a place [View all] gejohnston Oct 2012 OP

I'd love to buy some old lever guns trouble.smith Oct 2012 #1

true, what's wrong with new lever guns? nt gejohnston Oct 2012 #4

other than the lack of historical significance, nothing. trouble.smith Oct 2012 #9

You can get close with an Alaskan rifle.. pipoman Oct 2012 #33

It's available trouble.smith Oct 2012 #36

Passed on a Savage 99 in .243 ($180). My Stupid burns so-o-o-o much. nt Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #16

Choice is one well placed shot vs. several in the area of a target. Ammunition discipline and all jody Oct 2012 #5

And so do bayonets as taught in Marine Basic Training. nt jody Oct 2012 #2

Just picked up a nice used Winchester '94 in 30-30 DonP Oct 2012 #3

I had a Marlin 336 gejohnston Oct 2012 #6

Still have my 336 Hangingon Oct 2012 #20

My first deer rifle was a 336 in 35rem. ileus Oct 2012 #39

DoD has been trying to replace John Browning's .50 caliber M2 and variants without success. jody Oct 2012 #7

One of those "necessary geniuses" just passed away- Stanford Ovshinsky friendly_iconoclast Oct 2012 #26

Have the same '94/Williams sight set up. Reasonably accurate, more so w/ Leverevolution... Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #12

My uncle used to collect them. bluedigger Oct 2012 #8

Oh, that's rough. So many '73s were used up by Hollywood oaters, they fell to using '94s. Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #15

He was devastated. bluedigger Oct 2012 #18

Is this a Ronald Reagan movie? aletier_v Oct 2012 #10

his training movies were US Army gejohnston Oct 2012 #11

I'm pretty sure he made a couple of westerns. :) aletier_v Oct 2012 #14

He hosted a T.V. series in the late 50s/early 60s (?). Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #13

Death Valley Days. MicaelS Oct 2012 #17

Yeah, I remember those sbows. Foundation for his presidential run. Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #31

+1 N/T GreenStormCloud Oct 2012 #37

I prefer my lever guns in larger calibers. oneshooter Oct 2012 #19

To get a good Marlin ... holdencaufield Oct 2012 #22

My Marlin was purchased several years ago. oneshooter Oct 2012 #24

It amazes me that people think ... holdencaufield Oct 2012 #25

I don't know if you could find ammo for it. oneshooter Oct 2012 #28

I have the slightly shorter second rifle. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #46

Absolutely right! holdencaufield Oct 2012 #21

your post perfectly illustrates why it doesn't make sense to purchase anything trouble.smith Oct 2012 #23

The Sheriff is correct... Some around here call those handy rifles "appalachian assault rifles".. virginia mountainman Oct 2012 #27

I dunno.... PavePusher Oct 2012 #29

these guys can set you up gejohnston Oct 2012 #32

Yep, I've seen that one..... PavePusher Oct 2012 #34

My lovely wife carrys glacierbay Oct 2012 #30

My grandmother has a 1894 Winchester .30-30... PavePusher Oct 2012 #35

Don't ever forget that there are those who would have such rifles destroyed in the name of "safety" oneshooter Oct 2012 #38

Those same people never volunteer for the confiscation teams. PavePusher Oct 2012 #40

The .38/357 lever action carbine Kaleva Dec 2012 #41

I used a Marlin 336 gejohnston Dec 2012 #42

If I wanted a dedicated deer gun, I'd go with something more powerful then what I mentioned. Kaleva Dec 2012 #43

That's exactly what I'm looking to purchase next rl6214 Dec 2012 #48

FWIW the Rossi Puma is a nice gun and reasonably priced DonP Dec 2012 #49

I saw a Rossi 92 357/38 on sale at on site for $485 plus shipping Kaleva Dec 2012 #50

The .44mag or .357mag rifles have lots of extra mass, recoil is nada. Remmah2 Dec 2012 #51

I have a lever gun I really love Berserker Dec 2012 #44

Four lever guns ... so far ... maybe five DonP Dec 2012 #45

I'm looking to buy a lever action in 357 mag rl6214 Dec 2012 #47