You're grandfather was LL, Bean ? 😂I'm just kidding, you wanna sell the 1962 model 94 ? I lost all my guns in a boating accident they at the bottom of the ocean 🌊😉. 😊
I'm taking my late great uncle's 1964 Marlin 336 in .35Rem into the woods this season, and I've found that the 150gr Remington pointed soft point (one in the tube only) has had the best accuracy and felt recoil compared to the 200gr soft points. I shot a box of 20 150gr rounds at the range with no problem, but my shoulder is still sore after only 5 rounds of the 200gr!
I believe i used to have one of those. Its at the top of the list of the things i wish i hadn't have sold. " Big bore 94" XTR. a Beautiful lever action. I still have 2 boxes of mty cases. Best Wishes from Montana!
Ron my old friend (have been "following your since '75') in the woods I use a Henry lever in .357. Have found it works well especially in ranges of 100 yards and under. Keep up your good work sir. I love it.
There is no doubt 30-30. In Canada and parts of Alaska it has taken down moose, deer, elk, bears (even grizzlies), caribou, mountain lions, etc. It has taken more game than any caliber in NA.
I remember my dad in early 60's ordering (4) .32 winchester specials straight from the factory - delivered right to the post office ..... ahhh thos were the days we'ent they. 🤔
@@charlesharper7292 It's pretty much as effective as any bolt action. But it's slim and sleek, even sleeker than a tube-fed lever action. All my other rifles look modern in comparison. The Henry has classic good looks.
325 wsm out of my browning blr . I run the Winchester big game expedition . They are loaded with a 200 grain accubond that I’ve chronographed at an average of 2947fps at the muzzle . Is it too much for deer …yes . But it’s my only lever action 😂😂
I've had BLR's from Belgium and Miroku both. One shoots as well as the other. Same with the Auro-5's I've had. No difference in performance or reliability or appearance
Ammo price and availability far outweights balistic performance diferences. .30-30Win and .44 Rem Mag/.357 Rem Mag are sure bets. .360 Buckhammer is great but may quickly fade if .30-30 or .45-70 is legalized in "straight wall" states.
I'm in one of those areas. I have 30-30, 45Colt, 44Mag, 357Mag and 45-70. And I want the 360BH :) My revolver-caliber carbines are 92-style, so I can't easily have proper scopes on them, which limits them. Love the 45-70 but it does kick. 360BH seems like a sweet spot and is a perfect match for a Henry - a faux vintage but very well done. P.S. I also think that all those areas should at least legalize the historical deer calibers like 30-30 and 35Rem, even if they want to keep disallowing the more potent "proper" rifle calibers. It's rather pathetic that folks can't use the quintessential deer rifles to hunt deer. If those rounds perform at or below 45-70 and 360BH, there's no logical reason to ban them.
Good ol' .30-30 and the new 360 Buckhammer are both awesome cartridges. I'm very intrigued by the 360 Buckhammer for the extra range and capability it has (specifically with Hammer loadings), but it's hard to not love .30-30 too. It's an absolute classic, and is much more capable than many people realize or understand. Bottom line: lever actions are awesome and they're just cool as hell too. 👍 'Nuff said.
I purchased the 360 Buckhammer this year. In my state they have gone to an Alternative Firearm (takes the place of Muzzleloader). It's a nice-shooting rifle; gotta love the lever action rifles! By the way, I like loading mine by using the side-gate and unloading using the tube - works a little easier.
I've watched your videos for a while now. Finally subscribed. You really have a way of explaining things, and are a great on camera personality. Thank you for all you do.
I’ve read articles about this. They said the tooling was so old and worn out was one of the reasons they dropped it. That, and it takes a ‘ton’ of hand work to make with the original design. I’m with you though in wishing it would come back. I love mine. (Although mine has the detachable Box Magazine)
@@vincecolananni9158 Yeah The 99 is just one of the old classic guns that have to be extensively hand fitted and synchronized to cycle properly. All these modern doo dads can mostly be investment cast/CNC'ed and precision machine heat-treated and thrown together without requiring all the skilled craftsmen that used to put the firearms of the old generations together
Any discussion of the origin of lever actions should mention how they were often used as saddle carbines, hence the saddle ring that became a standard feature of the Model 94. Hunters and soldiers alike wanted a rifle that could be shouldered in short order for taking longer shots while sitting in a saddle.
not too many years ago a kid could buy a nice lever gun for $350 bucks at Walmart. now that marketing, greed, and big business has changed things a bit, that lever rifle is way over $1000. a bit more than most 12 year old kids can afford. the old lever rifles that grand paw gave me over 66 years ago are worth big bucks today, and the young kids today turn their noses up on the lowly under powered 35 rem, and 3030 win for the hotter latest and greatest of today. I still hunt with an old waffle top marlin 35 rem, lost count of deer taken by my father, and myself, way past few hundred deer and bear. May the 3030 win and 35 rem live forever!
But it's not marketing, greed and big business :) $1000 today is less than $350 not too many years ago. In a free market competition and elasticity of demand are checks on "greed". Things like monetary policy and anti-you-know-what legislation are not free market features. Add to that the decline of hunting - fewer new people are coming in, so there's less demand for hunting gear. Less demand means less volume, less economies of scale and thus higher costs and higher prices per unit. And then there's just newer technologies. Just like Winchester Model 12 got to be too expensive to make - too high quality to be competitive with the newer shotguns, which worked just as well, and just like the old pre-MIM Smith & Wesson revolvers also got to be too expensive to make to compete with modern methods, so it is with lever actions. They are older designs and can't be streamlined below a certain point. So new hunters might simply just go with a modern polymer stocked bolt action for less money, which will have better precision, easier scope mounting, lighter weight and also somewhat safer for newbies. I love lever actions but having recently introduced a few new hunters to them I find that the cocked hammer can be dangerous and they are better off with the simplicity of a bolt action, at least until they've built up the muscle memory and skill. But credit to Henry, their basic walnut and X models can be had for around $900, which IMHO is as much of a bargain in todays dollars as a $350 Marlin 336 from Walmart some years back. And I'd like to second your "May the 3030 win and 35 rem live forever!" - 100% agreed 👍
Don't forget about the non shooters/hunters that buy stuff like boots and hats and lever rifles to dress up and sit in front of the television with their rifle in their lap watching their new modern day "westerns " They'll pay whatever it takes to get whatever makes their fantasy more realistic in their head
@@jakeoutdoors9600 I am. With the 200 grain Hornady XTP I have Chronographed them at 2967 Lee’s load data says you can get 2850 out of them. I shoot milk jugs with them dead on it 250 yards with no problem. I load many other rounds for them too, but I really like that one. I developed a 225 grain load with the Horn FTX, and I also load the 265 grain FTX.
@@CARLPHILLY I'm shooting 300 hard cast at like 1900 fps. I only shoot my 444 out to 200ish yards. If I think I'll have farther shots I will take a different gun out. Casting your own bullets saves you a lot of $ as well.
@@jakeoutdoors9600 yes sir I almost got into that, I do have friends that do it. There’s actually quite a few good bullets that you can buy for the 444 Nosler was making some ballistic silver tips for them, but I never could find any. I’m a big Nosler fan. I also shoot a 308 bolt action and a 270 bolt action.
I bought my Henry in the midst of Covid. I originally was going to get it in the classic 30-30, but it was proving almost impossible to find. On top of that, I'm in Michigan, where the southern portion is straight-wall only. I decided to go with .44 Rem Mag, which, with a 180 grain bullet, is giving me 2000 - 2100 fps, so very close to 30-30 and 35 Rem numbers, but punching an even bigger hole.
I wonder if we'll see a Win94 action in 360BH. Hopefully minus the rattling trigger. For that open sight, handy, balanced boom stick to walk the woods.
They stopped making the beefed up frame when production moved to Japan. The locking is the weak point on the Winchesters. I don't know if it can handle 50KSI of pressure that the Marlin clones can.
Why not use a BLR in 270 or7 mm wsm? Those would be just about the best or maybe the 325 WSM BLR! If you talk about staying with straight wall cartridge’s then it’s tough to beat the 45-70 do it all.
A friend of mine in high school had a bolt action 30-30 a Stevens 340 with a tasco scope with fine Cross hairs. And I don't think he could miss with that rifle. It was something to see. Then he always wanted a 300 WSM. and when he got one I don't know if he ever shot anything with it. And right before he passed away he told me he was thinking about going back to using his old rifle and like he said he could hit a moving deer or bear off hand with ease. But that magnum he had missed chips shots a couple times. Better to hit them with a 30-30 than to miss with a 309 magnum. And that is Everytime . Thanks Ron. That was the first thing that came to mind when the video started.
Marlin 1894 "S" 44 mag. worked just fine on New England whitetail. I was hunting private land. Wooded with thick mountain laural. Deer eating acorn and beach nut. I did more squirrel hunting than deer in those woods with an old Marlin 22.
I have put plenty of venison in the freezer with both a 30-30 94 and a Savage 99 chambered in 250 savage aka the 250/3000. Both were my Grandads and never failed him..and they dont fail me now.
30-30 is an indisputable classic. The .35 Remington is the greatest lever action round ever invented. The .360 buckhammer looks to be another all time great in the spirit of the .35 rem, but I wouldn't buy it unless I just couldn't ever use my .35 rem anymore or I lived where there were some stupid restrictions that would mandate the straight-wall 360 buckhammer. All 3 are outstanding cartridges.
Great video Ron. I have a 2 model 94s a 1953 32 win and a 1959 30-30 both are great shooters and can put food on the table any time the hammer is dropped but the 30-30 has been in the woods far more times due to ammo availability over the years.
Not sure why 45-70 Gov and 444 Marlin were not included outside of maybe being too long for certain states’ regulations. They are not too long for Ohio where I moved to a year ago. However I believe that I will eventually get the 360 Buckhammer 🦌🔨, just hoping that Henry will soon chamber it in their All Weather series. Oh Federal loads 360 Buckhammer in their Blue Box Power Shok line. Sadly Marlin/Ruger doesn’t currently chamber 35 Rem, neither does Henry, Rossi, Winchester, G Force etc…
A bit surprised that you didn’t mention Dog hunting. Still popular in the South. I hunted with my wife’s dad and brother using 3 13 inch beagles. We always hunted the woods section that was less than 10 acres. Most shots were under 150 yds but occasionally you had a clear cut where you had a 300 yard shot. The gun of the day was the Remington 742 semiautomatic in 30-06. BTW , this was in the Piney woods of NW Louisiana.
Current loading for 360 buckhammer 180 grain Remington core lokt 200 grain Remington core lokt 180 grain Remington core lokt tipped 180 grain federal power shok 200 grain federal power shok 220 grain federal hammer down
35 self loading Winchester, used by the constabulary & federal agent’s during Bonny & Clyde’s affairs, the 350 legend is nothing more than that, very suitable for the AR platform, nothing new under the sun as the good book tells us, new marketing of old ideas, some calibres just damage to much meat, whilst some people with all thee gadgets say they can shoot game at long ranges, my field shots I restrict to ethical distances to reality, faster is not always the optimum, 🍻👍🏻🙂
3:18 - the Martini-Henry rifle from the 1800’s is definitely nothing like the Henry company today that began in 1996 using the old Henry name by two random dudes in NY. Can’t call them the same company any more than Springfield of the M1 Garand era and the Springfield Inc rifles and handguns today.
Very nice info. I need to dial in a friend's 30-30. But love my blr .270, got a buck @ 250yds last year. But for a change of pace maybe this year I'll take my blr .243 out and see if I can get a dear with it. I live in the east and have to say many of the things you have said about eastern hunting ring true.
The 35 rem is weaker than you'd think it would be because it wasn't designed for a levergun. The 35, 30, 32, and 25 Renington were all designed for Remingtons new long recoil semi auto so they had to be relatively low pressure. The Remington Autoloadong Rifle/model 8/ 81 is just a Browning Auto 5 shotgun re engineered into rifle form.
Hey Ron...thanks! Just for S's & G's...why couldnt we put a "modern constructed" 150- 165 grain bullet in the 35 Rem instead of the freight train 200 please???
Having a Marlin 336 in 35 Rem is a family tradition
My fav is the 444 Marlin. Loved that round since I was 12 years old. Taken wolves, big bears, Moose,and many deer w it. Oh,and it is a Marlin lever
I own a Winchester model 94 30/30 manufactured 1962. It was my Dad's now it's mine.
You're grandfather was LL, Bean ? 😂I'm just kidding, you wanna sell the 1962 model 94 ? I lost all my guns in a boating accident they at the bottom of the ocean 🌊😉. 😊
Ive been using the 30/30 for over 40 years. No issues.
I've dropped 3 does with my 30-30 Marlin 336 last year.
I'm a 270 man when it comes to my bolt action, but I'm now a believer in the 30-30.
Browning BLR removable mag.Great calibers.
I'm taking my late great uncle's 1964 Marlin 336 in .35Rem into the woods this season, and I've found that the 150gr Remington pointed soft point (one in the tube only) has had the best accuracy and felt recoil compared to the 200gr soft points. I shot a box of 20 150gr rounds at the range with no problem, but my shoulder is still sore after only 5 rounds of the 200gr!
308 blr get my vote.
300 savage model 99 is the rifle of true woodsman.
I'm fortunate. I have a model 94 in .30WCF, a model 336 in .35 Rem., and a model 99 in .308.
Well done. That's a great start!
Is your model 94 a pre 64?
@daneboro6847 Unfortunately not.
Always love lever action content. Just bought a nib 1980 Win 94 chambered in 375 Win. Great channel.
I believe i used to have one of those. Its at the top of the list of the things i wish i hadn't have sold.
" Big bore 94" XTR. a Beautiful lever action. I still have 2 boxes of mty cases.
Best Wishes from Montana!
I picked up a Marlin model 375 from the same era. It’s basically a 336 in 375 win cal.
For me it is the Marlin 336 using 35 Rem from Hornady.
30-30 ammo is easy to find right now. I have a few. 160gr hornady 30-30 has over 2400fps+ out of my 24" barrel.
Ron my old friend (have been "following your since '75') in the woods I use a Henry lever in .357. Have found it works well especially in ranges of 100 yards and under. Keep up your good work sir. I love it.
Marlin 336 in 35 REM.
There is no doubt 30-30. In Canada and parts of Alaska it has taken down moose, deer, elk, bears (even grizzlies), caribou, mountain lions, etc. It has taken more game than any caliber in NA.
Browning BLR in 308.
Yes, Henry still makes a side-gate loading lever action rifle in 35 Remington.
They need to make more 35 Rem
358 win iBLR love it! 6:16
35 Remington
I have a Henry in 35rem. Awsome rifle.
Great video with some really useful information.
I've been a 35 fan since I was a kid. I love the old 30-30 almost as much.
I remember my dad in early 60's ordering (4) .32 winchester specials straight from the factory - delivered right to the post office ..... ahhh thos were the days we'ent they. 🤔
Back when criminals were punished instead of law abiding citizens
338 marlin express but it never took off. Best by far.
Yes. 3,000 ft•lb energy just like 45-70 or 30-06
Well that's easy: 405 Winchester. Teddy Roosevelt says so.
30-30
I never tire of lever action vids from ron spomer!
I like the Henry 6.5cm lever. It's not tube-fed, but it's lever action. The model is called the "long ranger".
Nice rifle.
@@charlesharper7292 It's pretty much as effective as any bolt action. But it's slim and sleek, even sleeker than a tube-fed lever action. All my other rifles look modern in comparison. The Henry has classic good looks.
I have one of the long rangers in .308 win… kicks like a mule but it’s accurate 👍
308 win in a browning BLR
Or a Savage model 99
💯‼️
Nah get a Henry in 360 Buckhammer. Just as good as the BLR and a heck of a lot more affordable.
Nahhh.30-30
Or 358win!
I had a Winchester big bore in 307,,that was a great deer rifle,hard to fine ammo,but when I found some I bought all, and bought the die set
325 wsm out of my browning blr . I run the Winchester big game expedition . They are loaded with a 200 grain accubond that I’ve chronographed at an average of 2947fps at the muzzle . Is it too much for deer …yes . But it’s my only lever action 😂😂
Brownings BLR covers a lot of cartridges, from 22-250 to 300 Win Mag.
Except for straight wall states, only offer it in 450 Marlin. Missing the boat with no 350 Legend.
I've had BLR's from Belgium and Miroku both. One shoots
as well as the other.
Same with the Auro-5's I've
had. No difference in performance or reliability or
appearance
Ammo price and availability far outweights balistic performance diferences. .30-30Win and .44 Rem Mag/.357 Rem Mag are sure bets. .360 Buckhammer is great but may quickly fade if .30-30 or .45-70 is legalized in "straight wall" states.
I'm in one of those areas. I have 30-30, 45Colt, 44Mag, 357Mag and 45-70. And I want the 360BH :) My revolver-caliber carbines are 92-style, so I can't easily have proper scopes on them, which limits them. Love the 45-70 but it does kick. 360BH seems like a sweet spot and is a perfect match for a Henry - a faux vintage but very well done.
P.S. I also think that all those areas should at least legalize the historical deer calibers like 30-30 and 35Rem, even if they want to keep disallowing the more potent "proper" rifle calibers. It's rather pathetic that folks can't use the quintessential deer rifles to hunt deer. If those rounds perform at or below 45-70 and 360BH, there's no logical reason to ban them.
284 Winchester Model 88 😉
Savage 99 - 308 win
Browning BLR is available in quite a few high pressure calibers with pointed bullets usually found in bolt action rifles.
Agreed!
Good ol' .30-30 and the new 360 Buckhammer are both awesome cartridges. I'm very intrigued by the 360 Buckhammer for the extra range and capability it has (specifically with Hammer loadings), but it's hard to not love .30-30 too. It's an absolute classic, and is much more capable than many people realize or understand. Bottom line: lever actions are awesome and they're just cool as hell too. 👍 'Nuff said.
I purchased the 360 Buckhammer this year. In my state they have gone to an Alternative Firearm (takes the place of Muzzleloader). It's a nice-shooting rifle; gotta love the lever action rifles! By the way, I like loading mine by using the side-gate and unloading using the tube - works a little easier.
Gotta love it!
What about the 358 win ? It's a good woods round. Have a great day
Marlin 444 got it for black bear but it does a fine job on deer
Yes
Does it without ruining any
valuable meat as well
I've watched your videos for a while now. Finally subscribed. You really have a way of explaining things, and are a great on camera personality. Thank you for all you do.
Wish Savage would bring back the Model 99 with the rotary magazine.
If they did, they'd have to have
it made overseas, or maybe
subcontracted by Henry
I’ve read articles about this. They said the tooling was so old and worn out was one of the reasons they dropped it. That, and it takes a ‘ton’ of hand work to make with the original design. I’m with you though in wishing it would come back. I love mine. (Although mine has the detachable Box Magazine)
@@vincecolananni9158
Yeah
The 99 is just one of the old
classic guns that have to be
extensively hand fitted and
synchronized to cycle properly.
All these modern doo dads
can mostly be investment
cast/CNC'ed and precision
machine heat-treated and
thrown together without
requiring all the skilled
craftsmen that used to
put the firearms of the
old generations together
Any discussion of the origin of lever actions should mention how they were often used as saddle carbines, hence the saddle ring that became a standard feature of the Model 94. Hunters and soldiers alike wanted a rifle that could be shouldered in short order for taking longer shots while sitting in a saddle.
The 1873 was made with the Saddle Ring. Even the 1860s had a calvary carbine.
@@mikerobinson6606 That only makes sense when you consider the horse was perhaps the most common way to travel short of trains or stagecoaches.
🙋🏽♂️ for all the reasons you mentioned; why did pump-action rifles never gain the Same Love?
My uncle has a Rem. 7600 in .308. He was lethal on deer drives.
Noise. And rattling Remington 760, 7600...
Probably because levers were already so popular and a lot of the pump guns had QC problems.
I wish the 338 marline express was still around
3,000 ft.lb is hard to beat.
not too many years ago a kid could buy a nice lever gun for $350 bucks at Walmart. now that marketing, greed, and big business has changed things a bit, that lever rifle is way over $1000. a bit more than most 12 year old kids can afford. the old lever rifles that grand paw gave me over 66 years ago are worth big bucks today, and the young kids today turn their noses up on the lowly under powered 35 rem, and 3030 win for the hotter latest and greatest of today. I still hunt with an old waffle top marlin 35 rem, lost count of deer taken by my father, and myself, way past few hundred deer and bear. May the 3030 win and 35 rem live forever!
But it's not marketing, greed and big business :) $1000 today is less than $350 not too many years ago. In a free market competition and elasticity of demand are checks on "greed". Things like monetary policy and anti-you-know-what legislation are not free market features. Add to that the decline of hunting - fewer new people are coming in, so there's less demand for hunting gear. Less demand means less volume, less economies of scale and thus higher costs and higher prices per unit.
And then there's just newer technologies. Just like Winchester Model 12 got to be too expensive to make - too high quality to be competitive with the newer shotguns, which worked just as well, and just like the old pre-MIM Smith & Wesson revolvers also got to be too expensive to make to compete with modern methods, so it is with lever actions. They are older designs and can't be streamlined below a certain point. So new hunters might simply just go with a modern polymer stocked bolt action for less money, which will have better precision, easier scope mounting, lighter weight and also somewhat safer for newbies. I love lever actions but having recently introduced a few new hunters to them I find that the cocked hammer can be dangerous and they are better off with the simplicity of a bolt action, at least until they've built up the muscle memory and skill. But credit to Henry, their basic walnut and X models can be had for around $900, which IMHO is as much of a bargain in todays dollars as a $350 Marlin 336 from Walmart some years back.
And I'd like to second your "May the 3030 win and 35 rem live forever!" - 100% agreed 👍
Don't forget about the non
shooters/hunters that buy
stuff like boots and hats
and lever rifles to dress up
and sit in front of the television
with their rifle in their lap
watching their new modern
day "westerns "
They'll pay whatever it takes
to get whatever makes their
fantasy more realistic in their
head
358 winchester also like the 38-55 winchester
444 marlin is the best
I second this. Especially if the hunter is also a reloader who reloads 44 Magnum as well.
@@jakeoutdoors9600 I am. With the 200 grain Hornady XTP I have Chronographed them at 2967 Lee’s load data says you can get 2850 out of them. I shoot milk jugs with them dead on it 250 yards with no problem. I load many other rounds for them too, but I really like that one. I developed a 225 grain load with the Horn FTX, and I also load the 265 grain FTX.
@@CARLPHILLY I'm shooting 300 hard cast at like 1900 fps. I only shoot my 444 out to 200ish yards. If I think I'll have farther shots I will take a different gun out. Casting your own bullets saves you a lot of $ as well.
It certainly is not the worst!
@@jakeoutdoors9600 yes sir I almost got into that, I do have friends that do it. There’s actually quite a few good bullets that you can buy for the 444 Nosler was making some ballistic silver tips for them, but I never could find any. I’m a big Nosler fan. I also shoot a 308 bolt action and a 270 bolt action.
I bought my Henry in the midst of Covid. I originally was going to get it in the classic 30-30, but it was proving almost impossible to find. On top of that, I'm in Michigan, where the southern portion is straight-wall only. I decided to go with .44 Rem Mag, which, with a 180 grain bullet, is giving me 2000 - 2100 fps, so very close to 30-30 and 35 Rem numbers, but punching an even bigger hole.
500 S&W, 460 S&W, 45-70, 444 Marlin, 44 Mag, 300 WinMag
I wonder if we'll see a Win94 action in 360BH. Hopefully minus the rattling trigger. For that open sight, handy, balanced boom stick to walk the woods.
They stopped making the beefed up frame when production moved to Japan. The locking is the weak point on the Winchesters. I don't know if it can handle 50KSI of pressure that the Marlin clones can.
Why not use a BLR in 270 or7 mm wsm? Those would be just about the best or maybe the 325 WSM BLR! If you talk about staying with straight wall cartridge’s then it’s tough to beat the 45-70 do it all.
A friend of mine in high school had a bolt action 30-30 a Stevens 340 with a tasco scope with fine Cross hairs. And I don't think he could miss with that rifle. It was something to see. Then he always wanted a 300 WSM. and when he got one I don't know if he ever shot anything with it. And right before he passed away he told me he was thinking about going back to using his old rifle and like he said he could hit a moving deer or bear off hand with ease. But that magnum he had missed chips shots a couple times. Better to hit them with a 30-30 than to miss with a 309 magnum. And that is Everytime . Thanks Ron. That was the first thing that came to mind when the video started.
Great analysis
Great info as always Ron!!! The 30-30 works for me. I love the channel!!!!
Marlin 1894 "S" 44 mag. worked just fine on New England whitetail.
I was hunting private land. Wooded with thick mountain laural. Deer eating acorn and beach nut.
I did more squirrel hunting than deer in those woods with an old Marlin 22.
Never a mention of the father of the 30-30 the 38-55 or granddad of the 375 Winchester. They have both taken game up to elk and moose.
It's listed as the parent case in his chart.
.358 Win or .356, or, 338 Federal...
If AA1680 powder was around at the inception of the 375win, it would still be around. 200gr goin 2500fps is no joke.
375win was like many other
great innovations like the
30AR
No factory support
I have put plenty of venison in the freezer with both a 30-30 94 and a Savage 99 chambered in 250 savage aka the 250/3000. Both were my Grandads and never failed him..and they dont fail me now.
30-30 is an indisputable classic. The .35 Remington is the greatest lever action round ever invented. The .360 buckhammer looks to be another all time great in the spirit of the .35 rem, but I wouldn't buy it unless I just couldn't ever use my .35 rem anymore or I lived where there were some stupid restrictions that would mandate the straight-wall 360 buckhammer.
All 3 are outstanding cartridges.
Like the win 94 in 7-30 love the lever rifles got to do the 45-70 Cowboy 26 inch octagon barrel.
Great video Ron. I have a 2 model 94s a 1953 32 win and a 1959 30-30 both are great shooters and can put food on the table any time the hammer is dropped but the 30-30 has been in the woods far more times due to ammo availability over the years.
Not sure why 45-70 Gov and 444 Marlin were not included outside of maybe being too long for certain states’ regulations. They are not too long for Ohio where I moved to a year ago.
However I believe that I will eventually get the 360 Buckhammer 🦌🔨, just hoping that Henry will soon chamber it in their All Weather series. Oh Federal loads 360 Buckhammer in their Blue Box Power Shok line.
Sadly Marlin/Ruger doesn’t currently chamber 35 Rem, neither does Henry, Rossi, Winchester, G Force etc…
A bit surprised that you didn’t mention Dog hunting. Still popular in the South. I hunted with my wife’s dad and brother using 3 13 inch beagles. We always hunted the woods section that was less than 10 acres. Most shots were under 150 yds but occasionally you had a clear cut where you had a 300 yard shot. The gun of the day was the Remington 742 semiautomatic in 30-06. BTW , this was in the Piney woods of NW Louisiana.
Once again, so very well done!
45/70 - best brush caliber
Winchester model 71 in 348 win. Oldie but a goodie...
Savage 99 in .300 Savage is the best lever action rifle and cartridge combo ever made.
Current loading for 360 buckhammer
180 grain Remington core lokt
200 grain Remington core lokt
180 grain Remington core lokt tipped
180 grain federal power shok
200 grain federal power shok
220 grain federal hammer down
I stalk, so speed of acquisition is imperative!
If you would use the 150 or the 160 you'd have found, the 30-30 was more powerful especially
down range
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it…..just bought a Henry 30-30. A great Eastern woodlands rifle.
The new cartridge (360 buckhammer) simply because in many states with shotgun season will allow that straight wall rifle to be used.
336 in 35rem here
35Rem is my go to 200gr 2100fps
Ron i think your bias to 3030
3030 is not 35cal so its NOT leagle
Try the 4570 and big marlin round
35 Remington is highly underrated.
Savage 99. Wish they would bring them back. The Henry Long Rangers are pretty sweet
45-70.
The 32 win special is pretty good
50-110 for the win
I believe the Henry steel color case hardened lever action in 45/70 would be my pick.
Savage 99 in 308
I got a 1894 made 1907.26" octagon barrel.good old .30-30😊
30 30!
Marlin 336ER in 356 win. Savage 99 in 284 too.
What an excellent video.
Henry missed the boat years ago not chambering the Long Ranger in .350 Legend.
I found a Ruger 96/44, that does everything I need.
35 self loading Winchester, used by the constabulary & federal agent’s during Bonny & Clyde’s affairs, the 350 legend is nothing more than that, very suitable for the AR platform, nothing new under the sun as the good book tells us, new marketing of old ideas, some calibres just damage to much meat, whilst some people with all thee gadgets say they can shoot game at long ranges, my field shots I restrict to ethical distances to reality, faster is not always the optimum, 🍻👍🏻🙂
3:18 - the Martini-Henry rifle from the 1800’s is definitely nothing like the Henry company today that began in 1996 using the old Henry name by two random dudes in NY. Can’t call them the same company any more than Springfield of the M1 Garand era and the Springfield Inc rifles and handguns today.
Volcanic (1858) was produced before the Henry 1860
Great video thank you
A ‘92 in .454 Casull
Very nice info. I need to dial in a friend's 30-30. But love my blr .270, got a buck @ 250yds last year. But for a change of pace maybe this year I'll take my blr .243 out and see if I can get a dear with it. I live in the east and have to say many of the things you have said about eastern hunting ring true.
The 35 rem is weaker than you'd think it would be because it wasn't designed for a levergun. The 35, 30, 32, and 25 Renington were all designed for Remingtons new long recoil semi auto so they had to be relatively low pressure. The Remington Autoloadong Rifle/model 8/ 81 is just a Browning Auto 5 shotgun re engineered into rifle form.
The correct answer is 444 Marlin
Love the video, but it’d be great to see one on big bore lever actions like the 444 marlin, 405 Winchester and big horn armories 500s&w lever action.
Hey Ron...thanks!
Just for S's & G's...why couldnt we put a "modern constructed" 150- 165 grain bullet in the 35 Rem instead of the freight train 200 please???
Model 336 in 35 remington
Hornady chambers for the 35 rem
35 Remington gets my vote.