Timber guns

[DBG3285]

Do any of you guys consistently used “timber guns”.

I am looking at getting a “timber gun”. I am debating currently between the Henry Big Boy or the Winny.

what’s your experiences? Which is a better quality big bore lever action?

 

[BIGJOHNT]

We use a 444 Marlin with iron sights. Big enough that if it hits a tree it doesn’t deflect. When I was younger. I would sit on the creek banks and take trees down with it. I took my first bull with that rifle at fifteen years old. The parents would always send me into the dark timber with that rifle and let me push the elk into the meadows .

 

[DBG3285]

Thanks for the reply John.

 

[elkassassin]

Hey D!

You Planning on Flushing the Oak?

Thanks for the reply John.

 

[DBG3285]

Hey D!

You Planning on Flushing the Oak?

No that doesn’t work!!!

on the any bull hunt this year, it was more like flushing grouse then elk hunting. So I plan on changing my shooting style.

 

[PleaseDear]

I like my .45/70 for still hunting thru the Dark Timber.


Robb

 

[DeerHunter53]

.45 marlin shoots straight and doesn't get deflected too much LOL

 

[BIGJOHNT]

I like my .45/70 for still hunting thru the Dark Timber.


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It looks like Wild west guns from Alaska has gotten a hold of that one ?

 

[elkassassin]

More of PleaseDear's GADGETRY!

It looks like Wild west guns from Alaska has gotten a hold of that one ?

 

[Muleman]

I just use a short barreled bolt action. 300 WSM great option. I use an 8mmx338wm. Short, packs a punch, and I can still hit something at 5-600 yds if I need to. Why use a gun that limits you. You can run a bolt as fast as a lever

 

[sjhgraysage]

You could do worse than the 45/70 marlin guide gun

 

[elkassassin]

Hey DBG!

You Ever consider a .45 TOMMY Gun?

Round Drum Clip!

You could shoot alot & Fast!

 

[DBG3285]

I think those are illegal for big game in Utah,

but that would be nice

why don’t they chamber an AR in a larger bore caliber

 

[CFMuley]

I think those are illegal for big game in Utah,

but that would be nice

why don’t they chamber an AR in a larger bore caliber

They do. 450 bushmaster, 458 socom, 50 Beowulf, etc.

 

[BIGJOHNT]

The 50 caliber Beowulf is a pretty funny looking fat round. But works good on charging Texas pigs. Or to be fired threw engine blocks at road blocks.

 

[DW]

I hunt the trees too.....

 

[Buckhunter1955]

I'm also a fan of the Marlin .45-70, although I've killed a lot of deer and pigs with my Winchester model 94 in 30-30.

 

[HuckleberryHound]

For hunting in thick cover i like a red dot. No magnification, shoot with both eyes open. Great type of sight for a timber gun. Just swapped out my vortex venom for a sig romeo7 on my 444

 

[buckhorn]

Here’s the one I use.

My dad‘s old Remington Woodsmaster 740 in 30-06.
Williams peep sight on the rear.
Five quick shots if needed.
It’s a killing machine in the thick stuff!

 

[elkassassin]

Hey DBG!

Here's Mine!

BROWNING Model 92 44 MAG!

Holds about 10 Rounds in the Tube!

You'd Like it!

You Mow Brush & Tree's Down And Then Shoot that Elk that Think's He's Out-Smarted You!

 

[DH56]

I'm with BigjohnT and a few other 444 aficionados- A Good Old JM Stamped Marlin 444 will cut trees and any Big Game down quickly.

 

[Stubaby]

Do any of you guys consistently used “timber guns”.

I am looking at getting a “timber gun”. I am debating currently between the Henry Big Boy or the Winny.

what’s your experiences? Which is a better quality big bore lever action?

Oh ya baby!!!

 

[Bluehair]

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Oh ya baby!!!

Creedmoor's should be outlawed. They are the culmination of every scientific firearms advancement since the Chi-coms invented fuel from bat-chit. It's a miracle caliber whose very presence in the field causes big game of all species to succumb. It's cheating.

 

[nfh]

Here is mine. Biden cant tax this one

 

[Stubaby]

Here is mine. Biden cant tax this one

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Yur buddy Beto will find a way. Haha.

 

[nfh]

Yur buddy Beto will find a way. Haha.

Well crap i better ask my dad then?

 

[HuckleberryHound]

I was never a big fan of the nerf guns when i was a kid. Getting yelled at for shooting the cat? Then what the hell is it for?

 

[Bluehair]

We played with a stick when I was a kid......

 

[PleaseDear]

This thread might give ya some more insight


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Robb

 

[HIcountryman]

Remington woodsmaster 742 in 30.06. Shorter barrel. Shoots great out to 100 yds and can't hit a friggin pie plate at 200! It was ancient when I got it used for Christmas in 1985. Probably some fouling in barrel that needs some heavy cleaning... Is copper fouling a THING in barrels that have only ever shot lead bullets?

 

[BIGJOHNT]

Remington woodsmaster 742 in 30.06. Shorter barrel. Shoots great out to 100 yds and can't hit a friggin pie plate at 200! It was ancient when I got it used for Christmas in 1985. Probably some fouling in barrel that needs some heavy cleaning... Is copper fouling a THING in barrels that have only ever shot lead bullets?

No really if you not shooting copper through it . Lead fouling is a real thing. Give that barrel a good cleaning. It can only help your gun shoot a little better . You may need a couple of fouling shots. Then see if your groups tighten up.

 

[BIGJOHNT]

Here is the 50 Beowulf 45 70 and the 444 Marlin. The 50 caliber Beowulf is built on the AR platform. The 45 70 and the 444 are lever guns. Our 45 70 is a engraved Winchester lever gun. The Marlin I have been carrying and reloading bullets for it since I was fifteen. So let say it has more character and is better for dragging it through the brush. ?

 

[HIcountryman]

Thanks Big John. It is in a friend's safe. I have been using new Ruger American in .30.06 so I will give the old one a good washing when I get it back. What kind of heavy duty solvent do u recommend?

 

[Gator]

Bar 7 MM is my brush gun now.
Now if I had one of those Henry's I would put a BIG LOOP on it for that hunt in cold weather.