trphyhntr Report post Posted December 6, 2019 i saw theres quite a few threads about it but i didnt see any pics. i thought i remember one from a few years ago but couldnt find it. have any of you taken a coues buck with a lever action? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildwoody Report post Posted December 6, 2019 I have killed a few back in the day with dads marlin 35cal lever action with the gold trigger. Just like the Winchester 30-30 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grey curse Report post Posted December 6, 2019 My dad shot the biggest spike I’ve ever seen (whole main beam that wrap around with no tines). 80 yards with Winchester open sight 30-30 lever action pre 64. He didn’t make it 30 yrds. But my dad is 75 with a champ permit. Good memories right there. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Delw Report post Posted December 6, 2019 does a 30-30 contender count Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
biglakejake Report post Posted December 6, 2019 Alan Ellsworth used to tell me about his fathers' Coues hunts on the san carlos with $10 otc tags and a m94 30/30. the first deer i helped gut was a fellow from tucson with a marlin lever in .22/250 in 1973 or '74. lee 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
biglakejake Report post Posted December 6, 2019 i think i have read that up until pearl harbor the savage m99 in various calibers was the choice 'for little arizona fantails' lee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muledeerarea33? Report post Posted December 6, 2019 I’ve wished I had one this past week!! Sh!t be thick!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted December 6, 2019 1 hour ago, wildwoody said: I have killed a few back in the day with dads marlin 35cal lever action with the gold trigger. Just like the Winchester 30-30 i shot my first buck when i was 12 in south dakota with a model 94 30-30. was thinking it would be cool to break it out and try to shoot something with it. 1 hour ago, grey curse said: My dad shot the biggest spike I’ve ever seen (whole main beam that wrap around with no tines). 80 yards with Winchester open sight 30-30 lever action pre 64. He didn’t make it 30 yrds. But my dad is 75 with a champ permit. Good memories right there. very cool dude. 1 hour ago, Delw said: does a 30-30 contender count 30-30 contender lever action pick one. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mc68 Report post Posted December 6, 2019 I shot my first buck, 2 point coues, 40 years ago with Marlin 30-30. Shot a couple more mulies with it, then it was passed down to my brother who shot several deer with it. Didn’t have scopes or binos either.... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildwoody Report post Posted December 6, 2019 They are great guns, definitely bring the hurt.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NOTAGS Report post Posted December 6, 2019 " I shot my first buck when i was 12 in south dakota with a model 94 30-30. was thinking it would be cool to break it out and try to shoot something with it. " Do it! Its all about the hunt, not necessarily the kill. If thats something you've been thinking about then go for it. Anyone can sling a bullet at 700 yards these days apparently , just read the posts. I killed my first coues at 40 yards with a scoped rifle... I am still amazed I could see and hit it. My dad started me out with his Marlin lever in a .32 Winchester Special.. sold it to buy me a 30-06 bolt when I was 16. Still have the bolt, would love to still have his old Marlin. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Delw Report post Posted December 6, 2019 My 1st centerfire rifle was a BLR ie Browning lever rifle in 308. I got it around 1972. never shot it at a coues deer but killed many elk, blacktails and muleys with it had open sights to. Put a scope on it and never shot it again go figure. I have half dozen 30-30s just cheap models and never fired them. then someone on here started talking about hunting with them (think it was yotes). Daughters boyfriend has one so took mine out a few times and shot them kinda fun. prettty accurate too. if I ever put in for a rifle coues deer i'd take it no problem. but I only do OTC coues . I kinda been getting a itching to start buying lever guns again cause they are a blast to shoot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigorange Report post Posted December 6, 2019 Friend has a lever 30-06 he’s shot a couple with... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted December 6, 2019 How tf do you change your left and right sighting with a model 94? Mine shoots 6” left Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZ Free Man Report post Posted December 6, 2019 1 hour ago, trphyhntr said: How tf do you change your left and right sighting with a model 94? Mine shoots 6” left I think you have to carefully "push" one of the sights over with a punch, probably a brass one. I also think there is a tool made specifically for adjusting them that uses a threaded piece to more precisely push them. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
