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- Shooting and discussing the new Marlin Model 95 Cowboy model in .45-70.
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I bought My Father a Marlin 45-70 many years ago. He had mentioned that he wanted one ont time, so I Suprised Him with it. Hex Barrel Cowboy Model.
Sadly he passed away in 2010.
However he really Loved and enjoyed it and His eyes lit up when he shot it. I just wish he had seen a Elk when he took it Hunt'en, just before he went to be with the Lord.
Excellent Vid Guys, Thank You ! I truly appreciate your channel.
Hope you have that rifle; it will always be special for you.
You were a good Son.
What a nice story :)
Sorry about your dad, good story.
I feel sorry for your father .
I remember when 5 years ago I discovered Hicock, now I practice shooting regularly with my own weapons. Thank you for this discovery, much love from France.
what are the gun laws like in france?
@@65stang98 Hey ! To make simple and easy :
- The biggest caliber available in France is the russian 14,5x114
- We can't have full auto nor converted full auto in semi auto since 2018, it must be semi auto from factory.
- We can have up to 12 semi auto' weapons ( handgun / rifles )
- We are not limited in bolt actions rifles or antic rifles / pistols
- We have a weird law regarding stocks. The stock can't be collapsible if the rifle may be under 60 cm with the stock folded
- Weirdly, suppressors are free of papers / free purchase
- Maximum capacity allowed is 30 rounds but with exception you can have more ( IPSC shooters ).
The biggest problem is since 2018 the loss of ex-full auto rifles, even converted in semu auto. So since 2018 we can't have anymore STG44 / Thompson / BAR / soviet AKs / UZI. It must be semi from factory.
@@BaguetteShooter dang sucks about the autos but thats a lot better than i thought itd be. ik a lot of europe is kinda tough on guns like the uk.
I am always happy to see a 45-70 Levergun :)
and you actually see the 45s approaching that red place (:
This guy knows his stuff. Very good commentator. Not a bore 😴 to watch.
I live in the Netherlands. We are not allowed to have guns so i watch your channel a lot....jealous of course...
Move to any nordic country and you can have this rifle with no problem
@@runessonadamar
Move to the
" third world 🌎.. backwards country,the Philippines "
There,You are allowed to have as much GUNS as you want..full auto assault rifles( in special cases).. except belt Fed weapons ,upon completion of the requirements..😊👍.
A friend has a WWII THOMPSON SUBMACHINEGUN and a GERMAN MP-40 Machine pistol.. licensed to him..and an UZI of course 😊👍
@@Manfred-cf9rn Those are legal here too. In sweden all firearms are legal with a good reason. Ar15s and AKs can even be had on a hunting license. For fully automatic it's a bit harder, but possible.
Come to america
One of my favorite aspects of a hickock video is John zooming in to the steel animals in the back. I love seeing the lead smack the silhouettes
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Gotta love him! He reminds me so much of my grandpa. Hickok is one of the few TH-camrs that could have a five minute commercial break and I wouldn’t care. His content is gold.
God I luv this tall American .... what a good shooter and a story teller .... salute from Quebec Canada 🇲🇶🇨🇦♥️👍
Fallout New Vegas got me into lever actions. And now i own this exact rifle.
Fallout 4 got my attention
@@shannonnicollechannel5884 fallout is a series of video games
Does it work well for you? Any problems cycling rounds? Do you recommend it?
Just ordered one. Pumped to do some hunting with it.
Fallout 3 was the best ! Lol
This is the gun i was searching for at the beginning but here in sweden we have some issues with imports so i had to manage with the 1895sbl, the only rifle on the shelf. Now i've traded my 1894 44mag for a 1985 cb 45-70 and i'm happy as happy can be. Just love a good old american rifle.
Grretings from sweden!
4 years later and I can’t help but laugh at “settling” for an SBL model. People go nuts for them over here in the states regardless of era; JM, Remington, or Ruger now.
Hickok is one of my favorites on the shooting channels! Pure objectivity in his shows.
Can't stand those self proclaimed, young punk Rambo, wanna-be TH-cam firearms channels............
The watermelon getting vaporized was my favorite part. These videos are never boring.
Same!!!
The Marlin 45-70 Model 95 Cowboy is one of those rifles I've always wanted. Thanks for sharing your experience with one.
I am a sucker for lever guns.....watched one too many John Wayne movies as a kid, haha.
StormLaker1975 you are not alone ....
With John Wayne movies, there's no such thing as "too many."
Right on me too no scope on my rifle cause westerns
And don't forget the " THE RIFLEMAN " Chuck Conners. And I know that he didn't use the 45-70.
Same here
This has got to be my favorite video so far, thank you Hickok and John! keep up the great work!
Wow this video comes out the day after I buy my first 45-70 makes me love these guns even more
Shout out from England :) Love your videos. Think I've worked though all of them since discovering your channel last year. Really nice, detailed, wide ranging selection of firearms with some fun to boot. Keep em' coming!
I picked up a 1895 cowboy today, Sept 28 2018, looked over it....and it looks pretty good overall. Even the forearm. Its rounded like the older 1..and the barrel and the receiver, is 1 color, and the wood looks good..out of a 10, I would give it a 9...and I love your video's...keep it up
I’m in love with this rifle. There’s just something so satisfying about leverguns for starters, along with the longer 26in barrel, and having 9+1 rounds of .45-70 on tap just takes the cake. Big bore cowboy assault rifle perfect for a brush rifle role especially with .45-70 or defending the homestead. The super heavy trigger though?! I just watched a review from Jeff with Gunblast and he seemed to like it, saying it was around 4.5lbs. Huge fan of your vids Hickok, thanks for dedicating your time good sir.
Hey I'm new to guns in general and I've watched most of your videos. Watching your videos has helped me so much in picking my first gun. You're very knowledgeable and safe with guns and I like how much you push safety. Thanks for being a great resource for people, especially people like me. Btw 45-70 is the best haha.
It's really interesting when you shoot the red plate, you can see the miss dropping just low, and then you adjust. Thanks for the great content, man.
Thanks Bud's Gunshop and Federal for keeping this thing rolling. If it wasn't for you TH-cam would be boring. One thing you need is Tannerite to sponsor Hickok45 and make some real noise every so often
I'll second that!
Not every round will set tanerite off hot 357 mag out of a rifle will but not a 4" revolver same load but would be a fun science experiment to see what can and can not set it off
Hicock, just got to tell u I love your videos man. For so many reasons lol... Just everything u do and say is spot on man. Thanks for what u give to all your viewers. 💙😃👍
That lever sound never gets old.
Sound of safety
I bought a new Marlin 30-30 lever action last year and it is a great gun. They have been making great improvements in the last few years. I had read about all the quality control issues so I contacted the marlin rep before purchasing and he was great. He admitted their issues and worked me through everything they have done and are doing to bring their quality up to spec. I was convinced and am very happy with my purchase.
I have one of these rifles and it is my favorite! with the 26" barrel the recoil is less than my .30-30. But, I found some 430grain from HSM called bear loads. The rifle holds 10 rounds but with the bear loads about 4 consecutive shots is about all you want. Love this rifle!
Try a 458 with 500 gr factory loads
The recoil of this rifle is brutal. You must be a fairly stout fella to think it has less than a 30-30.
The 4570 is 1 of my favorite rounds and weapons, Marlin did a pretty decent job with that weapon. It's on my buy list for sure
I LOVE the Marlin action. Smooth and simple. Takes me about 2 minutes to disassemble and clean.
Just bought my first one today! Along with bullets can't wait to try it out this weekend
Wonderful video finally a gun that fits your frame thanks for all the hard work you do
Its interesting to see the world of difference in quality firearms vs. any other guns. There are guns and then there are firearms that make gun collecting so much fun. Amazing aim by the way!!! 👏👏👏
I would like to see a video of a firearm from the second you receive it from buds. Kinda like an unboxing video Hickok 45 style.
The 45-70 is simply a go-to round but the shooter really needs to know the drop/distance numbers.
The Freedom Group has been buying up a number of older name companies and the quality has completely gone down the tubes... The remarks made about the trigger being very stiff comes as no surprise. 100+ year old Marlins are smooth by any measure and compare well with old Winchesters. We had a recent production model Marlin 30-30 in our shop and the wood to metal borders had 1/8" gaps! It seems like older Winchester and Marlins will continue to rise in price, day by day. Thanks for the honest review!
I only own one .45-70, and it happens to be a Marlin 1895 Cowboy (CB). I purchased it before Marlin was bought out in 2007. I decided on this model for a few reasons: Needed a .45-70 big bore for hunting and knock-down power. Needed reliability and a sturdy designed rifle. I chose the 1895CB because it could do everything I needed it to, along with having a 9 round capacity. It may not be the perfect 'Bush Gun', but it will serve for that as well. This one is one of my favorite rifles in my collection. I can't see myself owning another .45-70 because this one does it all.
Really good for Elk. Fend off a Bear really well. Nothing will save ya from a Mountain Lion, just too darn fast.
Love the cartridge, so easy to reload. Early 90's Guide model is my keeper.
Lowell KD8WVY yes I love my G model
Those 45-70 punch like crazy ! I would like to try one
The way he laugh's every time " he smokes some pot" is the best. His dad jokes are on point!
Great show. I bought one 12 years ago and still love love "plinking" with it. Glad I stumbled on to your video. New fan.
"pretty much anything will kill a 2 litre or a watermelon..." Can't argue with that big game hunting wisdom.
I've always been impressed and satisfied with the authority of the .45-70 when it knocks down silhouettes. My pre-Freedom Group 1895 CB has great fit and finish and nice wood with some nicely-subtle figure in the buttstock. The bluing on the receiver and barrel match.
Bought one of these for my old man for fathers day. Still waiting for it to arrive!
Work for Rem. Arms, got it with employee discount. Employees come last unfortunately!
Glad you're keeping racism alive and well in your family.
What? What in the world does this have to do with race?
Yeah.. cause that made NO sense once so ever... Someone is "racist" for.. buying their father a gun for father's day...???
Don't mind the liberals, when they're not licking doorknobs they're race-baiting online.
The M95 cb was my first time dealing with the 45-70. So much fun
Love my 45-70 SBL made in 2018, cycles smooth.
3:53 "dat barrel" it made me laugh for some reason lol
Owning one of these rifles I was amazed at the faults you pointed out. My rifle was manufactured early 2016 and I have to say, it didn't have any of the faults you pointed out. Bluing was perfect, fore-stock fitted brilliantly, etc, etc. The one thing I moaned about and not for long (I fixed it) was the (perceived) sharp edge around the handle. The other thing at the moment is that it costs me $A3.75 per shot, lol, while shooting it in. That'll change when I start reloading....
All in all, I love it, so do the local "Marlin knockers"......
Thanks for posting Hick, really enjoyed watching this.
Cheers from downunder :)
Pilot McBride James ? 🌞
That trophy bonded round is ridiculous. I really enjoyed, thanks a lot. Great Video.
btw, Hickok 45 thank you.. so much. you are the one true thing we have right now. TRUTH!!!! your videos on guns help us all find the right buy for what we need. I appreciate that honest in them .every firearm is different and we need a review to help us choose.
This is giving me flashbacks to Far Harbor.
the one in far harbor was pretty wimpy visually lol
aye, a properly loaded 45-70 could drop most anything that moves.
old reliable......mmmmmmmm
i crapped my pants when saw it in game since I have that exact marlin they used in the DLC. wayyy underpowered though for sure
I was stoked to get the .45-70 (Old Reliable), but even maxed out it just wasn't pulling things down fast enough. Might have screwed myself with the modern weapons mod. Still... honking around with a 20mm ATG or Vulcan is pretty nice, if you're not in a foot race.
I still like the look of their stainless Model 95 SBL .45-70 the best. There's just something about a 'compact' lever action rifle that gives me a nice big smile.
I know what you mean; it's like having an absolute "artillery piece" we can easily carry around in one hand. :-)
If you are talking about a 'compact' then I like my 1895CBA. It is the cowboy Hickok is shooting in this video, except the barrel is the 18.5" with a full mag tube. I like this because you get the best of both worlds of the guide gun and the cowboy. Octagonal barrel, full mag tube straight stock. But I also like my full size cowboy as well. I have the matching set.
Ohh heck yeah. I purchased my first Marlin a few weeks ago being the 45-70 SBL and I love it. My favourite rifle.
Ohhh... I also bought Federal ammo today. I was going to get something else but since they help make your videos possible... decided to support them.
😉
I know exactly what you guys mean ! I had a Marlin 45-70 guide gun in stainless great gun ! I traded for another love of mine a original 1897 Winchester 12 ga built in 1957 the last year. Can't to find another Marlin 95 I do miss mine ! 45-70 is one of my favorite rounds!
My Cowboy is in .45 Colt . What a beauty. Had my friend and gunsmith engrave my initials on receiver.
I sometimes get it out just to polish and admire its American steel and walnut. A great sidekick to my various wheel guns in the selfsame loading.
It’s gleaming octagonal barrel a nod to times past.
Also have an octagon Marlin 97 long barrel. Shoots .22 short, long, long rifle interchangeably without adjustment. A beauty as well and so enjoyable to shoot. Breaks down for cleaning with only a coin.
It a perfect companion to my Ruger stainless single six hand gun in ubiquitous.22 as well.
Just bought one yesterday. Fit and finish are outstanding. Love the oiled black walnut.
20:09
That watermelon was vapourized!
.45-70!
In Montana Buffalo hunts people use Sharps 45-70's and bring down eight hundred pound animals.
It will drop anything in North America
What watermelon?
Vegan fireworks.
Will be getting this model 1895 cowboy for my 25 year award from work in a couple weeks, will be my first lever action.
How do you like it?
Stainless and all these new high speed science finishes are great for many guns, but I will always love the classic blued and wood guns.
Picked up a 1895 45-70 cb 2020 model. Fit and finish is excellent. Added a safety delete with a brass follower. You have a awesome channel. Keep up the great work
I came across a 1895 CB in 38-55. I have fired the 45-70 in the past. A buddy used it to hunt Elk. He reliaded as a hobby. The first time I fired his rifle, it beat the devil out of my shoulder. I've fired big bore before. But this 45-70 just kicked hard. One day we were firing rifles and he brought the Marlin and his repro 1873 Trap carbine. Same reload ammo. The Marlin was pain...the " Trap" an officers version was just a soft shove. I finally " fingered" out the butt on the Marlin, plastic, was so narrow. The trap butt was wider. Thst 38-55 was sold before I got back. Now...That Marlin rifle is like hens teeth trying to find one.
Been watching your videos for a while now and a great job as always. You are informative as well as entertaining. Tell John the camera work is superb as well. I love seeing the watermelons get shot!! Keep up the good work!
bought one of the standard model 1895s about a month ago and I can say the fit is much better.
Agreed
I picked up a 1885 CB 26 inch today and Marlin was listening to you. The fit and finish is Outstanding the barrel is not as glossy....i am very pleased with the New one,manufactured May 2019
Glad to know I'm not the only one who gets particular about the stocks and bluing on these. Took me forever to find a new marlin that had a decent blue with a butt/fore-end that relatively matched and had a nice grain.
Just ordered mine, can't wait, all my long guns are lever action, but all are under 20" (16, 18, & 20"), will be my first true long gun 🤠
Finally got it, love it, beautiful gun so happy, my favorite 45-70, favorite lever action. 🤠🔫
I'm glad people still enjoy shooting old school rifles. Most people are all "tacticool" now a days. My grandpa instilled in me a love for old school rifles. Don't get me wrong I love modern sporting rifles too, I just think it's a shame that some people don't enjoy older rifles.
Yeah, there's a lot of that tacticool bullcrap going around these days, and a few too many people that seem to think that it has to have the Glock stamp or use the AR platform to work. The CCW arguments get even dumber, sadly enough.
+DudeistPriest I know a few guys who carry single actions for ccw, I sure wouldn't want to try mugging them.
Vaun Earl
I'm 18 but to be honest as a young rifleman everyone thinks I'm into that tactical stuff and I'm always drowned out with it. But I like these old school cannons like grandaddy used to shoot. Both my grandpas had a huge effect on my way of doing things
But when i get old enough to conceal carry I'm getting a Ruger Single Six 22lr to practice with and a Super Blackhawk 44mag to carry
Blake 0
Thank you for answering some of what I was needing to know
Wow! First time I have seen one of these guns. Love your channel. Thank you.
Quite the 2 liter slayer!!
I have a vintage 45/70 CB and a Guide Gun (ported) and love it. I also had the CB in 45LC just like your but made early/mid 2000's. Sent it back to Marlin (not Freedom group- Marlin) 3 time due to blueing issues, fit and finish and issue with excessive lead'n. After sending it back twice for the lead'n issue a friend did mold of the chamber and the forcing cone was cut almost at 90deg with a sharp transition. Called Marlin (pre FG or Remlin as it has been called) and they stated the chamber was "with in spec's". I traded it off shortly after that. I now have a Henry Steel Big Boy in 45LC which shoot amazingly well. The point agrees with your statement about Marlin's production, QC and customer service going down hill in its last years before Freedom Group acquired them. I am glad to hear the functionality is now there on the FG Marlin's but until they get there fit and finish QC squared away, I think I will be buying Henry's.
The Henry's are neat, but I don't like how they load. It's a little clumsy. I'd rather have a side port.
James Lagnese Side port is nice and if I could have one with both at an affordable price I would have went that route. For the 45LC I see the tube feed as an advantage when loading from the empty state. I going to get pvc and fashion a speed loader tube. The only disadvantage is loading on the fly which a loading port gives you. As for the 45/70 Henry I am a little turned off that the capacity is not equivalent to the Marlin SBL or GBL. The Marlin's (Remlin's) boast a 6+1 while the Henry is only 4+1 with a full length tube. That's the same as my late 90's Guide Gun with a 3/4 length tube. Haven't quite got that one figured out yet.
My 444 is 4+1. I never considered it a handicap. One neat gun I saw was a guy that bought a Marlin Cowboy in 38-55 and converted it to 444, so it has the long mag tube and he had tiger stripe maple used for the stocks. It's beautiful.
James Lagnese bet it was gorgeous.
James Lagnese wow that is indeed beautiful!
All of these videos are so damn entertaining. Hickok45 is one talented gentleman
Oh Lord, had one in hand @ the defunct Gander Mountain in Palm Beach, Fl. & i sat on the fence. It just felt so right, too. Thank You, for another great one.
I have a mid-1950s 336-A in 30.30 that I absolutely adore.
Also gotta love the sound of big brass being ejected from a rifle bolt or lever. My 375 H&H sounds amazing when I pull the bolt on empty brass.
looks like a black chrome finish on the barrel.
The lever action and loading sounded a lot smoother on the JM model then on the newer one you tested earlier.
nice...my dad has an old Marlin.35 JM model...love it! I see the top rail is still the same...it's funny my grandmother's family was Hickock.. changed to Hickok..
Bought my 1895 GBL right after I got back from Afghanistan in 2012. I bought it because I watched one of your 45/70 vids. Found out later it was a Remlin:(. However it's worked and works flawlessly! Thanks for the video. More 45/70 PLEASE!
lucky yanks, you can have all most any firearm you want. love the video Hickok 👍👍
Your in the UK? I think you can own lever guns, i know you can own bolts and shot guns there. Lever guns are probably ok. Join the sport, the more shooters there are the more support you will enjoy. Most Brits today think firearms are from another planet. Didnt used to be that way and it doesnt have to be that way.
Hey you gave your country away.Soak in your own gravy.
@@rickwilson8622 unfortunatly alot of us didnt give our country away. We had our rights stolen before we where old enough to have a say.
So sad you Brits have given your gun rights away. I actually have never been a "gun" person myself but when they started talking about taking our gun rughts away I started buying firearms. I so believe that the population owning and bearing firearms is key to freedom and democracy. I will say that the loss of firearm owner ship will be loss here as well and it will be our demise.....
I've got some older Marlins and I know the Remlin era guns were very poor for fit/finish but they seem to be much better now when I handle them at gun shops. I'm glad to see them come back and with some new catalog offerings! Now if they would just bring back the levermatic....
It's a shame they killed off the 444 and I haven't heard anything about quality improvements. I think a lot of Marlin devotes are pissed off by the drop in quality when Remington bought Marlin. I have a 1982 444 Marlin with the MG barrel. It shoots better than my .30-06.
Just get a savage 99 bud.
Watching this video 4 years later and knowing what happened to Remington, I gotta say I'm looking forward to buying this rifle when Ruger starts making it.
Guys a buddy came down with a marlin 45/70 shot low found a guy on you tube say Remington put the wrong site's on some. We cut down the front site an made it shoot better so he can use it in a month for deer season. He's going to buy new site's for it. Sad really
Watching Hickok firing the 45-70 reminds of Hank JR. A country boy can survive.
mr hickok i went back t0 2009 an watch the marlin 44 mag . i have watched this many times an the 45 one . man you have made many videos !!!!
Can we write him in for President??!
Yes
Absolutely!
You don’t already?
horandy LeveRevolution 325 grain is my favorite 45-70 hunting round. really made more for these lever actions more so than my single shot
I'd like to see more info about ++P handloads with LeverEvolution bullets out of this 26" heavy barreled rifle at long distance.
I have the 1895G guide fun, but his one is definitely on my list. I too have always liked the octagonal barrels.
I recently acquired this same model through my local gunshop though it is one of the original JM models. The 45-70 is my all time favorite rifle cartridge and I have owned many over the last forty or so years. That big hunk of slow moving lead has never allowed a whitetail to take a single step after only one shot and back in the pre-Leverevolution days, when I exclusively used Rem. 300 grain SJHP ammo, my big old Maine moose walked only 50 feet or so before dropping using my old 1895SS.
I did have one problem with my 1895 Cowboy model in that I tried to sight it in for close range work where most of my hunting shots tend to be between 20 to 50 yards. Sighting the iron sites in at 50 yards I couldn't get the hits any closer than about 6 inches high using the Hornady Leverevolution 325 grain ammo. While I was able to adjust my hold to overcome that problem I instead chose to mount and sight in a scope to compensate for that and it's now a tack driver. Your new model certainly didn't seem to have that same problem! Have you heard of this being a common issue? The octagon brl and that 9 round magazine capacity won't let me loosen my grip on this rifle either way, lol.
did i count 9 shots?? good lord that's some firepower
@@maxotto9877 yup ten with one on chamber
Plus one
Here I was initially thinking it could only hold four rounds but he just kept shooting; but I guess that's one of the differences between the Guide Gun and the Cowboy.
Just one of those could make of things....
"Your always allowed a +1 unless it’s a double barreled shotgun or anything of the sorts."
I really enjoy watching your videos I've been thinkin about getting myself a 45-70 for deer hunting which one would you prefer I'm stuck between two choices I've been looking at the cowboy model that you show on this video or the guide gun from one of your other videos I'm just wondering which might be the better option did you see much performance in accuracy with the cowboy model seeing that it has a 26 inch barrel as compared to the 18inch barrel the guide gun has also most of my shots are usually taken under 200yards I'm just wondering if I should save a lil more and get the cowboy model or not if it would be worth the extra 150dollars
I always enjoy your reviews. Thanks!
The Sound Of That 45/70 Marlin lever Action cocking is pure music , you guys in the states are just so lucky .
great as always!!!!! maybe a few more close up the targets being shot please??
I would buy one in a shot! Thought the stock was attractive. ..maybe in better light it would look better?
I love all your videos hickok45. thank u
A 9 shot 45-70! Just when i thought id seen it all. And hickok is reviewing it. Awesome video!
You can't have to many 45-70s!
Holy Moly, this rifle looks great, i love it! :)
Earlier this year I bought a new 1895cba cowboy from buds with the shorter 18.5" octagon barrel. Love it! The finish on the receiver was lacking but the barrel had the high gloss as well. The stock fit a bit better then that one but I didn't like the grain either. Didn't take too much to shine up the furniture though and give it a little gloss so wasn't a terrible problem. Such a handy short rifle with a ton of power but still has the cowboy look with the octagon barrel.
I use to have one of these and loved it. Looked up the serial number of mine, said it was made in 2007 in Connecticut a few years before the whole remlin debacle. With 9 rounds of 45-70 in the tube it's a hillbilly battle rifle! With the 26" barrel 45-70 ammo is not going to go any faster. Yet very easy to handle and not as big as you would think it would be, altho a bit nose heavy when fully loaded. Put a Skinner peep sight on it and it was good.
20:50 fine solid particles in a gas are considered smoke, no "technically it's dust" needed :)
Hey Hickok, at the risk if sounding like a complete newbie, I gotta ask, what was with all the paper(I think) flying out on the first few shots with the handloads? Not too familiar with handloading or 45-70 either, just looked odd like confetti or something. Anywho, wonderful video as usual brother, keep up the good work, we all appreciate it!
I use a paper wad behind the bullet to eliminate leading.
can you make a video of how you load them?
Well with a username like that I wouldn't take you seriously or answer you either. LMHO!!!!
love the video. Im a disabled vet and was forced to sell my 45-70 and miss it so much. still have rounds for it
I just got this exact rifle and it was a pain in the ass to find, so I special ordered it. I've gotta say tho, they are improving the fit and finish of this rifle and I'm happy about it. Thanks for the video! Cheers from Arizona.
Those bonded trophy watermelon loads are impressive! Well done Federal!
Love lever action rifles.
This is one of my favorite rifles of all time. I love mine though it is an older "JM" model, I am happy to see that the quality has returned.
Get you some Garrett Sledgehammers lol
My fiancée bought me one of these as an engagement present for proposing to her, I got it in October of 2017 and I've got to say it is an excellent gun! The fit and finish on it is great, the sights are right on right out of the box, it cycles very smoothly; just wanted to throw my 2 cents out there, that I've got nothing bad to say about this gun, I just absolutely love it!