Yep, Glenfield was (is?) Marlin’s big box store brand name sold by many different retailers including K-Mart where I bought my first “gun”, a Glenfield 25 .22lr rifle that I flat out wore out.
My son's.
Too cool! I found a replacement for mine on GB a couple of years ago. It's sitting in my gun cabinet right now, and those damn little Glenfields all shoot well above their pay grade. I paid $65 for mine in 1980.
A Winchester 94, in 30-30. Likely the way a zillion other hunters began. No optics, as where I hunted (northern Wisc.) is pretty heavily forested. 50-75 yard shots were common, some shorter than that.
One thing I learned the hard way - your shoulder will really know it when caught between that steel butt plate and the tree trunk your back is set against if you sit a ground stand, on your rear end.
I'm slightly shocked at how many folks started with lever actions but I guess I shouldn't be. I have a newly rekindled love affair with them and as soon as I get back to hunting some of them will get bloodied.
I'm slightly shocked at how many folks started with lever actions but I guess I shouldn't be. I have a newly rekindled love affair with them and as soon as I get back to hunting some of them will get bloodied.
My first center fire rifle was a Winchester model 94 30-30 but I never did hunt with it. Think I was 18. Didn’t hunt big game until I was about 23 and the wife gave me the 30-06 the Christmas before. Still have both.
Mine was a Remington 722? in 300 Savage I killed my first 2 deer with it then started collecting other deer rifles now I use a gun til I shoot a buck then retire it to try a new one a 30-30, a 30-06, a 300 Mag., a25-06, a 6.5 Creedmoor, and a 7mm Mag.I was in a store one day I took the Girlfriend shopping and was in the sporting goods department when she came up and asked why I was looking at guns when I just bought a new one I told here that since I shot a buck with that gun that it was bad luck to use it again and she bought it hook line and sinker
Win Model 94 30-30, got one doe with it the first year my pop gave it to me.
Mike,
I know in the past we've discussed this a time or two. My pops first deer rifle was Win 94 32 win special. After he passed away it was in such bad shape after sitting in an attic for 20 plus years without a case (completely rusted all over). I had it totally restored and it is just beautiful! I don't have my 30-30 any longer but I still cherish my pops 32 win to this day and still hunt with it on occasions!
Distance is not an issue, but the wind can make it interesting!
Mine was a Remington 722? in 300 Savage I killed my first 2 deer with it then started collecting other deer rifles now I use a gun til I shoot a buck then retire it to try a new one a 30-30, a 30-06, a 300 Mag., a25-06, a 6.5 Creedmoor, and a 7mm Mag.I was in a store one day I took the Girlfriend shopping and was in the sporting goods department when she came up and asked why I was looking at guns when I just bought a new one I told here that since I shot a buck with that gun that it was bad luck to use it again and she bought it hook line and sinker
I hope you married that girl.
Jerry
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
Marlin 336C chambered in 30/30. Never had a deer run very far after hitting it, but the first year I hunted in West by God Virginia I learned it is better to wait until they are facing uphill before taking the shot. Might not run very far but they sure can fall a long way...
"If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." - Thomas Paine
"I know my place in the world and it ain’t standing next to Jerry Miculek" - Zee
I'm slightly shocked at how many folks started with lever actions but I guess I shouldn't be. I have a newly rekindled love affair with them and as soon as I get back to hunting some of them will get bloodied.
Back in the day animals didnt wear body armor, a 35 yard shot was pretty common and optics were not necessary. Folks didnt complain about predatory lenders and had one adequate rifle to cover deer and bear. Unlike now when every whitetail has ballistic plates that you have to punch through with the latest gun rag cover model, everyone needs to be prepared for 500 yard shots, and even sunlight has changed so that a minimum of a 9x scope is needed to hit a 6 inch circle at 35 yards.
It's boring, and your lack of creativity knows no bounds.
I'm slightly shocked at how many folks started with lever actions but I guess I shouldn't be. I have a newly rekindled love affair with them and as soon as I get back to hunting some of them will get bloodied.
Back in the day animals didnt wear body armor, a 35 yard shot was pretty common and optics were not necessary. Folks didnt complain about predatory lenders and had one adequate rifle to cover deer and bear. Unlike now when every whitetail has ballistic plates that you have to punch through with the latest gun rag cover model, everyone needs to be prepared for 500 yard shots, and even sunlight has changed so that a minimum of a 9x scope is needed to hit a 6 inch circle at 35 yards.
Not everyone grew up hunting heavy timber. I grew up hunting wide open spaces where 150-200 yards was more the norm, and 300 yards or further was not unheard of. A model 94 30-30 would be as out of place there as a scoped 300 Winchester Magnum would be where you grew up hunting.
Scoped 30-06s and .270s were very common.
Jerry
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
Still, a mod open sight 94 is good for 70+ % of the country. Which is why a lot of people grew up with one. By the time I was hunting, there were a lot of scoped bolt guns being used, but most folks had a levergun around because that is what they had. The kid got what was available and Dad got the nice rifle.
It's boring, and your lack of creativity knows no bounds.
There weren't any deer around here when I was younger and I never went deer hunting until I was older. I bought an elk gun which became my deer rifle because it was all I had. Howa 300 mag with a Nikon monarch, which cost more than the rifle. A few years ago I bought a boyd's walnut stock and bedded and pillared it. It's not one I would part with.
There weren't any deer around here when I was younger and I never went deer hunting until I was older. I bought an elk gun which became my deer rifle because it was all I had. Howa 300 mag with a Nikon monarch, which cost more than the rifle. A few years ago I bought a boyd's walnut stock and bedded and pillared it. It's not one I would part with.
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No optics, as where I hunted (northern Wisc.) is pretty heavily forested. 50-75 yard shots were common, some shorter than that.
One thing I learned the hard way - your shoulder will really know it when caught between that steel butt plate and the tree trunk your back is set against if you sit a ground stand, on your rear end.
Preaching to the choir here, I'm guessing….
― Douglas Adams
Mike
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Mike,
I know in the past we've discussed this a time or two. My pops first deer rifle was Win 94 32 win special. After he passed away it was in such bad shape after sitting in an attic for 20 plus years without a case (completely rusted all over). I had it totally restored and it is just beautiful! I don't have my 30-30 any longer but I still cherish my pops 32 win to this day and still hunt with it on occasions!
John 3: 1-21
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
Marlin 336C chambered in 30/30. Never had a deer run very far after hitting it, but the first year I hunted in West by God Virginia I learned it is better to wait until they are facing uphill before taking the shot. Might not run very far but they sure can fall a long way...
Back in the day animals didnt wear body armor, a 35 yard shot was pretty common and optics were not necessary. Folks didnt complain about predatory lenders and had one adequate rifle to cover deer and bear. Unlike now when every whitetail has ballistic plates that you have to punch through with the latest gun rag cover model, everyone needs to be prepared for 500 yard shots, and even sunlight has changed so that a minimum of a 9x scope is needed to hit a 6 inch circle at 35 yards.
Scoped 30-06s and .270s were very common.
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
Pics? I would like to see that one.