:biggrin: I'll have me a new Marlin 983 on Monday!!
http://www.marlinfirearms.com/Firearms/22WinMagnum/983.aspx
Ain't new toys fun :biggrin: I got a Ruger Hawkeye in 300 WM on it's way. 8 boxes of ammo for it arrived today ...... I'm pumped :yoyo:
Nice looking pea shooter your gonna be getting. Good luck with it. :sneer:
They sure are Stu!! :biggrin:
Thanks DD!! I'm hoping to shoot a raccoon or two hundred with it!! :eyebrow: :biggrin:
HaMer,
I don't think you will be disappointed with the Marlin. :congrats:
What ammo are you planning on using?
The reason I ask.... I have two Marlin 22 mags, tested several brands of ammo in each. Both rifles shoot CCT TNT's and Winchester Super-X's (in the silver box) very accurately.
On coyotes, within 100 yards, the Winchester hollow points have preformed well for me. :wink:
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet :biggrin:
Your gonna love it. Good little plinkers and nice squirrel guns
ch1-- I'm gonna try the CCI Maxi Mags in 40 grs & the 30gr V-Max load. I want the V-Max for groundhogs. But I will eventually try 5 or 6 different ammos for it. I want a HP load for coons & the occasional coyote. Fox will just have to eat whatever I feed it as a target of opportunity. :laf: This is my 3rd Marlin & the other 2 are very nice rifles that shoot real good.
Thanks for all the nice words guys!! :biggrin:
Quote from: HaMeR on October 23, 2007, 05:37:24 AMThanks for all the nice words guys!! :biggrin:
Enough of that. :sarcas3:
My gawd I thought it was one of those dern in-line muzzleloaders w/ that tube under the barrel. :rolleye:
My didn't ya at least get the SS verison w/ that nice laminate stock? :thumb2:
Are you going to put a scope on it or just use it for a t'mater stake? :iroll:
22MAG! Why a 22mag? :shrug: :doh2: 22mag makes a good pistol cartridge, but in a rifle? :huh:
Did you buy this little girlie gun for Audrea (his granddaughter) for when she gets weaned? Ya know after she gets potty trained she's gonna want something more like a varmint killing gun. ;yes;
Well, let me know when you get it & we'll go shooten. :wink:
QuoteWell, let me know when you get it & we'll go shooten. :wink:
After all that ^^^^ babble you wanna shoot it now!! :confused: :shrug: Besides,, iffn I was to get Audrey started shootin it would be with a real cartridge. You know,, the 17 HaMeR!! :laf: :laf: Don't you have one of those VV?? You know,, the one that looked like Minnie Pearls hat with the price tag still on it in the picture!! :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
It'll either wear a 4x Nikon or a 3-9 Bushnell. I haint deecided yet. :wink:
But either way it's gonna be a darn nice birthday present for me I think!! :wink: :eyebrow:
It aint Monday the 29th but my 983 is only a few miles away tonight waiting on the paperwork to be done!! :biggrin: :thumb2: :yahoo: :thumb2: :yahoo: :thumb2: :yahoo:
I just can't stop :biggrin: right now!!!
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Glen,
We will expect a FULL review.
Jerry
P.S. You will have to wait till that smile is gone or you won't be able to hit anything. :roflmao:
Nice rifle Hamer !! I hear all these arguments about what you should be shooting and not.......... back in the day my 22mag put the meat on the ground on a regular basis !!! I have a marlin now ss with a bullbarrel , very nice shooter.
Jeb
I expect to give a full review Jerry. :eyebrow: I'll show some dead critters after I show the dead paper I plan on shooting with it. :laf: :laf:
This is my 4th Marlin Jeb. :biggrin: I already like it. I just hope I haven't raised my expectations too far before I shoot it. :innocentwhistle: :laf:
Still :biggrin:!!
:laf: Like a kid at Christmas :eyebrownod:
I LIKE CHRISTMAS!!!! :biggrin:
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Went to the range today. It seemed odd that I was there by myself. :confused:
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Here's shot numbers 15-20 out of the 983 @ 45yds. This was shot with the 40gr CCI Maxi Mags. 5 shots. Not too bad considering the conditions.
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Can't wait to bloody it up & work with it when it's 10* ABOVE freezing. :laf: :laf: The triggers not too bad either. I was surprised at how nice it really is. It could be lighter but I'll be wearing gloves when using it.
There by yourself?
:confused: Someone was spying on you and took your picture Buddy :shck:
:wo: Musta been Big Brother then. :shrug: I do remember now,, I forgot my tin foil hat!! :madd:
I tell ya it was cold enough out there to own a set of :sad: :sad:,,, well you know how cold it can get out there. :wink: :laf: :laf:
:roflmao: :roflmao: Diane was there & helped me set the target stand up & put things away. As you might imagine those pics were taken from the confines of a very warm truck cab. :wink: :laf: :laf:
Quote from: HaMeR on December 05, 2007, 08:53:22 PM
Diane was there & helped me set the target stand up & put things away. As you might imagine those pics were taken from the confines of a very warm truck cab.
At least one member of the family has some sense. Glen, not talking about you.
Jerry
:confused: Didn't I used to like you guys?? :wo:
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It was freakin cold out there but by golly I got my coon rig ready for tomorrow AM's calling sessions. :wink:
No, you never liked me. And if I didn't pick on you, who would? :biggrin:
Jerry
QuoteAnd if I didn't pick on you, who would? :biggrin:
:confused: Anybody else here if I left them an opening. :confused: And if I didn't leave em an opening they would create one. :wo: Besides,, I wouldn't have it any other way around here!! :biggrin:
I never liked you?? Well that would explain dinner one night when I talked to you so much that other folks at the table couldn't get a word in edgewise. :wink: :roflmao: :roflmao:
This whole little insignificant board is full of good folks & I like eveybody here. :wink: :biggrin:
Quote from: HaMeR on December 06, 2007, 08:49:16 AM
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I never liked you?? Well that would explain dinner one night when I talked to you so much that other folks at the table couldn't get a word in edgewise. :wink: :roflmao: :roflmao:
I try as hard as I can to forget that night with all your talking (or so I was told) but I just can't get it out of my head. :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:
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That night was totally my fault Jerry. I should have been more interested in talking hand calls than just visiting casually over a fine dinner & enjoying your vacation pictures. :wink:
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With all your talking, did you even get to see the pictures? :rolleye: Or was it that you only got to see the pictures and didn't say anything?
:laf: I only got to see 1/2 of them. :shrug: The other 1/2 was hidden behind my flapping lips!! :roflmao:
It was good to meet up with you tho. If you're ever coming thru this way holler 1st OK??!! :wink:
Holler first so you can be busy? :wink: And there would only be two of us to listen, I mean talk.
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I really like the checkering. I have a 336 is .35 rem. It is under 1 inch at 100 yards with that new lever evolution. Keep us up to date on what kinds of ammo it likes to digest. I am in the market.