For quite some time I have wanted a Marlin 45/70 but the few times I had an opportunity to buy one nobody had ammo. A few months back I was in Atwood’s and they had a few boxes of Hornady Leverevolution 325 grain bullets so I bought them with no gun in sight. About that time I saw adds showing that Ruger had acquired Marlin and the 1st models they would put out is the 1895 SBL and Trapper. I looked everywhere to no avail and finally put my name on wait list at several gun shops in the area.
A couple weeks ago I got a call from one of those shops that said a Marlin box came in. I said I will be there in an hour because it’s an hour drive and I headed out immediately. I didn’t know if it was an SBL or Trapper and I didn’t care. I arrived and they had opened the box and slightly ripped the box which I wasn’t super happy about because this may be a collector. It was the SBL so I made the deal and they told me they usually keep ammo back for rifles they sell but unfortunately they didn’t have any 45-70. Anyway here it is and I hope to use it on deer and hogs this fall...My 30-30 may come out some this fall but most of the time I want to use this one. I like the ghost ring sights and wanted to be able to use them if possible some and I found a way with my old standby see under mounts I use on all of my lever guns...
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A couple weeks ago I got a call from one of those shops that said a Marlin box came in. I said I will be there in an hour because it’s an hour drive and I headed out immediately. I didn’t know if it was an SBL or Trapper and I didn’t care. I arrived and they had opened the box and slightly ripped the box which I wasn’t super happy about because this may be a collector. It was the SBL so I made the deal and they told me they usually keep ammo back for rifles they sell but unfortunately they didn’t have any 45-70. Anyway here it is and I hope to use it on deer and hogs this fall...My 30-30 may come out some this fall but most of the time I want to use this one. I like the ghost ring sights and wanted to be able to use them if possible some and I found a way with my old standby see under mounts I use on all of my lever guns...
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