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re: So I was watching Moonshiners last night... (Rifle Thread)

Posted on 11/29/12 at 11:11 am to
Posted by bayoudude
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Posted on 11/29/12 at 11:11 am to
Lever action makes a great brush gun when shooting moving deer with open sights. I sadly still don't have a lever gun in my collection.
Posted by Ole Geauxt
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Posted on 11/29/12 at 11:19 am to
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Lever action makes a great brush gun
ive been reading that shite in Outdoor Life and Field and Stream magazines for 50 years... What does that truly mean? Lever gun shoots a heavier caliber bullet "through the brush" better than semi, single or bolt? bullshite.
That saying has been around for so long that people actually believed it, cause levers were more popular in the 50's and 60's. My first deer gun was a lever action... Great gun, but it sure didn't make a bullet more accurate anywhere.. What it meant was it was a handy gun that shot at least a 30 caliber bullet for relatively short distances. But, i think the "brush" thing was a marketing genius idea, for it fit all of us in the South, and we BIT...
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