stagpanther
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Winters are long in Maine, and I usually while away the very long night hours with my version of knitting--building new AR's.
I have most of the parts lined up--and was out looking at barrels, and it hit me like a flash--I'm just "AR'd out" and need a change of pace (plus I kaboomed one recently, but we don't need to talk about that here ). I decided something along the lines of a 45-70 or 450 marlin in a lever gun might be something to try--always wanted to add one to my lever gun collection. I don't know exactly how it happened, but I got sidetracked into looking at Mossberg's Patriot in 375 Ruger and I thought to myself--that's darn good looking--and the specs and price ($450 through SG) were equally attractive. Before I knew what was happening--my hand on the computer mouse all by itself completed the order!
Interested in hearing the good, bad or ugly from anyone who's had experience with it.
PS--I know the 375 ruger has a rep for heavy recoil--but my reasoning was, I (sometimes) fire 3" magnums and slugs out of my 12 gauge 870 that are hitting back at around 47 ftlbs--so how bad could it be?
I have most of the parts lined up--and was out looking at barrels, and it hit me like a flash--I'm just "AR'd out" and need a change of pace (plus I kaboomed one recently, but we don't need to talk about that here ). I decided something along the lines of a 45-70 or 450 marlin in a lever gun might be something to try--always wanted to add one to my lever gun collection. I don't know exactly how it happened, but I got sidetracked into looking at Mossberg's Patriot in 375 Ruger and I thought to myself--that's darn good looking--and the specs and price ($450 through SG) were equally attractive. Before I knew what was happening--my hand on the computer mouse all by itself completed the order!
Interested in hearing the good, bad or ugly from anyone who's had experience with it.
PS--I know the 375 ruger has a rep for heavy recoil--but my reasoning was, I (sometimes) fire 3" magnums and slugs out of my 12 gauge 870 that are hitting back at around 47 ftlbs--so how bad could it be?
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