Before & After

[Richard S]

Richard S
- Very nice both before, & after..!  
My Dad has been known to use the term "Nickle Plated Sissy Pistol Very Jokingly of Coarse..!"  
  At least however, I've NEVER known him to say it to someone that was "Holding a loaded One..!"    

Eric Howland (LOL)

Eric:

I agree with your father.  The traditional nickel plating is a delicate finish which Hoppe's No. 9 can destroy in a few applications.  Even the newer nickel finishes are somewhat vulnerable.

My maternal grandmother back in Oklahoma owned a nickel-plated .38 revolver which she kept under her pillow until the day she died.  I recall that the revolver's finish was beginning to flake when I last saw it -- and I doubt that "Granny" ever cleaned the thing in her life.  

Intending no offense to others of a different view, I tend to look at nickel plating in the same way that General Patton looked at mother-of-pearl grips.  

A hard-bright chrome finish -- now that is an entirely different matter.  I tend to look at hard-bright chrome plating in the same way that General Patton looked at ivory grips.   

[BillinPittsburgh]

I would suggest trying the Trijicon Reflex before buying if you have any opportunity whatsoever.  I very briefly had one on my AR-15, but couldn't even see a target 100 yards away that I have no trouble hitting with iron sights at the same distance.  I've had problems with other illuminated dot sights as well, like C-more.  Others on other forums had better luck than me.

I think a good test when handling such a sight in the store is to try to read something from a distance while looking through the sight and then compare it to reading the same thing with the naked eye.  If the text is more difficult to read through the sight, you won't like it.

The only ones I would consider are Aimpoint and the Leopold CQ/T.

[Aglifter]

I put the reflex sight on mine because I wanted to use the gun in Zambia -- and still will, if my buddies and I can ever coordinate our schedules, so I wanted something that aimed very fast, and was good close up -- the other thing about them is it takes practice to use them properly -- I can only shoot mine well free hand, and w. both eyes open -- not match quality, but at 80 yds, I can shoot about a 2.5" to 3" group w. factory remington ammo -- considerably larger than acceptable w. good iron sights/scope, but much faster to use, at least for me.

But your right, at about 100 yards, that 4.3 MOA makes the gun pretty difficult to use on paper -- still works fine on animals -- but 150+ and it's time to go get out one of the scoped bolt actions.

[Rocnerd]

I took my Marlin 336 with me on a hog hunt this past Sunday and got a nice 220lb boar.  The sausage he provided is excellent.  I used the new Hornady leverevolution rounds and they performed extremely well.  I hit mine in the shoulder and it ran about 15 to 20 yards before realizing it was dead.  So, my vote is for the Marlin in any caliber you desire, though the Henry in .44 mag is mighty tempting.