Marlin 30-30 as truck gun.

[Combat Controller]

This being America, I can do that.

[308Mike]

This being America, I can do that.

If and when you decide to keep one here in San Diego, I can take good care of it and make sure the guns get used and cleaned on a regular basis!!

[SeekHer]

Leverguns are neat in that they don't instill this "Evil Black Rifle Syndrome" in the hoplophobes and that is a bonus especially with everyone and their brother out there having cell phones, are paranoid and have 911/local LEO on speed-dial with a camera to record your vehicle, licence plate, your weapons and you.

You have to determine what and where you're most likely to be when the fecal matters encounters the oscillating aero device and the only place where less then 150 yds would be in dense forest with lots of undergrowth...Urban shots are well over 200 quite easily--think how far it's across the shopping mall's parking lot from end to end or even side to side.

This is the type of country that surrounds out farm up north and nearly the same for the house down south but there there are a few houses scattered on the ground with windbreaks of coniferous trees surrounding them.

As you can see 200 yds shots are the norm unless you get into second growth poplar and black oak scrub forests on the outer edges of the prime farming land, where shots are usually under 100 yds but then you have to also watch out for grazing livestock--usually beef.
The picture is typical of the central plains, this was taken by the Manitoba, North Dakota, Montana, Saskatchewan borders but I've seen the same type of topography in Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico etc.

I enjoy the Marlin in .41 Rem mag but since that's the only highpower handgun calibres that I own it doesn't make sense to get something else...I have a couple of Browning 9mms and the rest are rimfires and I do have a rimfire Marlin 39A and a Browning BL22 to cover those...I only used it for some CAS events and hunting the aforementioned scrub brush.

If you want the nostalgia of a levergun, the convenience of quick loading/reloading but not limiting yourself to pistol calibres then think about the unfortunately discontinued Savage Model 99s or Winchester 88s and of course the still produced, lovely Browning BLR in everything from .22/250 up to .450 Marlin with a quick detachable box magazine and able to mount a scope above the bore without any difficulties..

[Denis]

This is the type of country that surrounds our farm...

Wow. Open vistas. No wonder you like long-distance shooting!

[First Shirt]

From that picture, I'd say the ideal truck gun would be towed behind the vehicle and capable of indirect fire!

[Precision]

From that picture, I'd say the ideal truck gun would be towed behind the vehicle and capable of indirect fire!

I hear rumors that those are kind of expensive.

[First Shirt]

Ask SeekHer how much he pays for some of his more "exotic" long-range caliber brass!

[Combat Controller]

This being America, I can do that.

If and when you decide to keep one here in San Diego, I can take good care of it and make sure the guns get used and cleaned on a regular basis!!

I still have a car and a condo in Hernando Beach...

[MarkD]

If I may provide an alternate viewpoint:

Short of a zombiepocalypse or other total breakdown, you're not going to have much need for over 200 yard shots in an emergency. If you're that far from someone who's shooting at people, you're better off de-assing the area instead of shooting back, and if you're already in your car or can get to your car to get your trunk/truck gun, you're better off driving away. It's hard to imagine a self-defense situation taking place at long-range especially away from home. I could MAYBE imagine one near home (someone shooting up your neighborhood) where it would be more appropriate to shoot back than to leave, but personally I'd be hard-pressed to imagine a situation where a long-range duel at the mall is the best alternative open to me.

Just my two-cents worth.

[blackeagle603]

Clocktower counterfire by armed civilians.