First year with PAL

[u/Why_Am_I_Here_1999]

over the last year of having the PAL I've bought and sold some things, here is the haul. (3rd picture is what i have left) its definitely been fun and looking forward to what the next year for me brings, especially if its friends because after moving to AB for work I have none lol

[u/Kujayhawk88]

Liking the lever guns! What do you have there?

[u/Why_Am_I_Here_1999 → u/Kujayhawk88]

Henry.45-70 Marlin 3030 S&w .357

[u/Geem750 → u/Why_Am_I_Here_1999]

Im currently looking for a black lever in 357 and all of those are on the list. Can you give me a little feedback on the different manufacturers?

[u/Why_Am_I_Here_1999 → u/Geem750]

The .357 I have is the Smith &Wesson stealth hunter, so it's definitely not the cheapest out there but it comes factory with the "tacticool" handguard and a flat face trigger it's pretty good no issues with it shoots good groups with PMC 158gr.

My Marlin is pretty dang old it was my Great-Grandfathers deer rifle that I tossed a reflex on because the old fiber optic sight that was on it was Falling apart. So I can't really comment on Marlin as of today's standards but honestly it's Marlin so you can't go wrong.

The Henry is the .45-70 it's my bear gun. Like the post said I'm in Lethbridge and we're gonna go camping this year in the mountains as well as the ol lady has a family trailer up in the Rockies so I decided to grab something to have for grizzlys. I have zero issues with my Henry I love it cycles well shoots straight and with ranger point precision you have all the custom options out there. You're paying a little less for the Henry but it's gonna be your base polymer handguard and stock and it's gonna be pricey to make it look good. I think my handguard was 580 if I remember correctly and the optic mount for that specific handguard was another 60 bucks

[u/Geem750 → u/Why_Am_I_Here_1999]

Hey i appreciate the insight! With all the photos i thought you had the marlin dark series. Im basically looking to mount an optic, handguard and foregrip. Just dont know if i should go for a quality gun or settle for something like a levtac or canuck. Seems like guys are selling their henrys to fund a marlin or s&w build.

[u/Why_Am_I_Here_1999 → u/Geem750]

Nope my Marlin is the old one, if you're just looking at buying pre built then yeah go for the S&W or dark series, but if you don't mind doing a bit of work yourself don't sleep on the Henry they are pretty dang good imo