Author Topic: I'm a noob to the shooting world (Read 514 times)

UTnoobshooter · « **on:** October 11, 2004, 04:24:10 PM »

Ok, Im a noob to the shooting world.
background info
I go to UT...go horns!
I leterally have no experience with firearms.

I was checking around and I'd like to get a Marlin 981T as a starter rifle. A couple of my friends recommended it bc it was so darn cheap. Other than that, I don't know much about the gun. I plan to use it at a range (Red's indoor in ATX) and sometimes for a little small game.

Is it a good buy?
Accurate?
Would you get one? (If you already have one, if you go back in time..would you still get it?)

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

goose7856 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 11, 2004, 04:42:21 PM »

from what outdootz4me says, its a great lil shooter.......i may have to go and get one!!

UTnoobshooter · « **Reply #2 on:** October 11, 2004, 06:08:46 PM »

do you have any experience with it personally?

goose7856 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 12, 2004, 06:42:01 AM »

no not yet, but "from what I hear", it is a AWSOME gun for $135......A guy at Rimfire Central said that he can put 10 shots in one hole at 25 yards with his......thats about as good of accuracy as I would EVER need......i think im goin to get one for my b-day......itll be my first .22lr, and i think it should work out fine!!

hope it helps!! go to www.rimfirecentral.com and type in the Search box 981T, and you should get some more results!!

UTnoobshooter · « **Reply #4 on:** October 13, 2004, 01:01:51 PM »

thanks a lot for the help.

anyone who has one? experiences with it?

btw what can you hunt w/ a .22?

goose7856 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 13, 2004, 01:58:40 PM »

just to chime in about what you can hunt.......i would think that most hunting is done for squirrels, and second would be rabbits.......then it can also kill a variety of other animals.......raccoons, oposseums, armadillos, you name a small creature it will probably be able to kill it........im going to use it for a sniper gun, when i go deer hunting......when a rabbit or bushy tail pops up, i'll take him out with some sub-sonics, or shorts.......ill have some meat for the stew/freezer, and it wont mess up the hunting.......maybe the biggest you could go, would be a fox or coyote.......but you would have to have the right ammo, and be a very good shot........hope this helps

goose

ironglow · « **Reply #6 on:** October 18, 2004, 01:45:00 AM »

UTnoob;
A great place to start...probably the best accuracy you can buy for the $$ spent.
The Marlin bolt actions are not just good "starters", they are also good "keepers".

Just my two pennies..