Lever guns popularity
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Also, a Model 99 in ,300 Savage.
I have been deer hunting for close to fifty years. I have never owned a bolt action or Semi-auto deer rifle. I have a Marlin 336 30-30, a Remington Model 7600 30-06, and a Henry 45-70. The Henry gets most of the work these days. Unlike a lot of lever action users I am not a big fan of a loading gate. I prefer the Henry tube loading. Still love the old Marlin but prefer the Henry.
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Why is your scope mounted so high? I have 50mm objective scopes on my hunting Marlins. But they are not jacked up that high. How can you get a cheek weld on the stock to shoot?
Ya know..........If Winchester/Marlin/Henry used a spiral magazine tube like the Remington 14 & 141 pump.......All those rifles could have pointed bullets in their magazines.
I was thinking the same. It looks like he is running a see-through mount so as to be able to see the irons.
I'd have to have quite a thick pad to get my head up far to use the scope.
Never understood having a huge scope on a lever 30-30 anyway.
Using a fixed 2 1/2x or 2 3/4x would not only eliminate the need for use of the irons, but would be lower, lighter weight and more compact.
If someone needs more magnification to peer into the brush, that's what binoculars are for.
Not sure what you are looking at ? Maybe don't point your rifle that way yet.
Ever been out hunting, seen someone in the distance, looked at them with binoculars, then realized they have seen you too and they are looking at you through their rifle scope ?
A bit unnerving to say the least.
Binoculars are for scanning, riflescopes are for making the shot AFTER the target has been identified.
Not nice to point your loaded rifle at other people just because you want to check them out and don't feel like packing along or getting out your binos.
Sorry, rant over.
Grew up w/ a little Win. 190 auto. Wanted a lever action. Over the years, just never ended up with many. Had a Model 94 that went through a house fire. Put on a new buttstock, wire brushed the rest. Shot it w/ reloads. Had a BL-22 for a short while. Then ... years later, got a Win. classic w/ the crecent butt plate in .22 LR. Fine rifle. Traded it for "something." Had a Waffle Top Marlin in .30-30 Win. Shot well. Had been used extremely hard. Nail held the forearm on. Rear sight was rough. Preacher friend wanted it. So ... you know the rest. Oh well.
He really enjoys it. And, I needed to make a house payment. So it goes. Few years ago, my little brother was going to sell his Win. 9422 XTR. He wanted to buy a Glock. I got him a G-19 w/ better sights ... and gave him a S&W M-22 ... w/ lots of magazines and a half-case of ammo. He still has the pistol and rifle. I still have the 9422. Will not be letting that one get down the road! If it is ever possible, want to get a Rossi M-92 in .357 Mag. Doubt I'll ever be able to find much less afford a Marlin 1894. Sincerely. bruce.
He really enjoys it. And, I needed to make a house payment. So it goes. Few years ago, my little brother was going to sell his Win. 9422 XTR. He wanted to buy a Glock. I got him a G-19 w/ better sights ... and gave him a S&W M-22 ... w/ lots of magazines and a half-case of ammo. He still has the pistol and rifle. I still have the 9422. Will not be letting that one get down the road! If it is ever possible, want to get a Rossi M-92 in .357 Mag. Doubt I'll ever be able to find much less afford a Marlin 1894. Sincerely. bruce.
This weekend at the gun show, the friend I was helping at his tables had a stainless Marlin 336 in .30-30 (JM marked) as well as a new Henry lever gun in .357 Magnum...They were the most talked about guns at the show, and no matter how much begging and pleading he heard from the usual suspects, he got his asking price...
...Ben
...Ben
I have a .44 Magnum "Rem-lin" lever action. I bought it because I wanted to have at least one rifle in a revolver caliber.
,,,, as a new Henry lever gun in .357 Magnum... he got his asking price...
Dare we ask what the asking price was?
It was a synthetic stock with accessory rail near the muzzle...Hi-Viz open sights...And since I had never seen one, it looked to me as if the magazine tube could be fed from either end...It didn't last long enough for me to examine it closely...It went for $1195...
...BenRanger514
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My dad handed me his 94 when I was 13. He carried a Savage 99. We hunted whitetail together in the Black Hills, SD. Great memories. Last time I used it was in 2013, taking a spike in the northern Hills. Dealing with serious health issues that are now pretty much resolved, I handed it down to a younger family member with the promise to hand it down to his son. It needs to stay in the family.
I bought a replacement 94 now that my health is improved, and passed along another 94 to my brother so we could hunt deer together. I also have an 1873 Winchester Moruku in.357 and a Browning BL22. Levers are simply an American icon.
I bought a replacement 94 now that my health is improved, and passed along another 94 to my brother so we could hunt deer together. I also have an 1873 Winchester Moruku in.357 and a Browning BL22. Levers are simply an American icon.
It was a synthetic stock with accessory rail near the muzzle...Hi-Viz open sights...And since I had never seen one, it looked to me as if the magazine tube could be fed from either end...It didn't last long enough for me to examine it closely...It went for $1195...
Sounds like the X Model and getting $1,200.00 for it does not shock me at all.
StrawHat
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I have one lever action rifle, chambered for a rifle cartridge.
In my opinion the best lever action rifle available.
I pair it up with some flavor of ACP revolver.
If I ever hit the lottery, I will have a lever action built for the 45 ACP.
Kevin
In my opinion the best lever action rifle available.
I pair it up with some flavor of ACP revolver.
If I ever hit the lottery, I will have a lever action built for the 45 ACP.
Kevin
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I have one lever action rifle, chambered for a rifle cartridge.
In my opinion the best lever action rifle available.
I pair it up with some flavor of ACP revolver.
If I ever hit the lottery, I will have a lever action built for the 45 ACP.
Kevin
If it was good enough for Teddy Roosevelt, it’s good enough for you and me! Is that a vintage Lyman peep sight?
A noble goal. However, there are many lever action rifles chambered in 45 Colt and what’s not to like about that cartridge? Honestly, I avoided it for nearly 20 years for no good reason other than wanting to limit how many cartridges I hand loaded. But my 45 Colt revolvers appear to be multiplying and there are more than 1 lever action rifles chambered in that cartridge here already. Now I’ve got my eyes on a Winchester 1894 …
Or maybe a revolver in 30/06 or .405 ?I have one lever action rifle, chambered for a rifle cartridge.
In my opinion the best lever action rifle available.
I pair it up with some flavor of ACP revolver.
If I ever hit the lottery, I will have a lever action built for the 45 ACP.
Kevin
StrawHat
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Not for me. I think revolvers should be chambered for pistol cartridges. Rifles are for rifle cartridges.
Louis L’Amour made a big thing about rifles and handguns for the same cartridges. All the accounts I read of the Texas and Arizona Rangers and many frontiersmen, scouts and others, mentioned rifles and handguns using different cartridges. I follow that logic.
Kevin
StrawHat
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Yes, that is a Lyman of some flavor. I will dig the rifle out and let you know what model it is.
You mentioned TR. Are you aware that he took three Winchester 1895 rifles with him to Africa? Two were chambered for the 405 WCF, 1 was cut for the 30-06. Mine is built in 1900 and I had it reworked to 405 WCF. I have two, twenty round boxes of Hornady ammunition. I sighted in with 4, so that leaves 36 full power loads. I have many handloads of the Lyman 41263, loaded over 28 grains of 5744. That load duplicates the original 40-72 load and is much easier on my artificial shoulder.
Kevin
That kind of money still buys a nice pre 64 carbine that will hold and most likely continue to appreciate in value.
I bought these 6-7 years ago for $500-$600 each during a lull in the collectible Winchester market. Comparable carbines seem to be selling in the $1500 neighborhood now.
I did recently purchase a Trails End Takedown rifle in .38-55 and paid about $1600 after taxes etc, but it’s a model I’d been trying to find for a few years.
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