New S & W rifle

I'm down with S&W thinking outside the box and all but, they are known for the 460 and 500 magnum cartridges. Why in the heck did they think the 44 mag was the way to go. They had the prime opportunity to go big with the 460 and 500. Is Dirty Harry now gonna go to the new S&W lever action?
 
To my eye, the iron sights look like they could be easily damaged. Of course with a rail, nobody's likely going to use them, anyway. Putting a rail on a lever action sort of reminds me of Heritage's "Tactical Cowboy" concept and that's not particularly a compliment.
 
Hey, if Henry can try producing revolvers then S&W can play in the lever action sandbox. I don't want to see their lever action line fail but I wish they had put the effort elsewhere. A short run of "classic" revolvers in the harder to find calibers, 32 Mag, 41 Mag etc.. Sans locks of course.
 
One final comment from me. Henry's Big Boy in .44 Magnum is blued steel and stocked in genuine, non-laminated American walnut. made all the more traditional looking with its straight rather than pistol grip configuration. In short, it's a handsome gun. With the large loop option, the MSRP is $1,110. Now if Henry can put out a product like this at that price point, why shouldn't S&W be able to do the same? A lot of us might line up for that.
 
Mike said:
Is a stainless steel 44 magnum lever rifle that looks like a cross between a Henry and a Marlin........They call it the model 1854. Put together with Torx screws instead of regular screws.....Plastic stocks.....Crossbolt safety...Magazine tube removal.
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Good summation.
Hard pass for me...
 
I keep looking at this rifle and for some reason I just don't like the looks of it, and then I realized why. It has a stainless steel frame but uses black screws instead of stainless screws that match the color of the frame.
Small thing, I know, but it does make a difference.

As far as the polymer stock, I'm not a big fan, but if it's going to be used in extreme outdoor conditions, that's better than a pretty wood stock.

All in all, it seems to be a well thought out new model. Let's see how it goes.
 
Got an email from S&W this morning touting their new rifle.

Below is copied from that email.
___________________________________________________

RECIEVER

In-house forged 416 Stainless Steel.
Side-load and eject.
_____________________________________________________
Folks, if your multi-million dollar company can't spell 'receiver' correctly on promotional materials, can you trust the QC elsewhere?
 
I, as well, am surprised about this announcement. Kudos for Smith actually doing something different but I really can't see this going anywhere. But, as has already been said, maybe I'm not up to date on the demand for levers (tactical or otherwise) either, apparently...
 
Why 1854? According to their own website, the company started in 1852.
 
Babysitr said:
High price + low looks.=I will stick to my Winchester/Miroku levers
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Looking on Grabagun.com the price is in line with Winchester, Marlin, and Henry.

I wouldn't buy it because John Wayne didn't have a rail on his lever gun.
 
I am disappointed because he didn't say if you can use the iron sights with the optical item off, as set up, or do you have to remove the picatinny rail??
 
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