Are leverguns Dead?

[ladyT]

Lots of nice Levers shown here !
Mines shown on gunlovingirl's thread.
As long as theres people like us still buy'em as well as bringing up the young'ens to lov'em, they'll always be around.
I have noticed, am I the only one that shoots rifles and shotguns left handed while being a right hand
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Ernie

No you are not the only one.

 

[BobC357]

My trusty 300 Sav is still a good gun. There's nothing wrong with lever actions.

 

[Straightshooter2]

This one is doing just fine along with my 1904 vintage Model 92 .32-20 and my 1953 Model 94 .30-30.

CW

 

[Grayfox]

Good Lord! This thread is two years old and I never posted in it? Jeez, I'm gettin' old.

Count me in as another lever lover. I've got about a half dozen of 'em taking up space in my safe. Ranging from .22LR up to .45-70. I've got a special fondness for the trapper length rifles in wheelgun calibers. Light, fast and handy. Can't ask for anything better.

 

[revho]

Found a couple weeks ago in the used rack of a big box store. A true one owner 1948 Marlin 39a in about 95%. If only I could find Marlin model 1894 in .357 used next....

 

[Practical]

Don't fear, a lot of NY'ers and California residents will be buying leverguns.

They are the new NY-legal Assault Rifles.

 

[gregintenn]

Anybody know where I could get a casket for this old thing?
Walmart doesn't even carry 303 Savage ammunition!

 

[zeke]

22 lr, 25-20, 30-30, 307, 308, 32-20, 357 mag, 375 win, 44 mag, 444 Marlin and 45-70.

Have taken special liking to 16 in Win Trapper with youth stock. Might try and super tac it by taking off the rear sight.

Really like levers for up close, but if needing 300-500 yard rapid accuracy, it' back to the RR 308. Just different tools.

 

[LostintheOzone]

I shot my first deer with a 95 Winchester. IIRC I was 15 and the year was 1964. We also had a 94 but nobody in the family wanted to hunt with it as there were several other rifles that that had better range. In the SW range was a big deal. My nephew borrowed my rifle when I was in the Navy and I never got it back. I didn't make a big deal out of it as I had a model 70 which I prefered to hunt with anyway.

So you could say I cut my teeth on lever guns but never had the desire to have another. The first time I shot a model 70 I knew I had found the perfect gun and I've been a bolt action guy ever since. Funny how you know some things are made just for you. Lever guns are for somebody else but there seems to be plenty of those folks around.

 

[Muddyboot]

I picked up two Marlin 336 C's in .35 Remington in the last couple of month's. Far from being dead, for me ,they've just come alive. Also have a Winchester in .44 Magnum...........Wood and steel will never go out of style.

 

[lhump1961]

I'll echo the Marlin 336 30-30. Have one from the 50's and it's my sentimental favorite.

 

[DR505]

I've only got 4 leverguns. Two Winchesters in .30-30, one Marlin in .44 Mag, and one Browning in .243.

 

[carpriver]

I own a Henry 44spl./44mag. I love shooting it. I am no longer a hunter, when I did hunt I hunted with the Remington model 700 bolt action. as a kid I used a 410 shotgun loaded with 44-40 rounds. I bought the 44 after I got the golden boy 22lr. I liked the way the 22 shot so I went to larger lever gun. I did replace the dove tail sight with a peep sight it improved my shooting.

 

[mojave30cal]

A couple of years ago I picked up a nice, used all original 1894
Winchester pre-64 in .32 Winchester Special. I like the way it
kicks the s**t out of me every time I take it to the range.