Lets see those Lever Action Rifles.

[Hdhic]

I've got a couple of LA rifles in the safe. The Henry golden boy is a 22 mag. The 1894 Marlin was made about 1898. It's chambered in 32-20.
The butt stock was broken and repaired many years ago. I thought about replacing it but I decided to leave it alone. I kinda like how it looks.
HDHIC

 

[Kiwi cop]

I've posted most of these before, but.....

Pre AE '94 in 30/30.
Rossi '92 44/40
Henry Big Boy .357
Uberti 150th Anniversary 1866 .45 Colt
Chiappa .22 LR wearing a no name Chinese red/green dot sight.

 

[F75gunslinger]

My dad won this one playing poker one night before I was on this earth. He said it was pretty beat up,so he took it to one of my uncles who worked for a plating company. They had planned to chrome all but the barrel, but the receiver wouldn't take any color other than this. My dad liked it so he kept it that way.Maybe not an original but i like the way it looks and always smile at the story.

 

[RobertJ.]

I have a couple more, but these are my favorites: a Win. Model 94, and a Browning BL22. These are interesting in the fact that the Winchester was designed by John Browning but doesn't carry his name, and the BL22 has his name but wasn't designed by him.

 

[Drm50]

Here's some of mine I got a few more that I haven't got
pictures of yet. Most recently a Sav 99EG in 250/3000


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[amazingflapjack]

I read where John Taffin said that if he were limited to one center fire weapon, it would be a lever rifle in .357 Magnum-for all of the reasons we already know.

 

[les.b]

I read where John Taffin said that if he were limited to one center fire weapon, it would be a lever rifle in .357 Magnum-for all of the reasons we already know.

Well, I just happen to have one of those, although I don't seem to have a picture of the whole gun handy. My Rossi "Puma", a clone of the Winchester 92 in .357 Magnum, made before the lawyer mandated safety was added to the top of the receiver. These early versions were very close to the original Browning design. Sure a nice companion to a .357 sidearm. Great for woods walking. Light and accurate. Adequate for most critters here in the east.

Best Regarsa, Les

 

[Highhawk1948]

Like that 1866 yellow boy

 

[bmcgilvray]

Lever-actions on hand here, top to bottom. Winchesters: Model 1873 .38-40 from 1900, Model 1886 .45-90 from 1887, Model 1892 .32-20 from 1896, Model 94 .32 Winchester Special from 1941, Model 1895 .405 WCF from 1904 and a Savage Model 99 .300 Savage from the mid-1950s.



They all receive "exercise." A few examples.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I don't do pictures, sorry.

Biggest to smallest:
Browning Model 1886 45-70 ca. 1986 26" Octagon barrel
Marlin 1895 Guide Gun 45-70, early enough to have factory porting.
Marlin 1894 45 Colt CB ca.2000
Rossi Model 92 45 Colt carbine pre-lock
Navy Arms Model 92 45 Colt rifle, Very Heavy! Octagon 24" barrel
Ubirti 1873 Rifle in 44 Special
Rossi Model 92 357 carbine pre -lock (SS)
Marlin 1894 32-20 carbine ca. 1982


If you have any of the JM Marlins with the push button safety, You can remove the butt stock, there is a small hex set screw left of the tang. If you run this in until it stops ,it will fix the lock in that position (safe or fire), This keeps someone from putting your gun on safe without you knowing! (That's a dirty trick at Cowboy matches) The half cock hammer works on all JM Marlins, with or without the button (The way God meant them too!)

Ivan

 

[bmcgilvray]

Heh! Almost forgot.

Daisy from 1936

 

[Drm50]

I read where John Taffin said that if he were limited to one center fire weapon, it would be a lever rifle in .357 Magnum-for all of the reasons we already know.

I like 357s but to be practical in a lever gun, if you are a hunter
the old 30/30 is capable of doing just about everything in North
America. If you don't hunt I guess it makes little difference.

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Here's a 1948 .300 Savage with a bunch of other old stuff, a 1963 Win. 88 .284, and the group shot, Browning .44 Magnum, 1900 Win. 95 .30-40, Win. 92 take-down .44-40, 1955 Savage .243. A flat band '48 win. 94 .32 Special not pictured.

 

[Double-O-Dave]

I only have 2 lever action rifles - a Marlin 1894 in .357 Magnum and a Savage 99C in .308 Winchester - pictured below. The Savage will print cloverleaf, 3-shot groups from the bench at 100 yards.

Regards,

Dave

 

[ISCS Yoda]

This is my first lever rifle, pre-USRAC .30-30. I shot two deer with it in the space of probably 15 seconds. Long story. The Williams peep sight that I added decades ago made it easy.

It is one of three that I still have but no pix of the other two. One is a Navy Arms/Rossi Model 92 with an octagon barrel in .45 Colt - my cowboy action main match rifle. I wish I had a picture for you; it's lovely. I shot a small deer with it once, too.

The other one that I still have is a Winchester Big Bore Model 94 in .375 Winchester. That gun is gorgeous.

The guns that I sold or traded away were:

Rossi Model 92 in .44-40
Winchester Model 94 Legendary Frontiersman in .38-55
Winchester Model 94 NRA Musket in .30-30
Winchester Model 94 Trapper in .30-30 - vintage but not really old - pre-USRAC
Winchester Model 94 in .30-30 - vintage, very basic rifle, but not really old - pre-USRAC

ALL COOL!!!!

Back when I was routinely writing articles for the SASS Cowboy Chronicle I got to test a number of "cowboy"/"western" guns and one was a Uberti 1876 Centennial Rifle in .50-95. Memory says that was it, anyway. I returned it to Uberti after the testing but I can tell you it was a VERY fun rifle to shoot. Recoil was kind of a "push" and not at all harsh.

 

[Chubbo]

I have only two lever action rifles, a Marlin .22 LR 39-A Mounty, and a .45LC Winchester Mod. 94 AE Trapper. The Marlin .22, is extensively modified, and the Winchester .45 Colt, is box stock.

Chubbo

 

[amazingflapjack]

The reasons Taffin liked a 357 lever gun as an only pick was that you could carry a companion hand gun in the same caliber, no magazines, 10 rounds, and recoil is friendly to all; women folks, youngun's , and all, and it is light weight and easy to teach proper use to almost anyone. Yep, I agree.

 

[redlevel]

Have several. One is a Marlin 39a I bought from my uncle in 1961 with money Imade selling boiled peanuts. I was 12 years old that summer. Have another 39a Mountie I had hard chromed because the finish was gone. Have a Winchester 9422 Magnum. Have a couple of Rossi 92s, one .357, the other a stainless .45 Colt. Both “Trapper” length. I shoot the .45 Colt more than the others now. Very pleasant with 9ish grain Unique, 250 grain lead bullets.

Here’s the .45 Colt.

 

[S.B.]

My Marlins, 39A and Mountie.
Steve

 

[JimKatz]

No pictures. I have two lever guns. A 1984 vintage Winchester 9422XTR and 2005 Rossi 92 in 38/357. The Winchester has a no name scope that's adequate and the Rossi has an upgraded open sight.