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Marlin 35, 30-30, 45/70
Browning 44 mag.
Win 44 mag
Sole survivor
Marlin 44 mag
Marlin 35, 30-30, 45/70
Browning 44 mag.
Win 44 mag
Sole survivor
Marlin 44 mag
Lever guns popularity
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Ivan the Butcher
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Currently have:
Uberti 1873 in 44 Special
JM Marlin 1894 CS in 32-20
JM Marlin 1894 CB 45 Colt
Rossi 92 in 45 Colt x2
Rossi 92 Stainless in 357 Mag. (pre bolt safety!)
Browning 1886 in 45-70 26" Octangle barrel
JM Marlin 1895 Guide gun in 45-70 (early factory ported model)
In my opinion a 45-70 lever gun will cure whatever ails you! Except provide rabbits and squirrels for dinner!
Ivan
Uberti 1873 in 44 Special
JM Marlin 1894 CS in 32-20
JM Marlin 1894 CB 45 Colt
Rossi 92 in 45 Colt x2
Rossi 92 Stainless in 357 Mag. (pre bolt safety!)
Browning 1886 in 45-70 26" Octangle barrel
JM Marlin 1895 Guide gun in 45-70 (early factory ported model)
In my opinion a 45-70 lever gun will cure whatever ails you! Except provide rabbits and squirrels for dinner!
Ivan
I have several lever rifles, but one of my favorites is this Marlin in .35 Remington I found a couple of years ago. Cobb County, around Atlanta, sold off their confiscated guns and made the buying company take their lever guns that had been retired. I've been a fan of the caliber for years, and this is the only police marked Marlin I've ever run across.
I have several lever rifles, but one of my favorites is this Marlin in .35 Remington I found a couple of years ago. Cobb County, around Atlanta, sold off their confiscated guns and made the buying company take their lever guns that had been retired. I've been a fan of the caliber for years, and this is the only police marked Marlin I've ever run across.
That is way cool
as the kids would say.My lever guns:
Savage 250, 300, 308
Winchester 30-30 carbine, 30-30 rifle
Marlin 32 WS, 35 Rem, 45-70
Rossi 357, 44 mag
Henry 22 lr
Chiappa 22 lr TD on order
Savage 250, 300, 308
Winchester 30-30 carbine, 30-30 rifle
Marlin 32 WS, 35 Rem, 45-70
Rossi 357, 44 mag
Henry 22 lr
Chiappa 22 lr TD on order
SnidelyWhiplash
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I feel the main reason for the renewed popularity is fear of a gun ban on most semi autos. The lever action is not on any lists, for now.
I dont know if the website still has this, and I haven't looked, but a while back when Jurrasic World came out, I happened to be on the Marlin website looking at rifles. At the bottom of the page they showed what types of game each rifle was appropriate for. On the page for the 1895, along with critters like mountain lions, grizzly and such, they casually listed T Rex with the little silhouette to go with it LOL
I was starting to think I was going to be the 1st one in this thread to comment on that. I think that plays a role in the current rush for lever guns.
My latest is A Henry X in .357. Ever hear a suppressed powder puff 38 special wad cutter? Yeah, me neither!
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Lever Action Rifles are simply an iconic design that's distinctly American, not unlike the Colt Single Action Army, 1911, or the AR-15/M16, ergo they remain popular due to how recognizable they are.
If you can, try to think back to a time in your adolescence, before you were knowledgeable of firearms. You may not have known that a Lever Action Rifle that you saw on Television was called a Henry 1873 or a Winchester 1892 or whatever specific model was that you were looking at, you just knew that the cool guy on the screen was using it to great effect and that you wanted one.
Heck, it doesn't have to be a Lever Action Rifle, it could be any gun... The point is, iconic designs tend to have a lot of staying power. It's the same reason why fashion tends to repeat itself every 30 years or so. When something is recognizable, it tends to retain some enduring popularity throughout the ages, and even long after the day it was introduced, people still know it at a glance.
It's the same reason why people still buy Medieval Weaponry or even older armaments.
If you can, try to think back to a time in your adolescence, before you were knowledgeable of firearms. You may not have known that a Lever Action Rifle that you saw on Television was called a Henry 1873 or a Winchester 1892 or whatever specific model was that you were looking at, you just knew that the cool guy on the screen was using it to great effect and that you wanted one.
Heck, it doesn't have to be a Lever Action Rifle, it could be any gun... The point is, iconic designs tend to have a lot of staying power. It's the same reason why fashion tends to repeat itself every 30 years or so. When something is recognizable, it tends to retain some enduring popularity throughout the ages, and even long after the day it was introduced, people still know it at a glance.
It's the same reason why people still buy Medieval Weaponry or even older armaments.
DWalt
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I just found my very early production Marlin 1895 .45-70 two weeks ago. I had not seen it for at least 15 years. One reason for their current popularity is that some states which formerly required shotguns for deer hunting now allow rifles using straight cased cartridges.
TV had zero influence on me buying and enjoy using them. In Fact mine were acquired long before the shows mentioned were ever produced. I hunt with them and shoot with them.....My favorite lever hunting rifle is a Marlin 444P in 444 Marlin.It's deer donker with 300 gr bullets.
SnidelyWhiplash
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And sometimes it's the best tool for the job. I used to hunt deer on my late uncle's farm up in northern PA. The hunting shack was located in thick woods where you were lucky to see over 100 yards. So I used my 1895SS Marlin 45-70 rifle to hunt in that thick cover because I figured with the short range having the big heavy bullet would anchor a deer pretty certainly without having to worry too much about the brush and trees.
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Baba-ba-badumba baba-dum-baba!
I was starting to think I was going to be the 1st one in this thread to comment on that. I think that plays a role in the current rush for lever guns.
My latest is A Henry X in .357. Ever hear a suppressed powder puff 38 special wad cutter? Yeah, me neither!
I'll be another on here to mention the same. Seems to me that the lever is the next quickest action to semi-auto's (with practice), exception being the pump, maybe. Does anyone still make a pump rifle that's not in 22 caliber? Haven't seen one in person in a very long time.
However, I do think TV shows and such (along with us older folks telling stories) go quite a ways in making levers popular, as they've always been for the most part...
Lever guns have been hard to find in Warshinton for the past few years. They started showing up again in probably February. Now, with our commies in Olympia passing a semiauto ban, they will probably be scarce again....
sipowicz
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I personally enjoy shooting gallery guns (pumps) more than levers in a 22. Would love a 10 shot 357 pump.
I would agree with this except for the fact I have a Winchester 94 & a Winchester/Miroku 92, both with the large loop lever and in .45 Colt. While I have large hands, I have problem with the standard lever. Done in by the Duke...
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