For follow up shots, a Lever only trails a semi auto.
What I like about them is just feeling a smooth action.
The .30-30 lever action (usually chambered in the 1894 Winchester) has taken more deer in North America than any other rifle.
I have a Marlin 1894 .44. It is a great rifle!
I need to spend more time with my 1954 Model 1894 Winchester.
What year and what universe were lever guns ever out of the picture for hunting? Beside the ubiquitous Winchester, there are millions of Marlin, Savage, and Browning, just off the top of my head.
I have a Winchester Trapper in .357 that’s as fun as candy, and a beautiful Savage 99C in .308, inherited from my father-in-law. He got it when his friend, a WA state trooper, was murdered on duty. I keep it as a tribute to both of them.
No mention of the Marlin 45-70?
With a 4 power Leopold set on 1.5 power....faster than iron sights for old men.
“Definitely, a vintage gun, some folks do take this out for some pheasants hunt.”
I know nothing at all about these rifles other than their representation, but pheasant hunting?
Refuse to own another lever gun. Had 4, none would cycle.
Been some years, so the models are hazy, but the first was a winchester in. 30/30. Dropping the lever would release a bullet into the receiver, but you couldn’t raise the lever because the bullet would guide anywhere BUT into the chamber. It had to b3 chambered with your fingers to be fired. This rifle was purchased new at Academy.
Second lever garbage: a Henry in. 357. Purchased new, it would never eject a round. You had to roll the rifle on it top and shake it to make the spent case fall out, and didn’t cycle new rounds well.
Crapper no. 3: .444 Marlin, which would release all bullets at once into the receiver once you cycled the lever, causing epic jams each time there was more than one bullet in the tube.
The last attempt of mine to own a lever gun was another Henry in .44 magnum and if it were loaded with more than 2 rounds, they would stay in the msg tube no matter how you try to pump the lever. Only th3 first two rounds would cycle.
I will never wowing own a lever extinction anything. I always wanted a John Wayne rifle, but you gotta be the Duke to make them work. Beli3v3 I’ll stick with my Mak90
More meaningless bloviating from ASJ.
The Browning .308 lever action is my choice.
If only Winchester would do a .348 WIN run for my model 71 :(
On a happier note than my previous post...I just recently bought a beautiful (95%), Pre-64 Winchester Model 94 lever action in .30-30 Win. What a great rifle!
I’ve got a beautiful Marlin Model 1936 given to me by my dad. My grandfather was on the Detroit police force and a sergeant with the Harbor Master unit and I think my dad said a customs border guard gave it to my grandfather.
Having grown up using only bolt action rifles, primarily a pre 64 mod 70 .270, I have grown to love my 30 30 for the shorter distances I shoot now. its a bit lighter and overall shorter which makes a great carry weapon, and a blast to shoot :)
Only slightly OT, but I wouldn’t mind trying my hand with a remington rolling block at decent distances. Uberti makes a nice replica.
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