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Sorry for the poor pic, best I could do on short notice. But I had get into this thread, my Levers are my original favorites! The Marlin on left I've had since 1982, it's killed the most deer, several other critters. The Mod 64 Win in middle, it's my bestest favorite rifle, as Forest would put it! It's just an extension of my brain and arms, no rifle ever handled, come to point, all the necessities, like a 64 Win! BUT, the 94 on the right, I just got last year, it's not blooded yet, but it's running the Mod 64 a tight race for 1st place, I do love open sights, and this one is an accurate jewel!
And they're all in 30-30. I've come to the conclusion, if you reload & hunt N. America, from sea to sea, equator to the artic, all I'd want is my 30-30 & 30-06, and wish I had a 308 and 300WM to cover everything! But here, my 30-30's and 06 got it all covered! But the 06 with scope is probably gonna carry the flag in my old age, maybe?
I agree, if you only had two centerfire rifles, 30-30 and 06 would give you good coverage. You could also keep it more lever-action traditional with 30-30 and 45-70.
With 100 gr bullets, 30-30 could cover smaller game too.
A rack of 5 levers would seem about perfect: 22lr, 357, 44mag, 30-30 and 45-70. My apologies to 45 colt.
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