.223/.308 lever

The only .223 lever action I'm aware of is the BLR and don't know if they still make one in that chambering.

New in .308 you have the BLR; used there is the Savage 99 and Win. M88. Both are discontinued.

Pretty hard to beat a 99 lever, they can be hard to find and expensive but 308 is fairly common chambering for them

Marlin makes levers in the 308 Marlin Express cartridge, which is designed to mimic .308 Winchester ballistics.

GI_Jared said:

Marlin makes levers in the 308 Marlin Express cartridge, which is designed to mimic .308 Winchester ballistics.

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Not quite. More like the .300 Savage. Basically it's a healthy step up from the .30-30 and is designed around a spitzer type bullet so it vastly outshines the .30-30 at all ranges. It's down a couple hundred FPS from the .308. The deer I shot this year with mine didn't notice the difference.

If you want a .308 lever that is fairly readily available, the BLR is pretty much it.

Not quite. More like the .300 Savage.

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I was just going off what I had seen advertised on Marlin's website a few weeks ago when I was checking out lever guns.

Not to be impertinent, but have you considered a pump rifle? The old rock-solid Remington 760 can be found in .308 (and 30'06, .270, 35Rem, .300Savage, .243)

I have an older (steel receiver) Browning lever in 308. I like it better than the Marlin and Winchester guns I used to have because the Browning has a detachable magazine. Also, the entire trigger group follows the lever when ejecting/chambering a round. That prevents you from pinching your fingers, unlike the other two. Also, the bolt has locking lugs like a bolt action.

It's a great gun and available in the calibers you want.

Sako made a .308 Winchester lever action called "Finnwolf" that is not very common. I know nothing about them other than they are right purdy.

Dan