As one who did not grow up dreaming of '92 and '94 Winchesters, but who always liked the Savage 99, just never got around to owning one, when I bought my .308 BLR Lightning in 1997, I liked it just fine, and when I started shooing it, grew to love it right quickly. It handles like a dream, and makes me look like I know something about shooting. It is the Winchester '94 that feels weird to me, and tubular magazines have no "cool" factor for me.
FWIW, yes, I did grow up watching Westerns, but it was the single-shot rifles that appealed to me. I recently started acquiring Marlin 1894C lever rifles, mostly for the utility factor, as we have quite a few .357 revolvers.
In late 2009, i acquired a Takedown BLR, in .308. It is D&T'ed for a forward-mounted scout scope, as well as for a standard scope. I look forward to acquiring a Leupold Scout Scope as soon as I can afford one. I think this one is going to be fun.
FWIW, yes, I did grow up watching Westerns, but it was the single-shot rifles that appealed to me. I recently started acquiring Marlin 1894C lever rifles, mostly for the utility factor, as we have quite a few .357 revolvers.
In late 2009, i acquired a Takedown BLR, in .308. It is D&T'ed for a forward-mounted scout scope, as well as for a standard scope. I look forward to acquiring a Leupold Scout Scope as soon as I can afford one. I think this one is going to be fun.