...already having a 336? as well as planning for the 1895G
M'98, yes, I own a new 336A (haven't even got the XS GRs sighted yet, let alone broken in), and am now officially going to add an 1895. The latter might take a while - summer is my financially stressed time, so won't be until at least next fall.
Interestingly, my original desire was for the 1895G. I was drawn to its short carbine barrel, and of course it's similarity to my 336 (and 39A, even though the similarity there is less). But I was not so hot on the straight stock (I'm just a pg guy).
Someone (Mo, also a 336 owner) in
the ".45-70 for deer" thread pointed out that the full-sized (longer barrel) 1895 has a pg stock, and that I could just have it cut down (like I plan to do for at least my 39A, and perhaps the 336, but not sure about the latter).
Well, that just did it for me.
Part of my motivation for all lever rifles is consistency in action. Practicing with one is like practicing with all of them. I hope that pays off for me someday in training classes like being discussed here. (And, working those levers a lot, even during empty practice, will help build up callouses to help prevent the kind of injury that Bart writes about above ...
)
Of course, my rifles are hunting rifles primarily, but in a pinch, they could turn SD.
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