What's your favorite lever action rifle?

[Weflyfast]

I can see why Winchester went with side gate loading ! Pulling a bullet follower up on a mag tube puts a rifle out of action while you load it! bad juju in a tight situation

Still much faster than loading one at a time in the ol'e Springfield!

 

[Project355]

Its the @#@(!!!?@# voice typing!

Sako Sako....

 

[3Crows]

My favorite lever gun could be the one in the TV program The Rifleman but it was an anachronism as the program was set in the 1880s and the rifle therefore did not exist yet, bummer that is! .

 

[Tommygunn]

My favorite lever gun could be the one in the TV program The Rifleman but it was an anachronism as the program was set in the 1880s and the rifle therefore did not exist yet, bummer that is! .

Winchester 1892s were ubiquitous in Hollywood westerns in the mid 20th century. There were pallet loads of them around, and there were no Italian companies making clones of Henry rifles, 1866, 1873 or 1876 Winchesters or other historically accurate guns.
I just watched an old western with Gregory Peck called The Stalking Moon and Peck's character was armed with a 1892 Winchester that had no forend. It was a stand-in for a Henry .... but ooooops, loading gate on side. I've seen that done in some civil war film as well.

 

[Pivot Dr]

Since the Winchester 88 came out before the Sako Finnwolf there's no chance of that.
The 88 and 100 we're both made by Winchester right here in the USA.
Over the years the 88's were offered in .243 Win, .284 Win, 308 Win and .358 Win.

Absolutely!

 

[Pivot Dr]

Ok, I'm getting too damn old, and the references are from younger days peering in catalogs. What was the Seiko equivalent to the M100 then? Did they have one?

And I wish I could FIND a 92 these days at a decent price.

Sako did not make anything similar to the Winchester 100.

 

[Project355]

Thanks

 

[Dr T]

My favorite is, for sentimental reasons, a Marlin 39-TDS.

Reason: I bought for myself for my 39th birthday. And it has the same initials I do.

(As a plus, it also shoots pretty well.)

tds

 

[Dr T]

Project355, the Sako Finnwolf looks a lot like a Winchester Model 88. And the Model 88 (lever) shares parts with the Winchester Model 100 (Semi-auto).

 

[Hokkmike]

I have three. Here they are ranked:

#1. Pre64 Winchester Model 94 - classic cowboy look, fitted w/Williams Fire Sights - great deer gun in .32 WS

#2. Marlin Model 39A - Yes a .22, most accurate 22 I have ever owned. A full sized quality rifle for the diminutive cartridge.

#3. Marlin 1894 Cowboy Ltd. in Colt .45. Smooth as silk, Virtually no recoil. Can hold 10 rounds of the classic cartridge.

 

[SwampWolf]

Its the @#@(!!!?@# voice typing!

Sako Sako....

It could be worse. When Sako was founded on April Fool's day in 1919, in Riihimaki, Finland, its name was spelled Suojeluskuntain yliesikunnan asepaja.

 

[midland man]

first is my winchester 94 ranger 30-30 it was my xmas gift when i was 12 years old now i'm 44 so that tells you how long i've had it! plus my second is my marlin 336y 30-30 and third marlin 1895 45-70 with 22in barrel and fourth is my rossi R92 in 45 colt 16in barrel as i love these guns they shoot well! and the two marlin's are remlins but work just fine!

 

[Bfh_auto]

Mine are the model 92 Winchester and the model 64 Winchester.
The 64 fits me very well.

 

[1965tinman]

1886 winchester have one in 50-110, 45-70 and a 38-56

 

[Gordon]

Top is 1913 Winchester 32-20 Model 92 (with a model 90 .22 WRF below) rifles came from a local Monterey County ranch estate in 1980s.




Rifle is 1953 Winchester 94 30-30 with Lyman peep. SG is a 16 ga Winnie from same year . Once again local estate sale in 80s. I also have with no pictures an 1894 from the 30s Saddle ring carbine in .25-35 I got in 1972 from a widow friend and used on my ranch Foreman stint in Big Sur Ca. 1973-78 .



top is Savage 99 in .303 Savage which came off a ranch locally which was used for 50 years to kill deer and hogs. Middle rifle is my favorite lever gun A 1957 Savage 99F in .308 and bottom is an 1895 .308 100 year repop I sold for profit couple years ago as I have and love the .308 99F . I also had a TD .250 99 Perch belly 99 I sold , I didn't trust that TD system, it would not hold accuracy.


my beloved Marlin 39, very accurate. That is a somewhat rare Weaver 7/8" scope and it is a good one ! I also have a .first year Marlin 94 C in .357 with a Marbles tang sight and a first year 1895 .4570 with factory 1-5x scope. I sold my pristine .35 Remington Marauder carbine on Gun Broker recently for almost $2k . It was too valuable to shoot, I had put a Marbles Tang sight on it. I don't have pictures of those I can find.

 

[If1HitU]

My Marlin 1895 CB 45-70 26" 9 shot Octagon, tubular magazine barrel,straight walnut stock.

 

[tubeshooter]

I just got to put a couple of cowboy rounds through my new .45 Colt levergun, and I have to say I was very impressed with how pleasant it was to shoot. It was a real pussycat. Extremely mild.

It was very similar to shooting .38 Special in a .357 levergun... but more satisfying in a way I can't quite describe. Something about that big ol' bullet.


Of course the .38 Special is quite a bit cheaper to shoot...

 

[hdbiker]

I only own one, a JM stamped Marlin 30AS. I has safety that is fine with me. Bought it from a pawn shop for 150.00 bucks in very good condition. I groups 1 1/2 inches at 100 yards with my loads. I toped it off with a Weaver 4x38 scope, great woods rifle. hdbiker

 

[wiscoaster]

Henry Classic Lever

 

[Dudedog]

Savage 99 in 308
But it's the only one I own

 

[Weflyfast]

My favorite lever action is the one with the lever.....

 

[Tommygunn]

My favorite lever action is the one with the lever.....

Huh? You have leveractions that somehow ..... don't have levers ??? How'd THAT happen???

 

[Weflyfast]

Well- I guess I meant I love them ALL!!!!!

IF'in it's got a lever.....I'm fond of it!

 

[cfullgraf]

I have a Marlin 39A (22RF), Marlin 1894c (357 Mag), Winchester 1873 (Winchester 1890's 32-20), and Winchester 1873 (Japanese 357 Mag). I like them all and can't really say one is more a favorite over the other.

I'd be interested in experiencing a Marlin 336 and Winchester 94.

A friend of mine has a Winchester 25-20. I'd be interested in trying one of those as well.

 

[Rexster]

At present, my favored lever-action repeating rifle is the Browning BLR. I bought a Browning Lightning BLR, .308 Winchester, and then a Winchester 94 Trapper, .30 WCF, in the mid/late Nineties. The Browning was far smoother, and a better fit, which I valued far more than a “traditional” appearance. Somewhere along the way, I traded-away the Trapper, and in a separate transaction, added a Takedown version of the BLR, also .308 Winchester.

I later tried a Miroku-chester 1892, .45 Colt, Trapper-length, which seemed to dislike feeding anything reliably. It did not stay with me long.

I recently added a 94AE Trapper, .45 Colt, and a Browning B-92, .357 Magnum, which seem to feed reliably, but both need for this to be verified with live-fire, whenever we can get past the pandemic ammo shortage.

The detachable-box magazine capability of the BLR has a significant practical advantage, when one wants/needs to quickly go from a loaded to unloaded condition, or vice versa. The ability to quickly reload is an obvious tactical advantage. I might never have bought an AR15, as a light carbine for “social” purposes, except that I was employed by a PD, which started a patrol rifle program in 2002.