The Winchester and Browning leverguns made by Miroku are probably among the finest ever produced. I don't care where they're made, they're fine rifles.
Yeah, you know, my .450/348 Win Ackley Improved reamer is just sitting there, brand new in the tube from PTG, waiting for me to get a levergun and put it together.
Although I have not handled or shot one I have heard good things about David Pedersoli's new 1886/71. I have seen pictures and read some reports on them. This might be of interest.
Clark- You do realize the #1 is not a lever action rifle?
I have a couple of lever guns that span a couple of genres. I have the traditional Winchester M94...
A modern reproduction of a classic Winchester model...
Had an itch for a 99 and bagged this one not too long ago. The caliber is obsolete (so the rifle was cheap) but the 303 Savage is a cinch to load your own as brass is readily available.
Winchester made about 300,000 M1895s in 7.62x54R for the Imperial Russian Army during the first half of the First World War. They had guides milled into the receivers to accept charging clips.
Supposedly all of them were delivered to Russia, which is probably why they're kind of rare.
An older Marlin 336 is a lot better than the newer ones, they can be found all day for $300 and you would not be disappointed in the quality of those rifles. I own one in .35 rem that I absolutely love.