Dang I love lever guns
- Thread starter Dano4734
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Dano...get the Henry .41! Got mine about 3 months ago and is a nice shooter..it is the steel carbine version. Deer season can’t get here soon enough..killed 3 doe last season with the same carbine in .357. Yeah levers are fun and seem more attractive as I get older; plus they are classic Americana. A Savage 99H in 30-30 is my beautiful old classic; the early 99s are hard to best in the lever gun world imo. But the modern Henrys are very nice and affordable.
Rooster Leghorn
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While I also enjoy my 1949 99EG in 300 Savage and marvel that it's design is only 5 years newer than the Win '94's, it's not the most graceful of designs in my book. The stock is a bit blocky around the receiver but for it's time, it is still pretty good.
For me, the real beauties of the levergun world fall into 2 camps, the classic design and the modern. The classic style of a Winchester 1866 & 1873 followed very closely by the Winchester 1892 & 1894 styles are timeless, rugged, and at the same time, elegant. They scream America and Damn Proud of It!!!
As to the newer modern style, one stands above all; the Winchester 88. Introduced some 56 years after the Model 99, it's sleek design is absolutely gorgeous, especially the pre 64 models with the cut checkering on the stock and the cloverleaf recoil block.
With it's 3 lug front locking bolt, it truly is a "bolt action rifle with a lever" as Winchester marketed it. Sleeker than the Finwolf and 99, it is the epitome of style and grace. I'm proud to own a beautiful 1959 version in .308.
Step away from the paper targets and go after some real fun, reactive tagets. I love all reactive targets; be they hard boiled eggs or old golf balls at 100yds, clay pigeons and bowling pins at 200yds, or heads of lettuce at 300yds. All are a riot when shooting an iron sighted rifle. I shoot them with my .30-30, .357 Mag, and .45 Colt leverguns as well as with my M1A and Mini M14. All are a ton more fun than shooting at paper.
Heck, I love shooting my long range AR set up with a 12x scope at medium sized apples . . . . at 400+yds!!!
You want to talk about precision shooting? Long range grenading apples is a ton of fun.
I purchased the Henry 30-30 brass last year and never shot it much, only put about 40 full velocity factory ammo through it. It was fun, but nothing of real unique admiration. Shot just like any of my other 13 different rifles. I recently decided to try some "cowboy" mild loads in my Henry. I loaded up cast 170 rnfp's and 16.5 gr or 2400 powder. I'm at 1640 fps and shoots about 2.5 moa at 100 yds and it's just a pleasure to shoot. I swapped out the crappy rear leaf sight to the Skinner peep, had to fiddle with a taller front sight as I wanted to shoot 200 meter steel gongs at my club. I wanted a 100 yd zero, and the ability to reach 200 meters. Got the rifle all dialed in and I must say what an absolute blast to shoot, especially old skool offhand !
I picked up a Marlin 336 .30-.30 a few years back for whitetail hunting but ended up moving and had nowhere to hunt deer, so got my fix with waterfowl and upland bird hunting the past couple of seasons...
Finally found some land worth hunting this year and it looks like the ole marlin is getting out of the safe! Going to be a bit of a transition from the 12ga, I may need to take a box or two to the range and get the feel back.
I don't often shoot my hunting rifles until I realize I'm going on a hunt and haven't touched em in months and need to hone my skills.
The shotguns (especially the O/U's) get to blast clays fairly frequently, so I dont worry too much about them.
I'm excited to get some rounds through the lever gun, though. I knew I'd held on to her for a reason!
Finally found some land worth hunting this year and it looks like the ole marlin is getting out of the safe! Going to be a bit of a transition from the 12ga, I may need to take a box or two to the range and get the feel back.
I don't often shoot my hunting rifles until I realize I'm going on a hunt and haven't touched em in months and need to hone my skills.
The shotguns (especially the O/U's) get to blast clays fairly frequently, so I dont worry too much about them.
I'm excited to get some rounds through the lever gun, though. I knew I'd held on to her for a reason!
I've got 6 levers; my oldest one might not be considered a lever. It;s a 1885 win, low wall ( falling block) made in 1891. My others are more conventional;
Win. 1892, .25-20
win. model 94, .307
uberti 1873, 45 colt
uberti 1860 henry, 45 colt
Henry Golden boy, .22 mag
so yeah i'm pretty fond of levers.
Win. 1892, .25-20
win. model 94, .307
uberti 1873, 45 colt
uberti 1860 henry, 45 colt
Henry Golden boy, .22 mag
so yeah i'm pretty fond of levers.
shawlerbrook
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Agreed !!! I have 16(or 17 , I lost count) .
Driftwood Johnson
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Howdy
The problem with this forum is you can only post six photos per page.
Uberti Model 1873, 44-40.
Uberti 1860 Henry, 44-40.
Marlin Model 1894, made in 1895, 44-40.
Winchester Model 1873, made in 1886, 38-40.
Winchester Model 1892 Rifle at top, made in 1894, 44-40.
Winchester Model 1892 Saddle Ring Carbine at the bottom, made in 1918, 44-40.
Winchester Model 1894 Carbine, made somewhere between 1943 and 1948, 30-30.
The problem with this forum is you can only post six photos per page.
Uberti Model 1873, 44-40.
Uberti 1860 Henry, 44-40.
Marlin Model 1894, made in 1895, 44-40.
Winchester Model 1873, made in 1886, 38-40.
Winchester Model 1892 Rifle at top, made in 1894, 44-40.
Winchester Model 1892 Saddle Ring Carbine at the bottom, made in 1918, 44-40.
Winchester Model 1894 Carbine, made somewhere between 1943 and 1948, 30-30.
Driftwood Johnson
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A couple more....
Winchester Model 1892, made in 1911, 32-20.
Winchester Model 1886, made in 1886, 45-70.
Winchester Model 1892, made in 1911, 32-20.
Winchester Model 1886, made in 1886, 45-70.
jetinteriorguy
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Wow, that is a seriously gorgeous collection of lever's. I am not a person given to envy, but I do admire that set.