Lever action in .223 Rem

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mongo356

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Am I the only person that would like to see a lever action like a Marlin 336 (after Remlin fixes their QC issues) or Rossi, Winchester, Henry, Etc. chambered for .223 Remington? I think it would make a really neat gun for a few different purposes.

A long and short barrel model?
Maybe even chamber it for .223/5.56 NATO?

I know you would likely have to shoot ballistic tipped ammo but you can find several loadings of that in 223.

I know Browning has a BLR in 223.

Just my random thought for the day.
 
BLR has a magazine, right? I don't think that even the stupidest of gunmakers would put out a rifle with a tube magazine for the .223, being as probably 99.9% of the ammunition made for it has a sharply pointed meplat.

All it would take is ONE round being set off by accident in a tubular magazine and the world would come to an end. Warning labels aren't sufficient.

Seems to me that at one point I read about a spiral feed tubular magazine, but unless some technology comes along that will 100% ensure that bullet and primer never even get near one another, nobody would make one.

If some maker could adapt a lever to a magazine well, 8 rounds, and still retain accuracy out to 100 at 2-3 minutes, it would be a dandy rifle to own. If the browning is a stack magazine, this would be your answer.
 
I've been wanting a levergun in 5.45mm or 7.62x39 but you cant do that with tube fed guns, you would need a lever gun with either a box magazine or a rotary mag, rugers made levers in the disant past and they're making the rotary m77s so maybe someday they may put two and two together and start making a rotary mag lever gun in 5.56
 
I lifted this from the Chuck Hawks website in reference to the Savage 22 high power:


"The High-Power is currently factory loaded in Europe as the 5.6x52R. Norma 5.6x52R factory loads are imported into the US. The Norma factory load uses a 71 grain soft point bullet at a muzzle velocity (MV) of 2789 fps with muzzle energy (ME) of 1227 ft. lbs. Norma trajectory figures show the following: +2.1" at 100 yards, 0 at 200 yards, and -9.9" at 300 yards."

Would take some doing, but such a weapon could be found. You can also for brass from the 30-30.

Might be an idea.
 
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