Why are lever actions so much money

Which ones do you think are so much? The only really high dollar lever actions that I know of are BLRs - because anything with a Browning name is high-dollar, and old Savages - because they are collectable. Pretty much any other brand (assuming they are still being made) aren't really worse priced than other rifles.
 
Because you are in New York--and lever actions are quite likely the
only multi-shot gun action you will be allowed to have soon. Supply
and demand.
 
But Marlin, Rossi, and Mossberg still make levers that aren't that expensive.
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"Marlin" doesn't make anything any longer, as Cerberus (Remington) now owns the name...

There are many 'stories' about the not so good quality of the lever guns coming from Ilion...
 
I think prices on most levers has risen quite a bit over the last few years. This is probably due to several factors combined. Before the Winchester plant in New Haven closed down, you could pick up a used model 94 just about anywhere for around $150. Now they are two to three times that price. Marlin's lever production has been so limited since the change of hands that the used market prices have risen dramatically over the last few years. But the the biggest driving force is most likely the surge of cowboy action shooting over the last decade or two which has created a very high demand for lever action rifles.
 
I don't know about NYS, but in PA you can get a nice, used Marlin 336 lever action for $300 - $400 easily. Lots of 30-30's here, and they can usually be found in used racks around the Commonwealth.
 
Which ones do you think are so much? The only really high dollar lever actions that I know of are BLRs - because anything with a Browning name is high-dollar, and old Savages - because they are collectable. Pretty much any other brand (assuming they are still being made) aren't really worse priced than other rifles.
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depends on the caliber, model, condition and year of production imo. I saw a used BL22 at a LGS and they were asking $459. most Winchester 9422's, used and new, easily fetch $700+. 30-30's are all over the place. I've seen them from $300 to $600. the newer Miroku made Winchester 94's are in the $1100-1400 range if I recall
 
Lever action are laboe intensive and SOME

hand-fitting of parts is needed. [Just tossing into industrail vibratory bowl will polishing media, doesn't clear all the burrs and stuff.]

Have a 336 that original owner sold me and I detailed it, during re-assembly, i took a small stone and struck and edged that felt rough. Now the action just just GLIDES with no sound at all.
 
Good ones are. jrothWA is right. I don't know how many loading gates I buffed down and reblued because customers did not want to shave brass off every time they loaded up. I don't know if they use Lok-tite now, but they should have started years back. I had a lot of Marlins that jammed up on guys because of screws coming loose. Speaking of industrial vibrators, I worked on a new Ruger M77 once that the guy could not load to full capacity. The follower was stainless and had a vibrating stone jammed between it and the spring. The gun still had the factory grease in it. Had I not worked in machine shops off and on, I would never have guessed what it was.
 
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