Marlin Cowboy in 38-55 that I could actually afford
I'd go with this. I had one for a while, killed one deer with it. I got rid of it because it wouldn't feed 250-ish grain cast bullets.
Those with a shoulder or cheek out near the meplat wouldn't go into the chamber with one stroke of the action, I'd have to part-way chamber them, then partially open the action further to let them jiggle into line, then close the action.
It fed handloads with the Hornady 220 grain flat point just fine, though, and as a hunting rifle, those are pretty darn fine.
I'd take the same rifle in .30-30 if I could find one ... again at a price I was comfortable with.
Tom
