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Since I have or have had Marlin's and brownings and savages, up through 356/358....Probably a finnwolf or 88 with a mannlicher in 358. You can keep the 99s.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I sold mine. Now Gunner is living the dream ....: 1937 long tang deluxe... ya know that baby went to a good home who will appreciate it and not let it be a wall hanger or Safe Queen...
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
“Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
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A Marlin 336 stainless in 25-35 or 7-30 Waters.
Also a Marlin 1894 stainless in 25-20.
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Campfire Ranger
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I own it SAKO Finnwolf in 308
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Doug Turnbull always has several I dream about on his website....ohhhh how I wish.
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Fotis, you need to pass that one to someone not of air Force lineage. LOL
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My dream lever rifle? John Wooter's Mannlicher-stocked (by Joe Balickie) Winchester M88 in 7mm-08.
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Campfire Oracle
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Either a Winchester M 71 .348 or a newer Winchester M 1886 .45/70
Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association
Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
Ken
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Think a Savage 1895 musket is probably near or at the top. But since we only know of 2 that exist, that's not extremely likely. A true Savage 1899D musket would be slick also, but since we only know of one existing that's probably not gonna happen either. Dang it. Bottom musket here is the 1895, one above it is the 1899, top musket is a Montreal Home Guard Savage 1899 musket, about 800 made.
“ The Savage 99 Pocket Reference”. All models and variations of 1895’s, 1899’s and 99’s covered. Also dates, checkering, engraving.. Find at www.savagelevers.com
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My 71 in 348
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I have 3 Marlins, a Winchester, a Henry and a Savage. If I HAD to choose one it would be the 99EG IN .308, but I like them all from .22 to .444.
Old Fishermen never die, we just get reel tired.
May you build a ladder to the stars and climb on every rung. May you stay......Forever young
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Have had a few Marlins and Winchesters and shot a few more. Non seems to hang around very long except the Marlin 1894 in 357 which is an exeptionally capable little toy..... Got to borrow this Savage 99 in 300 Savage equipped with a Lyman tang sight last Autumn and must name it my dream leveraction! Realy nice to handle, well balanced, well made and lucky (got to shot a whitetail with it). It's out of reach unfortunately and it's ilk are very rare around here so a dream it stays.
----------------------------- "one does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted."
Jose Ortega y Gasset. "Meditations on Hunting".
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Campfire Greenhorn
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Well I just got one of them, A Marlin 375. Funny how certain rifles fit people. I have a Savage 99C in .243 and do not enjoy it at all. Seems really heavy compared to my Marlins.
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Almost any of the older lever guns in any of the old levergun calibers. I would not trade my 99 in .303 (and .410) for every BLR ever made. I could never warm up to the Win 88's either, but there is one (in .308) I'd like to get just because of whose it is, how long he's had it and I'd like to ensure that it stays in the family.
Mathew 22: 37-39
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I'm not big on lever guns, but did buy this 1950 Marlin 336 in 30-30. No extra holes or alterations. Not drilled for scope mount. 24" bbl. Now I need an old Lyman or Redfield receiver sight for it. .... < hint, hint > Dealer pic. Still waiting for it to arrive.
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“Lighten up Francis”
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An original 450 Alaskan made by Bill Fuller /Harold Johnson in an M71.
I wouldn't turn a big thumper by Turnbull away either.
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I have mine.
Winchester 1892, in 38-40, along with 11 boxes of the older Winchester Super-X ammo back when the boxes were yellow. Open sights are getting to be more of a challenge every year, but I can still put every bullet in the bottom of a coke can at 75-80 yards. I hunt with it on doe days every year. No tellin how many deer it's killed over the years.
A family friend, who died in a tractor accident 25+ years ago, had a pair of 1873's. One in 38-40, the other in 44-40. They had consecutive serial numbers. My dad and uncle managed to hide them until his sons were old enough to get them.
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I use many leverguns for many purposes and find advantages over my bolt action rifles. The BLR takedown is very good and I use one as my elk/sheep rifle and it is well used. I shortened it to 39" with a 19" barrel (reduced length of pull to) put a Burris 2x7 scout scope on it . As a takedown it holds its poi and can even bore sight it.It carries like a model 94 and shoots like an average turn bolt rifle.Slides in a scabbard easily and in a rainstorm I can put it away in a dry pack easily. The trigger is the flaw but improves with use. I Hope Henry follows up by chambering the new "Longranger" in some new/old rounds like the 30/06 and gives us a takedown /synthetic option ,with an adjustable trigger(must be a way of doing this,imo)...Tony
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Got to borrow this Savage 99 in 300 Savage equipped with a Lyman tang sight last Autumn and must name it my dream leveraction! Realy nice to handle, well balanced, well made and lucky (got to shot a whitetail with it). It's out of reach unfortunately and it's ilk are very rare around here so a dream it stays. Somebody loaned you a really nice early 30's 99RS for a deer hunt? Holy.... Hunt to remember.
“ The Savage 99 Pocket Reference”. All models and variations of 1895’s, 1899’s and 99’s covered. Also dates, checkering, engraving.. Find at www.savagelevers.com
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