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An 1892 Winchester Standard Sporting Rifle .44/40.
No finish left on wood or metal, reported to have been used in the Mexican Revolution. Brought out of Baja by a very good friend years ago, and given to me as a gift.
Also like Marlin M39 carbines and straight grip Savage 1899s.........
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Easy one. Daisy red ryder
Yep, that's the one that started the sickness. That and Dad's .35 336 Marauder that I had lusted for since about 10 years old, that was given to me about ten years ago.
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I've a bunch of leverguns. However, only a few actually still get used. Those would be my Win 88, my Win 71s, and my Marlin 444SS.
I only take the 348s and 444 for bear hunting. The 88 just got a new VX2 put on and is a favorite deer rifle........
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This one.
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
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the one with a lever.
if I have to get more specific it would be a toss up between my marlin guide gun, my marlin GBL, my savage 99 284 win, my savage 99 250-3000, my Winchester 94 big bore 375, my 336w 30-30, or my daisy red rider.
yeah that is my favorite.
the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded. Robert E Lee ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Right now I would say: my Marlin 39a and my Marlin 336A, I believe.. 24" half mag. job... Also a Marlin I rebarreled to .25-35.. Sold most of my 99's..
Molon Labe
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.358 BLR(older model)with low power scope. What he said!
I prefer classic. Semper Fi I used to run with the hare. Now I'm envious of the tortoise and I do my own stunts but rarely intentionally
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1924 Savage 99F in 300 Savage
"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
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My favorite is a 1955 Winchester Model 64 Deluxe in .32 Special. I no longer have it. It was stolen. Loved that gun.
Current is Ruger #3 Pac Nor barreled 6.5X55 carrying highly modified Ruger #1 type stock and forend plus other goodies.
Jim
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BE STRONG IN THE LORD, AND IN HIS MIGHTY POWER. ~ Ephesians 6:10
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. --Winston Churchill
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My Sako finnwolf in 308 caliber
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Favorite for what? For plinking fun, the Marlin 1895 in .45-70 (top) gets the call. A tiny bit of pistol powder and 300 or 350g hardcast bullets yield ~1100fps with recoil about half that of factory .30-30 loads. My girls love them, as do I. The Marlin 375 (2nd from top, in .375 Win) was my first Marlin and will always be special to me. The 336CS (3rd from top, .30-30) is the only one that remains a hunting virgin in my hands and is the one I shoot most often using hunting type loads. On bottom is the Browning B92 (.44 Mag) that Dad gave me back in the early 1980's. It's light, handy and has provided camp security many times with my family. Awesome little carbine. The Ruger #1 (.280 Rem) on the right was my most recent purchase in big game legal levers. I think it will be my antelope rifle again this year. Back in 1960 or 1961 there were a couple of these under the Christmas tree - Ithaca Model 49 rifles (.22 Short/Long/Long Rifle). Brothers still have theirs but mine got away from me in the summer of '69. I spent several years looking for a replacement and found this one a couple years back. It was in exceptionally good condition with an excellent trigger - better than the trigger on most bolt guns when they come from the factory. The price was ridiculously low, too. Had it at the range last weekend and was popping clay pigeons at 100 yards with the iron sights, hitting about 1 of 5 and (very) narrowly missing the others. Kept shooting just under at 6:00 because I had to bury the target under the front sight a tad to get the right elevation. If the rear sight was more finely adjustable I would have been hitting much more often. Very fun gun that goes to the range almost every time I do, to kill time popping pigeons while my bolt guns cool down.
Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!
No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.
A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.
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The Savage M1899/99. It handles like an English shotgun and handles cartridges that shoot much flatter than the Marlin and Winchester and for that matter, any other lever gun. It's pretty much the only lever gun that can handle pointy bullets with the exception of that God awful ugly Browning rifle. It is the Patrician of lever action rifles.
Go tell the Spartans,Travelers passing by,That here,Obedient to their laws we lie.
I'm older now but I'm still runnin' against the wind
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Would have to be my Turnbull '86 in 50-110 WCF.
Trump Won!
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Gunner, do you run BP-equivalent loads in that?
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Gunner, do you run BP-equivalent loads in that? No Sir, I run the 525 gr Cast Performance WFNGC bullets to 1855 fps with RL-15.
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There is no question that my favorite lever gun is the Savage 99. For many years that was a .308 FW version (pre-mil) with another in .250-3000 EG form as a sentimental favorite. In recent years I've find I most often choose reach for an EG model in .358 that I aquired a few years ago.
My first lever gun (in fact the first rifle I personally bought) was a Marlin 336 Texian (straight grip) in .35 Remington. It was replaced a few years later by another Texian Model in .44 Magnum. I still have a fondness for the straight grip Marlins.
I was never a real fan of the Winchester 94 until I first aquired a BB version in .375 Win. It's probably more the .375 round more than the rifle, but I've grown quite fond of that rifle as well.
The .22 caliber twin of the 94, the 9422 is my all-time favorite rimfire lever gun. Most seem to prefer the Marlin 39, but I've owned both and find the Winchester to be mre accurate and better handling. Just a personal view.
A gun that has always appealed to me (although I've never owned on) is the Winchester 95. The only "fault" is that it has top ejection making scoping it diffecult at best. A shame for a gun chambered in the longer ranged .30-06. My eyes, at least, just aren't good enough to take advantage of that range with open sights.
For a true "heavy hitter" lever rifle, I'd really like to own Teddy's "lion medicine", a Winchester 95 in .405, but have settled on one just as good.....the Marlin 1895 in .45-70. Mine is the straight grip early version that when loaded with heavy loads would handle any animal on the planet (although I'd be damned careful if I ever faced an elephant....even with heavy loads).
I've never really thought of myself as a "lever action guy" even though I am an admitted Savage 99 fanatic, but I somehow find that a fair share of space in the gun room is taken up by various lever action rifles.
I hate change, it's never for the better.... Grumpy Old Men The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know
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1894-C 1895-GS 336-Y
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I had 8 of them and now it is down to 4, but I think the most pleasing one is my Winchester 9422M.
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Gunner, do you run BP-equivalent loads in that? No Sir, I run the 525 gr Cast Performance WFNGC bullets to 1855 fps with RL-15. Straight to the Nuclear Option!!!
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