Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles What is your dream lever action rifle?

I kinda regret selling my .325 WSM BLR. It was accurate and handy. My main issue was the comb of the stock: a little high for the irons, but worse, a little low for the scope even in extra-lows.

Savage M99 F in .300 Savage.

I always wanted an M92 Winchester carbine, but could not afford it...sooo, bought a Rossi .357 and rebarrelled it to .256 Win Mag. Real hard to beat with either Hornady 60gr flat points or Lyman 65gr cast gas-checks.
I really liked a .25/35 M94(actually, an M64 would be better, but...) so bought an M94 .32Spl. made in 1941 and rebarrelled IT to .25/35 Improved. Sure works well with the before-mentioned Lyman 65gr cast. Sure makes a nice deer rifle with it's 21" barrel and 1/2 magazine when using Hornady 117gr round nose.
When I left Alaska (southeast) I brought "Baby" with me. She was the first levergun I carried for any length of time. She jumped into my arms whenever I went for a "walk in the woods." She is the fastest-mounting rifle I've EVER carried.
She started life as a Browning M71, with a new 20" .375/348 Improved barrel. With 300gr Roundnose soft points on board, she isn't much less than a .375 H&H!
With 285gr or 300gr cast with a hat-full of pistol powder, she does well for deer (or moose).
I've got all my wishes, so why look for more?
Have fun,
Gene

Winchester 64

Had both mine, both went down the road. Had a savage 99c in 358, and just sent out a browning 71 348. Tore my rotator cuff last year and since recoil is my enemy. I go through phases with what I love in rifles, levers I'm kind of over for now, though there are still a few 99's in my cabinet thT will never leave lord willing. I went through a phase though where levers were definitely my favorite, and that is what I hunted with solely for years.

MM

This. I have one already, but I sure would like another in the De Luxe versiuon. Also an 1895 in 405 Winchester. A real one. I own to of the jap Winchesters and they are beautiful, well-made rifles, but I just want an original, although I do have one in 303 Brit, with a gloriously long barrel!

That one is .35 WCF.

That was probably a Fajen stock on Duvall's 99, and left-handed to boot, although Duvall shoots it right-handed.

Other than that, they did a good job on the period firearms in Joe Kidd.

I enjoy what I have. The Model 81 at the top has about 45 big game kills.
My short list includes another model 81 in .308 or .30-06, a model 71, a model 94, a 9410, and one of the Browning octagonal barrel 45-70's (passed one up and still kick myself).

I already own it. Its a classic and over 7.5+ million of them were made from 1894 to today. Mine wears the Sears M200 designation but is all Winchester. I paid $250 for her and she was in bad shape (blueing and stock). Sent her to Fords Metal Finishes out of Florida because of the metallurgy used at the time I couldn't just re-blue her.

For around $360 she came back looking beautiful. So much so, I've never shot her. The gun on the open market is worth maybe $300 but she was on my bucket list and that's all that counts for me.

Wonder if Savage will ever bring back the 99? ;-)