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Oh, I see. I wouldn't want one of those either. Mine are the old type mounted by the two holes on the side.

You’d have to use the hammer extension.

Yes, its "in the way"

We don't want to eliminate the variety of the sport. At least for me, that's the fun of it. If it's not, then it is just a discussion of utility and we don't "need" any of it. As long as we have grocery stores, a military and a police force we don't "need" a firearm. If we are waiting for just in case ... whole generations have died off waiting on that. It's like owning your own fire truck in case you have a fire. We might as well join the liberals and get rid of them all.

If you look at all those countries that have lost their arms, they are living and breeding just fine. Gradually taking over the world. I don't want to be them, but they are still thriving.

Our ancestors did just fine with whatever muzzle loader they could find and afford. When it comes down to it, we don't need all of these cartridges. There is nothing that can't be done with a .30-30. It's even more versatile if you hand load. You could make the same argument with a .357, though at a shorter distance.

So, although I like and own a lever in .357. I can load a .327 just a bit cheaper, and I can take a deer or a coyote with just a little less meat damage. And if I want to hunt groundhogs or coyote, I will feel better served with the .256 Winchester or even a .22 mag. Not that I couldn't do it with a .223 - but then I would get away from a classic lever.

Let's face the reality ... we do it because we can. it's fun. There doesn't need to be a practical reason. I like a variety of cartridges to play with. I move from one to the other and back again. Who want's just one option?

That is one nice set of rifles William.

The Small Game rifles are fun. As you point out, Great Grandad kept his family fed with .36 caliber flintlocks so we could take deer if we felt the need with small game rifles and cartridges.
I also have a 24" Contender barrel in .32 H&R Magnum which may be the best carrying and shooting rifle of the 4. The long barrel makes the TC a self opener when the lever is tripped. The rifle equipped with a Williams Guide receiver sight and Williams shorty ramp weighs less than 6 pounds.
ALL 4 rifles have a different bore diameter, a different COL and a generous throat. This creates an interesting problem when pairing ammunition between rifles and revolvers. A gunwriter could write an interesting article on the differences between the rifles and tailoring ammunition to suit them.

327 Rifles have been in the field for a while now. Have any of you killed an deer or hogs with them yet?

I'm loading for a buddy that really likes his 327 Henry.

He's not shot a deer yet as he couldn't see the sights in the dark evenings this past year but he'll try again this fall with a red dot.

I haven't cracked a deer with mine, but IL finally made some rifles legal for deer in May and 327 is one of the legal cartridges, so I'll be using it. Gotta make a mag plug for it soon. The rifles have to be single shots, or modified to only hold one round.

I just got a snub nosed 327 pistol, liking it so far. Iv not seen a Henry rifle in 327 yet, but federal make a 127 grain load that they claim is for deer. Iv shot deer with a 32-20, and 22 savage hps, they all died. I like being able to shoot different cal 32s. My little pocket pistol, shoots 32 longs great. The 327s are a bit snappy but not all that bad.

Light caliber CAN work, and there wll be guys that proclaim them. I prefer not to take a chance so I bought a Marlin 1894 in 44 mag as an option to my Marlin 356 Win or the Ruger No 1 in 45-70