What's Jow Forums's favorite lever guns? I'm currently looking at buying a Marlin 1894 chambered in .357 magnum.
Lever-Action rifles
Luis Lopez
Blake Peterson
45-70 guide gun. One of the main contenders for my next purchase.
Lucas Thompson
I loved the shit out of my 1894 .44 but then a bunch of life happened and we parted ways.
Kayden Martinez
Also curious about the 1894 in .357. I'm cross shopping it against a Rossi 92 right now.
Jayden Young
I'm considering a .44 1894 as its a whole lot cheaper and packs a bit more punch
I've shot a one in .357 and loved it, beautiful action
Dominic Hernandez
I have no idea how to get one with the long barrel and full tube mag, but I need it
John Harris
its so pretty
Ayden Wood
Jeep or side x side?
Luke Jenkins
I've had a couple Marlin 336s in .30-30. Really good, simple design. Also a couple single-shot lever guns (Browning 1885 and Ruger No.1) which are really nice in their own right.
Joseph Collins
know a guy who has a pic related in .357, it's a big loop that he used in winter with gloves
Jeremiah Howard
Betcha that's a TJ
best joop
Carter Nelson
would you ever recommend use for hunting, or with optics?
Evan Lopez
I haven't hunted personally. They're great, light, handy guns that've been used by generations of deer hunters. Marlins are set up for optics by design, but a scope on a lever gun is going to look kinda awkward even if works well.
Matthew Allen
thanks for the feedback, honestly I hate the idea of scopes on lever guns but I've been told for hunting lever-actions are great for followup shots
Carson Cooper
Depends how you look at it. The ammo for the 1894c is cheaper than anything you can feed the .44 or .45lc while still hitting 1800fps pretty easily so how you wanna split the cost is up to you. I still think they should have given the 1894c a lighter barrel profile but marlin likes to keep the same basic profile between calibers. My model 39 has the heaviest goddamn barrel I've ever seen on a .22 and I'm pretty sure it's a .30-30 blank
Adam Rogers
Yeah and personal preference. They're still very popular hunting rifles due to their cartridges and handling. The scope is really a matter of preference and range. For most people scopes using lever guns the range isn't the issue, it's familiarity with the sights. The often have buckhorns with have 3 basic spots on them that determine point of impact and IIRC they're set up for 170gr bullets which are the most common loads. Buckhorns are a real love or hate sorta thing
Xavier Green
My 336 came with a huge scope on it. I took it off because I bought the gun for the cowboy aesthetic, but the Marlin mounts a scope really well.
Jordan Roberts
Might end up going with the .357, seems like the best all-rounder, plus very available ammunition. Thanks lads.
Jordan Phillips
Savage 99
Nifty technology, plus it can use spire-point bullets
Gabriel Myers
I like winchester 94s
Juan Taylor
Are lever guns all old designs or has anyone really tried a to make a modern design?
Jaxson King
Ian Gray
Marlin 336 in 35 remington. An oddball round, but fuck I love shooting it.
Asher Cox
I'm hoping new marlin starts making stainless 357s with wood again. I need it build out a matching lever/revolver set with matching design and wood.
Jacob Young
The newest ones are probably the Sako and the Winchester 88. They're both 1960s rifles that use stack magazines.
Angel Bell
I haven't shot either of these yet. I work all the time and all the public shooting spots I knew were shut down. Gun ranges around here are filled with assholes. I don't know anyone to "vouch for me" to be admitted into these super special exclusive boomer hang outs. Then these fags bitch about young people not being into guns and knob slob RINOs. Fuck em' all, I'll buy land soon enough. I'll never understand people who have pride in a location simply because they grew up there. I dream of moving down south and leaving this shitshow. God bless and I hope you guys at least shoot your guns.
Charles Robinson
Godspeed, user
Aiden Bailey
>sako lever gun
?
Justin Cox
1885 Browning High Wall in .45-70
James Rogers
I'm pushing 30. CORE Y. My GB color with Pokemon red is downstairs.
Charles Nguyen
Uberti makes a '73 in .44 Magnum that I want so fucking bad. I also want a modern Winchester in .357.
Ethan Kelly
Sako VL63 and VL63/M72 aka. "Finnwolf" or something like that.
Juan Walker
Sako Finnwolf
Jeremiah Wilson
Pretty sure those don't exist right now
Camden Fisher
I think the Browning BLR is vastly underrated. People either don't know they exist, or skim past them on gun racks without a second thought. It's understandable because the BLR is a modern design so it has no old west charm going for it, but I think it's mechanically the peak levergat.
Magazine-fed so it takes pointed-nose ammo. In fact it's available in a dizzying array of calibers.
Multi-lug rotating bolt locking into a barrel extension provides a lot of strength and accuracy.
Rack and pinion gear system allows for super light lever throw.
Trigger pivots with the lever so you don't pinch your finger, although this adds an extra part in the trigger mechanism and people bitch that it sucks but in practice it only does if you're too damn picky.
Available as a take-down.
Made in Japan, aluminum receiver folded 1000 times cut through tank.
There seem to be only two major problems.
1) It's expensive.
2) The action is very tricky to take apart and re-assemble correctly as you need to line up the gears in the rack and pinion system to the exact right tooth or it won't work.
Basically other than that you can have a very well-made and accurate .308 (or other preferred caliber) hunting rifle only it's a lever-action rather than the typical bolt gun. The action itself is very neat too and raises eyebrows at the range once people actually try it out.
Joseph Cruz
what is that?
Leo Long
I like my Rossi 92 in .357 and my Henry .22 Classic.
I've thought about getting a lever in a "proper" rifle caliber like .30-30, but I tend to like the pistol caliber ones best.
Gavin Gonzalez
If you look around you can find Winchester 94s for nothing these days. Mostly post-'64 but they're still decent workaday rifles. I'm talking $300ish so at that price it's definitely worth it.
This is partially because people are moving towards side-ejectors or away from leverguns altogether (since ARs are just so cheap). Plus it's the fall season cash crunch where everyone just came back from vacation flat broke and are looking to sell something they don't care that much about to make ends meet.
Oliver Nguyen
its a shame this post got no attention, because its absolutely correct. Here's a (you), tripfag
Leo Lopez
>buying remshit
don't.
1895 cowboy. you're welcome
side ejecting Marlins work great with scopes... just don't be a jackass and drill holes in the receiver for a mount. currently giving tender, loving care to a 1946 336RC that was bubba'd by the previous owner.
>made in Japan
actually, that's the only reason I won't buy it.
Brayden Bell
I have a Winchester 94 but I must be a little bitch because my groups are like 6 inches wide and high at 50 yards. I've only shot it a few times so far though. Gonna have to get more proficient unless I want to lug my 870 or m1 through the woods though...
The trigger pull is a mile long I should probably get it worked on
Jose Edwards
You can pretty easily find an old Pre-81 model, those are made by FN in Belgium although magazines for them are as rare as hen's teeth.
Zachary Brooks
I could be assed to buy an FN lever action. Any way to identify them from nipshit?
Asher Fisher
Yes. Old BLRs use a different magazine pattern that is distinctive. It's narrower, sticks out the bottom more and has these horizontal grooves stamped in it. Don't lose it though, they are very hard to find and expensive!
Sebastian Howard
New models have a more flush-fitting magazine that's also wider. The receiver has more of a drop in it and many of them have a semi-pistol-grip stock whereas old models (as far as I know) are all straight stocked.
Connor Stewart
Thanks mate, good info to hate. The magazine is easy to see.
Now I just have to figure out what cartridge I would want in one. There's a pretty good variety available.
Colton Reyes
have*, not hate.
freudian slip
Juan Rivera
that's probably my first choice of lever action at the moment. I've handled a rossi 24" in .45 Colt. Damn I liked that thing. It just...fit. The ones in .357 are hard to find and I'm not ready to add .45 Colt to my stable. The marlins are cheaper than the henry's, I'm agnostic about the loading gate autism but the Henry action is very very slick. I'll want to compare the Marlin to it but I'm probably not going to pay an extra 200 for a slicker action.
Levi Perry
Has anyone ever managed to fit a one piece stock or at least a stock that appears to be a one piece stock on a Marlin 1894 or Rossi M92? I started wanting one when I saw pic related recently, but pic related uses a detatchable box magazine rather than a tube magazine and I hate the idea of expensive proprietary detachable magazines that can be lost on low capacity manually operated guns.
Levi Hill
Adam White
>no one is talking about best levergat
>no one loves lever-action muskets
Fucking plebeian taste.
Robert Butler
Michael Flores
Owen Watson
Would you recommend Rossi over Marlin then if you're against Remington?
Landon Morris
the Japanese make good stuff, what's your problem
Adam Scott
Not OP. I got a Rossi R92 in .44mag 16inch carbine. If you follow the buyers guide, a Rossi is a great gun thats cheap. If you break it down and do some polishing on the action, it becomes even better gun. Gonna be picking one up in .357 with a octagon barrel.
Elijah Morales
yeah, some Rossis are good out of the box, but all of them can be slicked up to be amazing
Parker Garcia
How difficult is it to re-barrel one of these for a gunsmith? I want one in .243, but barrel replacement is going to be a thing.
Evan Lewis
Henry's long ranger simplified this design by not having the trigger on the lever, did they not?
Ethan Murphy
Mhm. Steve guns now has a picatanny rail that you can get, to replace the back sight for a red dot. Might be picking that up.
Henry Gonzalez
I actually just picked up a marlin 336w from academy like 20 minutes ago. My excuse was that I was worried my mini 14 wasn’t gonna cut it hunting deer, but in all honesty I’ve been playing rdr2 and it gave me a fucking hardon for lever actions. Early birthday present for myself. Can’t wait to take it to the range and chuck some lead. It came drilled and tapped for a scope but I think I’m just gonna keep the irons on it and as far as accessories I’ll just get a nice leather side saddle for extra ammo and a sling.
Joshua Kelly
>made in Japan
Japanese Brownings are fine quality firearms you moron. Are you still mad about the Bataan Death March or something? I’m going to go ahead and order that Howa I’ve been wanting just to piss you off.
Luis Jones
Marlin 1895 Guide Gun
It’s sexy
Matthew Russell
how does Jow Forums clean their lever-actions? I need a good way to clean my Rossi without having to do the long disassembly process
Noah Adams
Is it easy to do the polishing myself on a lever action or would I need special tools?
Levi Myers
Basically yes. I don't know what the appeal is though, since they aren't as well made and are either the same cost or higher than a comparable BLR.
It's like Henry took advantage of people not knowing what a BLR is, copied one and acted like it's some new ground-breaking thing that's nevuh been dun befoah.
Matthew Johnson
Pretty easy to do, decent amount of detailed videos about it on YouTube. There's a guy called neutered10mm on YouTube who does a good job showing what all needs to be done. Another guy called my Rossi rifle also does great videos. My biggest issue was just trying to reinsert the trigger assembly back in, due to mine being a tighter fit.
Carson Martinez
Also to add about the tools. Just a good set of flat head screw drivers, some punches, hammer.
Jack Ward
Academy in Australia? Nice, mate.
Ryder Ramirez
I just wanted to tell everyone here I love my Uberti 1873 Carbine in .45 Colt
Andrew Campbell
Do it, its dope
Here's m .45-70 with a SBH in .454
Parker Gomez
After watching that meat target demonstration I absolutely want a .444 Marlin.
Seems like it holds great potential for handloaders, too.
Justin Myers
It really is a god tier big bore. It should not have died.
Jayden Morales
Marlin revived it recently. And I am glad they did.
Cameron Hill
If its takedown model pretty darned simple. Just buy one in a Fedora caliber and have it relined.
This one is actually an 1899 from 1916, you want a "pre-mil" one with a six-digit SN from before the move that dropped their quality
Wyatt Powell
that's good news desu
Aaron Gray
I like it
Julian Evans
Where did you get that slip cover? I've been looking for a good quality leather cover for my 336SS.
Owen Ortiz
Love my 94, really want to find an old one with the 24" barrel. Probably going to put that on hold though because the weather is turning to shit so I'll probably focus on handguns until spring. Uberti SAA clone currently on the way.
Michael Sanders
nice user. i need one. but i love my JM marlin 336. had a gold trigger n everything
Luke Wright
I like the 336, might pick one up eventually. Although the Marlin I really want is the 1895 with the 26" barrel.
Julian Phillips
Simply Rugged made it, along with two of my holsters for my Rugers (SP101 CC holster, and SBH 454 OC holster)
Top-quality stuff, thick leather and great craftsmanship