Lever Action anyone?

[keystone112]

Never know with ruger.

Didnt they just turn out a 10mm levergun?

You’re right. They did

 

[Steve300xcw]

Rugers always been one to toss out random calibers and whatnot. Wouldnt surprise me to see a 444 or anything else get turned out one of these days.

 

[Bluefish]

I get the feeling that Marlin (Ruger) isn’t interested in adding new or less common cartridges. The reason I say that is I’ve read somewhere that the 444 Marlin will not be brought back. That’s unfortunate because this one is excellent and in my opinion much better than the 45-70.

The whole purpose of the 444 was to replace the 45-70 as brass wasn’t available. Now the 45-70 is more popular again. They are so close in performance, the only reason to go with the 444 is its slight better for lighter sonic loads. The 45-70 is far more versatile.

Also ruger just make a 1894 in 10mm. So they obviously are not against doing something new. The 360 bh would simply require taking the 30-30 action and fitting a 35 cal barrel instead of 30. If I could find someone to make a barrel and do the swap I would do it myself.

 

[onlybrowning]

JES would rebore a .30-30 to .360 BH for you.

 

[Bluefish]

JES would rebore a .30-30 to .360 BH for you.

Problem is a 360 bh won’t clean up a 30-30 chamber. Needs a new barrel to do it right.

 

[RyoTBC]

I saw they released a take down version now. I'm tempted.

I think I'd get it in 460 just because I suppress everything and I have a 46 cal suppressor. And no one makes a 50 cal suppressor without rating it for 50bmg and it being way to big.

A 460 with a 18 inch barrel and fiber front sight will be my next rifle.

Just a heads up, if you buy a bighorn and go to shoot factory ammo.. re crimp the rounds. They are meant to be shot out of a revolver so once you start loading up a full tube magazine they can push the bullets into the cases of some factory rounds

 

[onlybrowning]

Problem is a 360 bh won’t clean up a 30-30 chamber. Needs a new barrel to do it right.

Oh no kidding, I didn’t realize that.

 

[NDGuy]

 

[Sizzler]

I love all the custom lightweight rifle set ups that are found here on Rokslide. I like to hunt with lever actions. Any other lever action hunters out and about?

Just got to Maine with my 45/70 trapper for bear.

 

[Ozarkansas]

After a total of about an hour on the stand, I have Two more does down with my 45/70 XLR. First one ran about 75 yards and the second dropped on the spot (I don’t have a photo of the second).

 

[Good Stuff]

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After a total of about an hour on the stand, I have Two more does down with my 45/70 XLR. First one ran about 75 yards and the second dropped on the spot (I don’t have a photo of the second).

She looks full of Ticks?
How far is the 45/70 good for Whitetail?

 

[Ozarkansas]

She looks full of Ticks?
How far is the 45/70 good for Whitetail?

That’s just flies, she went down in a cow pasture with lots of flies around.

And it’s good on them as far as I can comfortably hit them, which with this gun is probably 200ish yards

 

[henkel19]

This is my Winchester 94 30-30 that was passed down to me from my grandpa. It’s a 1955 model and it had a weaver 1.5 power mounted on it but I’ve since removed it because the side mount is just an awkward sob.
I’ve taken several deer with it including my first buck. I still carry this gun on drive days now, I t’s so light and handy.
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I put a pearsons tac rail on mine (from 1952) and mounted a little vortex scout scope ahead of the ejection port. It works well and is no-drill so you won't have to do anything permanent.

 

[henkel19]

These also look 'wrong' but I'm looking forward to getting my hands on one.

A guy in front of my in line at the local sporting good store was buying the Homesteader in 9mm and it looked like a really fun gun.

 

[2Stamp]

Never know with ruger.

Didnt they just turn out a 10mm levergun?

This is the one that interests me right now. I do really like my Marlin in 45 Colt also.

 

[Unclecroc]

I put a pearsons tac rail on mine (from 1952) and mounted a little vortex scout scope ahead of the ejection port. It works well and is no-drill so you won't have to do anything permanent.

I’ve eyeballed them before. I just didn’t know how I’d like the scout scope

 

[Colterw]

I love my lever guns. They sure beat carrying a 26" barreled bolt gun in the thick stuff.

I've got a pre '64 Winchester model 94 in 30wcf, another 94 30-30 that was manufactured in the 70s, a Savage 99 in 300 Savage, and a 1895 Marlin in 45-70.

 

[Taudisio]

I love my lever guns. They sure beat carrying a 26" barreled bolt gun in the thick stuff.

I've got a pre '64 Winchester model 94 in 30wcf, another 94 30-30 that was manufactured in the 70s, a Savage 99 in 300 Savage, and a 1895 Marlin in 45-70.

Photos or it didn’t happen!

 

[vonb]

I didn’t start using lever guns until my Dad was in his last couple years of life suffering from both cancer and end-stage renal failure. Dad was a .30-30 fan and I always poo-pooed on it calling it his turdy-turdy. I was always a bolt fan.

His last year of life, I listened to him and bought a Henry Big Boy carbine in .357 to plink with. I had no idea what I had been missing. I’ve since owned a couple more as they are super fun.

The deer season after Dad passed, I took Dad’s Marlin 30-30 to his favorite spot to hunt. I wanted to reminisce all the memories hunting with Dad. It was foggy and drizzling that morning with low visibility. The reminiscing was quickly interrupted 30 minutes into the hunt when a nice buck came in chasing a doe. One shot with Dad’s gun and it was over. It was such a surreal experience that I have to think the Lord and Dad had a hand in it.

Here’s to Dad educating me on lever actions and to wishing he was there with me this season to hunt with his lever action.

 

[Welldone]

Thank you for that. I’m now doing the same thing.