Lever Action anyone?

[Woolley Bugger]

I took my first step to becoming a lever action hunter today.

For years I've admired my South Dakota pheasant guide's Browning lever action .22. My friends and I would plink with it after a day's hunting. Following this year's trip, I decided I must have one of my own. I have a bunch of .22 rifles but nothing in .22 mag, so I decided to go that route and just got a beautiful Winchester 9422M XTR off of GB.

I took it out to the range for the first time today, and boy is it sweet. I tried 2 different rounds: The CCI VMax with polymer tip and the slower CCI JHP. Both were very accurate with maybe a slight advantage to the VMax.

I think my next step is to get a 94 in .44 mag to complement my Ruger Super Redhawk and round out my overall mountain man esthetic . I don't hunt varmints, so my .22 mag will likely just be a range toy, but I would like to take a deer with the .44

 

[blacktail434]

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Exact setup up I've been looking at but in a 30-30. Sweet gun!

 

[jrbarnes9972]

Tried my Grandfather's 30-30 out this weekend

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[Comerade]

Great thread- I also like my leverguns. Right now, I have 2 BLR takedowns.
A .270 wcf and 450 Marlin.
The .270 is used for sheep, mule deer, goat and Elk hunting and is very handy. The .450 was purchased for a Grizzly bear backup rifle. I worked as a guide.
They have since cancelled the hunt in B.C

 

[Jon C]

Marlin 44 mag and a Browning 71 348 Win. Also Picked up a Henry all weather 45/70 recently.

 

[OXN939]

Almost (hopefully) the most wonderful time of the year...






One year to the day since that pic if everything works out

 

[Jon C]

Was hoping someone would produce a lever in 450bm. Keep the coming guys, they are awesome.

Pretty sure there’s a few around in Blrs

 

[Hoopleheader]

Northern MN 2 year old last weekend. Ruger 336- 30-30 at about 100 yards. Managed to recover a TSX (paper thin scapula stopped it)

 

[OXN939]

Northern MN 2 year old last weekend. Ruger 336- 30-30 at about 100 yards. Managed to recover a TSX (paper thin scapula stopped it)

Same round I killed that one two posts up with. That pictured 336 was about a 3-4 MOA rifle with everything factory I ever tried in it, assumed it was just kind of standard Remlin accuracy. First load I tried with the 150 TSX was right under MOA, terminal performance has produced end results just like your bullet would. Big stoked for our date next week!

 

[Xringer07]

New production Winchester 1873 in 44-40 that I hope to take a late-season whitetail with this year. I’ll shoot 200gr XTPs and RL7 for now, but plan to move to black powder and lead in the future for historical feels.