Lever Action anyone?

[cal30_sniper]

Thanks! Now to track down the 30/30 I want.
End goal will be optic with QD mount and the ability to swap to irons as needed. Looks like the skinner sights may be the ticket

I’d look real hard at a Marlin 336 Trapper or SBL in .30-30. It has everything you need and the new Ruger guns are very well made.

 

[North of 60]

My Henry all-weather 45-70 is a gentle push with factory ammo...that thing kicks worse than a 12 gauge with 3" slugs with hot AA1680 loads and 300gr hammers.

Makes blood trails a blind man could follow.

Unfortunately purchased prior to the release of the X, or i would have an X and a big ole can on it.

 

[JimIsland]

my first lever action was a Red Ryder BB gun 50 years ago! Picked up a cheap Rossi .22 lever action and had it threaded a couple years ago. I've killed a bunch of squirrels with it and it's stupid quiet with CCI sub-sonics and accurate.

Liked the little Rossi so much I picked up a Rossi R95 30-30 about a month ago. It's no Marlin or Winchester but it's a beautiful rifle and fit n finish is very good. I would love to leave it scopeless however, at 60 years old, a scope makes sense and will also afford me some low light advantages. Can't wait to climb a tree with it.

 

[Wolfshead]

my first lever action was a Red Ryder BB gun 50 years ago! Picked up a cheap Rossi .22 lever action and had it threaded a couple years ago. I've killed a bunch of squirrels with it and it's stupid quiet with CCI sub-sonics and accurate.

Liked the little Rossi so much I picked up a Rossi R95 30-30 about a month ago. It's no Marlin or Winchester but it's a beautiful rifle and fit n finish is very good. I would love to leave it scopeless however, at 60 years old, a scope makes sense and will also afford me some low light advantages. Can't wait to climb a tree with it.

I’m 65, and I still use a peep on my model 94.
It is really good in the close woods with shots “long distance” at 100 yds.
Last year almost to the day, today, I was hunting with my Father In-law, and Brother In-law. I was using my Model 94 with a Williams peep sight and a .125 apreature on it. With all the snow in the forecast, and what we actually hunted in, had I brought my scoped rifle I would have spent a majority of time cleaning out my lenses to be able to see.
My Father in-law shot a Doe around four-ish, and with him being 84 we decided to forgo our last few minutes to go help him with his deer.
We located the deer and my Brother In-law went back to the truck to get the four wheeler to get the deer, and my Father In-law, out of the woods.
I decided to wait it out on the trail the Doe came in on in hopes that maybe a Buck might be following her from where she came.
With about ten minutes of legal shooting time left I see movement from the trail, and see another Doe coming along. Without a Doe tag I just watch her, but knowing that it is really low light, I wanted to see about my sight picture, and to see what it looked like under the circumstances.
I was able to see well enough with the .125 aperture and the low light conditions that I could have taken a shot had it been a Buck.
Another option would be to take the aperture out and used the opening as a ghost sight, but with the .125 aperture it was good enough to see still with them minutes of legal shooting left.
I will pick up a .15 aperture this year when I get to it just to have.
This picture of the .125 aperture on my 94.

 

[flyfisher117]

I’d look real hard at a Marlin 336 Trapper or SBL in .30-30. It has everything you need and the new Ruger guns are very well made.

336 Trapper is top of my list. Haven’t found one in person yet to check out though.

 

[cal30_sniper]

336 Trapper is top of my list. Haven’t found one in person yet to check out though.

I’ve got an older Win 94 in .30-30 (used to have 3, but thinned the herd). I wouldnt mind picking up one of the 336 Trappers though. The SBL is also nice with the extra barrel length.

 

[Unclecroc]

I just picked up this Marlin 336 35 Remington off a coworker for a great price. It’s in great internal condition and the stock is in good shape, but the bluing is rough.
I mounted a 2.5 Weaver scope on it. I’m looking forward to hunting with it.

 

[z987k]

I just picked up this Marlin 336 35 Remington off a coworker for a great price. It’s in great internal condition and the stock is in good shape, but the bluing is rough.
I mounted a 2.5 Weaver scope on it. I’m looking forward to hunting with it. View attachment 978561

Get that re-blued before it turns.

 

[abbrown]

Scout set up Browning BLR takedown in 7-08 with overbarrel suppressor

 

[North of 60]

That is nice!

 

[CaribooBC]

My wife shoots a Marlin 336 in 30-30. I reload for her, Hornady FTX 160gr pills propelled by Leverevolution. Shoots about 1.5” at 100 metres

 

[Quandary]

Newfoundland '21

 

[baz77]

First lever gun kill 45LC

 

[JimIsland]

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First lever gun kill 45LC

Congrats! What Leupold did you pair it up with?

 

[Hornseeker]

My very first gun in 79' was a little single shot 410, but shortly after my dad gave me his 94' 30-30. That same year I shot a bear out of a tree with it. Shot that gun exclusively for 4ish years, before I got my first bolt action (old Rem 721 06'), but being hound hunters, I continued to use the 30-30 for bear. LOVE that gun. It has sat idle for decades and my dads Big Bore 94 in 375 Winchester now sits idle next to it. Really need to break them out and shoot a little bit. Those two guns put bullets in a LOT of bears... a few lions and a few deer!

Now, the BLR and the Henry Long Ranger are calling, in 223! Really loveing both of those. Also loving the looks and feel of the new S&W!

 

[baz77]

VX3 2.5-8x36

Congrats! What Leupold did you pair it up with?

 

[112Savage]

I know it’s not traditional. But I already have traditional. I’ve been eying the new Henry Hush SPD in 30-30. Most of my mountain hunting gives me shots of much less than 100yds.
I already have a 50’s waffle top marlin in 30-30 and a JM marlin Stainless with custom synthetic stocks. But I can’t suppress those.

 

[onlybrowning]

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Love those pistol caliber straight grip Henry rifles. This is one of many use cases where I wish Trijicon would make their AccuPoint 1-4 or 1-6 a 1” tube. A 30mm on a rifle that is that narrow feels weird to me. And it’s got to be mounted very low with the drop on those stocks. Great pic and thanks for sharing. Love the big loop, too!

 

[Anschutz]

I know it’s not traditional. But I already have traditional. I’ve been eying the new Henry Hush SPD in 30-30. Most of my mountain hunting gives me shots of much less than 100yds.
I already have a 50’s waffle top marlin in 30-30 and a JM marlin Stainless with custom synthetic stocks. But I can’t suppress those.

I'd probably go with a Marlin SBL and save a few hundred but I can't argue with you. That Henry is a pretty cool concept.

 

[DooleyVT]

Marlin 336 in 35 Remington. I just love that gun.