Lever Action Hunters

RedRidge

WKR
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Jul 6, 2014
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Alabama
My 1950s model 94.
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peterk123

WKR
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Sep 7, 2020
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Location
Montana
I have all bases covered when it comes to levers. I have fallen in love with these guns. I just picked up my latest one yesterday. 22 caliber Henry silver eagle. She is a beauty. It will be my squirrel and plinking gun.


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I have a henry golden boy 357. As soon as I move from the restrictive state I live in, I hope to hunt deer with it. Standard sights on it for now but I will put a skinner on it for hunting. For now though, we have a ball shooting steel plates as fast as possible.

Then there is my Marlin 45/70 guide gun. Maybe hunt bear with that one some day. Being a reloader this can be particularly fun to shoot. Using a 405 grain bullet, I can load up some shoulder busters for fun or plinking loads for all day shooting.

I find these guns way more fun than an AR. Can't tell you why, but I love them.
 

spc7669

Lil-Rokslider
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Aug 16, 2020
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I knew I was in trouble when I realized my office is about 15 minutes away from them. Lol
I have the medium lever, cloverleaf sights, trigger, and loading gate. All are easy to install and very well made. Now if I can just come up with the coin to send it to Clements Custom Guns for a cut to an outfitter length barrel and a nice action job it’ll be done.
 
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I too love lever actions, both Winchester and marlin. I started hunting with a marlin 30-30 at age twelve and have taken over 10 white tails with that same gun. There is nostalgia there, no doubt.
 

cobb

FNG
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Nov 13, 2020
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Location
Southern, MN
I have 3 Marlin 1895's, all B0 serial number, so the first year of reintroduction in 1972. Love the 45-70, I usually hunt with a Ruger #1 in 45-70, don't need more than one shot.
 
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Chugiak, Alaska
As much as I love lever actions, I’m ashamed to say that I don’t have very many of them. Of course that’s always subject to change.

From right to left:

Henry .22 that’s only a few years old.

Winchester model 94, 30-30 carbine circa 1954.

Winchester model 1873, .32WCF octagon barrel circa 1893.

Winchester model 1894, .30WCF circa 1899.

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Oh, and of course no gun safe would be complete without the trusty ‘ol Daisy Red Ryder BB gun, circa Christmas 1978.
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Idaho Panhandle
This is awesome. Good to see that the myth of needing a 3k howitzer to kill elk has been busted. Excellent job man.
Thanks! I’ve taken more game with that rifle than anything else I own.

I shot that bull twice. Once while he was standing, and the second in his neck on the run. He fell immediately after the neck shot. I couldn’t have done it with a bolt action, or a conventional scope setup.
 
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Well I decided this season to get the new siblings aquainted. Figured since their step Brothers now and all.
 

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Comerade

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I always carry a levergun or a falling block, lever operated rifle.
I dissent about the 30/30 however, it is responsible for alot of wounding in the old days.
These days the 30/30 can perform pretty well with modern components.
I would like to pick up a Miroku 1895/ .270 win. Rare as hen's teeth though.
 

robtattoo

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Mar 22, 2014
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Tullahoma, TN
I always carry a levergun or a falling block, lever operated rifle.
I dissent about the 30/30 however, it is responsible for alot of wounding in the old days.
These days the 30/30 can perform pretty well with modern components.
I would like to pick up a Miroku 1895/ .270 win. Rare as hen's teeth though.

Ooooh! I didn't know we could include fallers!
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