Mine was a Marlin in 30-30 Winchester.
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Mine was a Marlin in 30-30 Winchester.
Does a Red Ryder count ? If not, a 1964 Winchester 94 in 30 30. Now I have 18 more.
Red Ryder
Marlin 39a
Winchester M95, 35WCF
Savage 99 in 300 Savage
Marlin .357 mag in 1982, wish I kept it....
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Marlin model 39. Grandpa gave it to me when I was 6. I was supervised until I was about 9, then allowed out on short excursions by myself.
Marlin Model 97, 22 LR. I was 7 or so, I think.
Henry golden boy I bought myself at 18.
My Dad had a 30-30, I think it was a Marlin, but am not sure. I never got to shoot it and one day he swapped it for a shotgun...and it was gone. So I never got to shoot a levergun in my youth.
Later in life, I bought a Marlin 39a. Funny thing is, I never took to it, so I swapped it for something else.
Daisy Red Ryder followed by pre 64 Winchester 94 carbine + post 64 Winchester 94 long rifle both in 30/30 - still have the Daiy + long rifle -
Marlin #39 take down carbine.
Marlin 1895 reissue 45-70 circa 1977.
I cut the barrel down to 18” and recut the front sight dovetail to make a Trapper.
Yes, I should have kept it, yes I should have left it alone, Yes, it turned out good and shot the same- it is just more portable- wherever it ended up!
I have Dads 1950s model 94 Winchester (the first lever action that I ever shot).
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Two actually, bought from the SIL's fathers estate.
Marlin 1889 in 32-20
Winchester 1894 in 30-30
Have the Cody Museum letters on both of 'em now.
Bought in 1967 a used 1964 Winchester 94 30/30...in the same year took a California Mule Deer spike in Hemet Ca. while hiding underneath a horsehair rug "injun style"....That whole area today is paved over suburbia. We were roughing it under the star's. Bacon and bean's. It used to be beautiful. Still have the gun. Updated with a Skinner Sight, so much better than the buckhorn.
A used Marlin 94 in 44 mag my father bought me to hunt deer in The Florida swamps.
Heck yes it does. Just ask him.
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Winchester model 94 , 30-30.
It was a large loop , cap firing replica of Chuck Conners rifle from the TV show ... the Rifleman ... it was based on a model 92 Winchester 44-40 , with that neat little folding tab/ lever inside the trigger guard / loop that let you fire while working the lever . Fold it in and you could shoot the caps one at a time by pulling the trigger with your finger ... It was NOT the toy that Hubley made ... it was made by Mattel or Marx . Late 50's or early 60's ...I forget
My first real lever action was a model 94 Winchester in 30-30 .
It was given to me in 1980 by a friend , I helped him pick out a new Ruger Bolt Action Sporter in 30-06 and select a nice scope for it ... he didn't know anything about firearms or scopes ... and he gave me his old 30-30 as a gift for helping him .
I still have it and still enjoy shooting cast boolits in it .
Gary