40 cal lever action

[zuke]

Is there such a beast? What about 9mm and 45 acp?

[btroj]

Marlin made a few in 41 mag. They also make 357 and 45 Colt models.

Those are pretty much 40, 9 mm, and 45 ACP just in different clothes.

[6pt-sika]

I had a couple Marlin 1895's that were pre 1900 one was in 40-65 and the other was a 40-82 .

[historicfirearms]

38 WCF is 40 cal.

[Outpost75]

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I have a Marlin 1894 which John Taylor converted to .45 ACP for me.

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[missionary5155]

Greetings
How about a Marlin 336 in caliber .414 Supermag. Or a 336 Marlin in caliber .41-444 (.412 JES).
Did someone mention a Winchester 1895 in caliber .405 ?
Mike in Peru

[Kansas Ed]

Although tougher to find, the Winchesters 1886 in 40-70, and the 1895 in 40-72. And yes, the old 38-40 is probably my favorite 40 caliber levergun caliber.

Ed

[felix]

Mike, the Davidson's run of these in 41 mag would easily be converted to 414 because of the very, very generous freebore and magazine and bolt throw. I say this because the seating I've done for the mag can be long and the gun worked fine. ... felix

[zuke]

I'm asking about 40 S&W.
With all the cheap brass I thought there might be a fun gun to be had.

[DeadWoodDan]

I would love it if Rossi would make a .41 mag. I know others have expressed interest also.

[JHeath]

I'm asking about 40 S&W.
With all the cheap brass I thought there might be a fun gun to be had.

I think the basic question here is whether rimless pistol cartridge is possible in a tube-fed lever rifle. A 92 converted to 7.62x25 was recently the subject of a thread on this forum so it is possible. I looked (casually) into rimless conversions and it seems to require a lot of tinkering, with no OTS parts available for the mods.

I do not have a 92 at hand here but if the lever could be made to clear a pistol box mag, it would eliminate the tube mag/lifter issues. The tube could be replaced with a forearm hanger, and the bbl floated. But I don't think a box would clear the lever. Unless the lever could be reshaped and/or short-stroked somehow. If you do this, make a second kit to pay me for the idea . . .

[OverMax]

I doubt you'll see a factory 40-cal S&W lever rifle anytime soon. Although Ruger made a 44 mag levered rifle called the model 96. Could also digest 44 Specials which was handy for reduced target loads. A nice light and little 4 shot rifle now discontinued.

[TXGunNut]

38 WCF is 40 cal.

Thank you! My buddy was shooting his 92 today, has a nice pair of 1873's made in late 1880's as well. 92 had issues today but 21grs of FFg and a cast boolit lets these old rifles show us how it's supposed to be done!

[fcvan]

I don't see why a 40 S&W lever wouldn't be possible. A likely candidate for conversion would be a .357 as the rim size is very close. New barrel and some adjustments to fine tune feeding of the shorter cartridge and things should function well. I'd think there would be a shorter mag tube to keep capacity at 10 rounds for sale to CA and other such silly places.

I'd rather have a lever in 38-40 to go with my Vaquero that has an extra cylinder for 40 S&W. I have a Marlin in 41 mag and need a Ruger BlackHawk to go with it. Too bad they never made the vaquero in .41. Oh ya, a lever in 10mm would be way cool.

[robertbank]

While I would not discourage a manufacturer from making a .40S&W lever gun I am not sure where the market would be. Cowboy action is well served with the .38/347Mag and 45Colt carbines in various models. The .40cal would offer not a whole lot more than the .357Mag/.44Mag cartridges for hunting. I t seems to me it would be chasing a small niche market as a novelty rifle with no real home.

Take Care

Bob

[9.3X62AL]

You're in friendly AR-15 country with the 40 S&W. Check out Rock River Arms for upper units and mags to run them with.

[WilliamDahl]

I always thought that a .30-30 converted to a straight walled cartridge would make a good levergun cartridge.

[robertbank]

You're in friendly AR-15 country with the 40 S&W. Check out Rock River Arms for upper units and mags to run them with.

The Beretta Storm comes in .40cal. I have the 9MM version. Not sure why but maybe there is something to the Zombie thing...

Take Care

Bob

[robertbank]

I always thought that a .30-30 converted to a straight walled cartridge would make a good levergun cartridge.

Didn't do to bad in it's present form.

Take Care

Bob

[HighHook]

I always thought that a .30-30 converted to a straight walled cartridge would make a good levergun cartridge.

That's a 375 win also known as the 94 win big bore. Great cartridge btw