What cailber lever action would you pick, if you could only have one hunting rifle in ______ cailber for your hunting needs, where you live. What would it be?
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What cailber lever action would you pick, if you could only have one hunting rifle in ______ cailber for your hunting needs, where you live. What would it be?
My favorite lever action is the Win 71 with a bolt peep so the caliber would be 348 Win. A close second would be the Win 95 with the Lyman 21/38 peep in either 35 Win or 405 Win.
44 caliber--either .44 mag or .444 Marlin
It's all chicken, even the beak!
It would depend on what game your hunting. I have a Marlin 22 and 30-30 35 Remington and 45-70 from small game to big game. Their a lot of good choice just pick one.
Savage 99 - 358 wcf
load with pistol boolits for small game and for big stuff 250 grn thumpers.
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Mine would be a 405 JES (.41 - 444) in the 336 Marlin. Think of a caliber 41 but based on the 444 Marlin Brass.
Yes I have one. Have fired 180 grainers up to the 360 gr NOE and it will do everything I will ever need a Lever flipper to do. Have not yet tried RB or Multi-slug loads but I have no doubt it will handle those just as well. RB at 500 fps to 360 gr FNGC at 1800 fps should cover every critter on our lower 48 that I will ever see. Will have to "Injun" up close but that is how I like to hunt anyway.
If Marlin had made the 40-65 available (commonly) in the 1895 frame that would have been the ticket for me.... But that project gets out of my influence real fast.
Mike in Peru
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hard to argue with this! bullet choices are unlimited.Originally Posted by Artful
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Realistically, I only hunt some of the lower 48 states - and most are in New England, where there's nothing alive that will stand up to my Winchester .30-30 Trapper.
However, if I were to also hunt small varmints (I usually don't), etc, I'd be looking hard at handloads in a .250-3000 Savage 99.
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Just 1?
45/70
Just 2?
22 LR and 45/70
Also from New England so I would go with my 30-30 Marlin.
Paul G.
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I like posts #2, #5 and #9. In the Rocky Mountains, something with some thump is good.
Chill Wills
If one had to do everything, I reckon it would be 45/70. If I owned a 358 or 375 in a m 99, I would probably make that work.
.30-30
30-30 It can kill everything from tree rats to black bear. Common to find brass/ molds/ bullets, very accurate at reasonable distances. My 1949 Marlin with Ballard rifling is very accurate and has a glassy smooth trigger. Wish it was a collector, but it is not, someone years ago tapped and drilled more holes in it than Swiss cheese for a scope. The only good thing safety nor function was compromised.
For where I live at now I'd have to go with a 45-70. If I lived back down south again a 30-30 would take care of all my needs.
44 mag...but the 30-30 is right in there.
If only one, my BLR in .308 Winchester
East Tennessee
30-30 winchester would be one of my top pics. BUT since I like to reload straight wall rimmed cartridges I would have to go with the 45 long colt. I can load it low enough to use as a bunny popper, and heavy enough to use on rabid log trucks.
GoodOlBoy
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Yes there were "Short" 45 Colts! http://www.leverguns.com/articles/taylor/45_short_colt.htm
BLR and 308.
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Hunting caliber.
For where I live.
357 magnum.
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