First lever gun, what was yours?

[Hickok]

Marlin 336 .35 Remington.

[popper]

couldn't afford the red rider so got the break action SS. Later, much later, 336 30/30.

[1hole]

Marlin 336 .35 Remington.

Ditto. I got it used but in new condition about 1976 and am still happy I did it right the first time. I use it for deep woods deer hunting (my favorite kind) and no deer has needed more than one hand loaded 200 gr. Remington RNCL at 2,065 fps in the boiler room to do the job. Alas, that beautiful old bullet supply is near the end, I never thought I'd live this long (83).

I enjoy playing with my guns but I've always bought them for working tools, not as play toys. I don't need the potential recoil or power of a 336 in .444 or .45-70 and I see no justification to chambering that excellent 150 yard rifle for a puny 60 yard handgun cartridge. Nor do I see a purpose for clumsy "TV gunfighter" finger loops on serious hunting rifles. But ... I won't be using it so get whatever rig trips your trigger!

[Kai]

1873 Winchester saddle ring carbine in 44wcf about 30 years ago. A friend had 2 and offered one that had a rifle butt stock. I was new and didn't know any better so I gave 700 for it. After becoming educated I was kicking myself for buying a gun with what I thought was a replaced butt stock. However, after receiving a letter from the Cody museum it was verified that the carbine was special ordered from the factory with the rifle stock. My buddy has wanted the gun back ever since. It's a great shooter!

[Wild Bill 7]

Red Rider, sure wish I still had it.

[engineer401]

winchester 1894 in 30-30 lost in a divorce

My first one was Winchester 9422. I had to sell mine to pay for the divorce.

[doctorggg]

Winchester made model 1892 in 45 LC.

[Jack Stanley]

Made by Daisy , don't remember the model number or name .

Jack

[NorthMoccasin]

Winchester model 71 in 348, followed by a Winchester 1886 in 45-90. I wish i had them both back......

[Thin Man]

As a young shooter a Daisy B-B rifle. When I aged into adult status, my deceased father's Winchester 94 in 30-30.

[msinc]

Summer of 79' I bought myself a 336C in 35 Remington. It was also my first "high powered" rifle. I had just got out of high school and moved to Pa. Rifles weren't "legal" to hunt deer where I was from, so I had to have one when I got there. Loved that rifle and killed many deer with it. Wish I had it back, but I have two that are identical now. It was what I refer to as a "good luck" gun...I always saw deer every time I took it to the woods and I couldn't miss. Traded it off, among several others, for a Weatherby several years later. That was my "dream rifle" at the time. Fantastic rifle, but it was not a good luck gun by no means. In fact, it was really bad luck...I did bad hunting with it and when I did see game I missed. It was a tack driver on paper. M

[Three44s]

A Savage 99 take down in 250-3000, bought it for $40 sold it foolishly for $180. I brought a friend and he bought the other one for $40. I should have bought both and never sold either!

Oh well!

Acquired several other lever guns since though.

Three44s

[Gewehr-Guy]

Dad bought me a new Browning BL-22 for my 12th B-day. Just in time for the jack rabbit and gopher wars of the mid 70's. One day we were let home early from school because of a blizzard, and I always hunted on a day like that. I got down in between some snow drifts in a tree strip, and found a bunch of rabbits out in the open, just trying not to get covered up by the snow. I killed 28 while sitting in my hiding spot, had to quit when my cheap scope fogged up, or I would have got more.
That model Browning is quite a rifle, and I still have it. Wish the rabbits would come back, so I could relive my youth

[greybuff]

1885 Winchester Low Wall in 25-20 SS, then came an 1894 Win. Short Rifle in 32-40 than a 1893 Marlin in 44-40. They don't make them like those anymore.

[BLAHUT]

Mine was a Marlin in 30-30 Winchester.

Red rider BB gun

[scattershot]

‘94 Winchester 30/30. (New in ‘72 or so.

[Bmi48219]

I built a fireplace and chimney 43 years ago. Part of my payment was a post ‘67 Winchester 94. That rifle was more of a clunker than my first car!

[atr]

the very first was a Daisy B-B air rifle and I have no idea what happened to it. lost long ago but not the many memories of shooting it.

if we are talking about centerfire rifles than Savage 99 in .300 Savage. Still got it, still shoot it.

[Ajohns]

1984
An old savage 1899 303. I was 10

[Scorpion8]

First lever gun? 1976. Ithaca Model 72 Saddlegun, 22LR with Weaver scope. I still have it and it still shoots awesome!