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View Poll Results: If you had to pick one Lever Action Rifle, what caliber who you choose?

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  • .357 Mag / 38 Special

    188 16.86%
  • .44 Mag / 44 Special

    133 11.93%
  • 45 Colt

    76 6.82%
  • .454 Casull

    29 2.60%
  • 444 Marlin

    39 3.50%
  • 45-70

    274 24.57%
  • 44-40

    41 3.68%
  • 450 Marlin

    2 0.18%
  • 30-30

    276 24.75%
  • 35 Remington

    84 7.53%
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Thread: If you had to pick one Lever Action Rifle, what caliber who you choose?

  1. #401
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    What lever gun and cartridge is "best" is a personal thing and largely depends on its end use. They are made to be modest range hunting rifles and that's where they shine. A Marlin 336 in .30-30 or, better yet, .35 Rem is at the top of the pile; the Win 94 in .30-30 is in a distant second place. Both with iron sights or, for old eyes, a compact 2x glass mounted very low.

    IMHO, rifles chambered for handgun cartridges or uncommon obsolete cartridges that won't be found on gun store shelves are just personal pet toys; what's the point?

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    I would pick 308 Winchester as that as the chambering for the Browning BLR in my gun safe.


    Box magazine-fed 4 + 1, Spitzer bullets pour out of the magazine, and into the gun, with the easiest motion of the lever mounted under the receiver.



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  3. #403
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    If I could only have one it’d be a 1892 in 44 Mag. I currently have a 1892 in 45 Colt and a 1873 in 44 Mag.

  4. #404
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    Thats a tough one. I really like my Uberti 44-40 1873 border rifle......but I'd have to go with my Marlin SS guide gun in 45-70.

  5. #405
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    I just acquired a Winchester 94 in 44 mag that was mfg. in 1977 that appears to have never been fired. I have been searching for a 44 lever gun for several years and have been very patient. I was excited to finally get what I was after for so long. That said, if I was going to choose one it would probably be this one so I had rifle and revolver ammo that matched but if my shots need to be in the 200 yard range the 44 drops like a rock so my 94 30-30 would have to be my pick cuz the 45 70 eats a little too much powder! Too many leverguns to choose from is never a bad situation!

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    If I can be 14 again hunting with my Dad, brother, uncles and cousins in Northern Michigan, I’ll take my long gone pre ‘64 Model 94 in 30-30 please.

  7. #407
    Boolit Mold
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    357/38 fun loads or cowboy loads are great, but 44 mag with a lead bullet dropping a 4 by 5 whitetail is a great memory

  8. #408
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    Early season damage elk hunting, this one has been my kid's favourite for several years now. No sling, it's heavy, but dang she's accurate.
    1904 vintage 35 WCF.

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  9. #409
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    I voted for the 30/30, but if there had been more choices I would have gone with the .250 Savage.

  10. #410
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    When I started shooting Cowboy Silhouette with cast I selected a 444 Marlin, first year production. It shoots the hard cast 200g Lyman GC over Unique real well, better than the 240g. It takes rams at 200 just fine with the 200g.
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  11. #411
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    Quote Originally Posted by cwtebay View Post
    Early season damage elk hunting, this one has been my kid's favourite for several years now. No sling, it's heavy, but dang she's accurate.
    1904 vintage 35 WCF.

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    I will have to agree on the 95 Winchester but mine is in 30-40 krag 1928 vintage

  12. #412
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    I would take the 22 but this was not a option ,

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    My 45-90 Winchester hands down!

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    I have a Marlin 336SC, in .35 Rem. I think it's on of the best all-a-round cartridges. That being said; if I have to choose I'd go with the .444 Marlin, with a 22" barrel. It can be "downloaded" to .44 Mag territory, It's a strait-walled case, on the top end it will take most anything on 4-legs {or less}, and with a good receiver site, or a scope, it will go short or long.
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  15. #415
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    Two calibers were not listed but I love them both. The 375 Winchester and the 32 Winchester Special. So I have 4 now with the 357 Mag and 45-70 1886 to round out the stable.
    I love my Winchesters.

  16. #416
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    I got two 30-30, one 357 and one 44 and you want me to choose one. Guns ain't like wives, you can never have too many and they don't have secret opinions or hidden agenda's.

  17. #417
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    Quote Originally Posted by 1hole View Post
    What lever gun and cartridge is "best" is a personal thing and largely depends on its end use. They are made to be modest range hunting rifles and that's where they shine. A Marlin 336 in .30-30 or, better yet, .35 Rem is at the top of the pile; the Win 94 in .30-30 is in a distant second place. Both with iron sights or, for old eyes, a compact 2x glass mounted very low.

    IMHO, rifles chambered for handgun cartridges or uncommon obsolete cartridges that won't be found on gun store shelves are just personal pet toys; what's the point?
    I need to quit drinking good bourbon but ... have I already responded to this thread when I was a younger dumber man?

    I hope I responded with, in order but closely chosen ...

    1 - my 1894P in 44 Mag
    2 - my 1895G Ported in 45-70
    2b - my 1895 444 Marlin
    3 - my 1894 CB LTD in 357/38
    4 - my 336 in 35 Rem
    5 - my 336 in 30.30
    6 - my 39A in 22LR ... probably the most accurate levergun rifle ever made in the history of humankind.

    All of them JM stamped and proud of it.

    Did I mention the 338 MX?

    Marlin will be back. Heck, they already are ...
    What you think about you do ... what you do, you become.

  18. #418
    Boolit Mold
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    My Winchester 88 in .308....

  19. #419
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    I chose the 35 Remington. I like it because I think it's the perfect balance between "enough caliber" to make a nice hole with little expansion yet not so large that the recoil is something to dread. Also you can use a 200 grain cast bullet at full power and get the full utility out of the rifle rather than having to load it down to work with cast. In my opinion there aren't many cartridges that fit that description for a lever deer rifle. None that I can think of that do it as well as the 35 Remington.

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