Best Lever Action Rifle

[snapping turtle]

Browning levers are great will shoot with the same browning bolt actions. You can get them in 22-250 308 ect. Long and short action.

Send it to arts gun shop and they can tame the trigger a bit. That is where they lack a bit. Not horrid but no nice. Mags can be ultra expensive.

 

[daddyusmaximus]

I like a pistol cartridge lever gun myself. Something in a .357 or .44 mag. I have one of each.
Then again, my 94/22 is awful damn fun to shoot. Especially with the new Skinner rear sight.

 

[Mongo59]

.30-03?

Strange enough there are guns out there in .30-03, the .270 is a necked down version of it.

 

[Mgderf]

Strange enough there are guns out there in .30-03, the .270 is a necked down version of it.

Learn something new everyday...

 

[Mongo59]

Learn something new everyday...

Cool story, the Springfield 1903 actually came out in what they called 30 caliber US but the ballistics were off. They went back to the drawing board and reworked it into the .30-'06 (3 years later). The original was named the 30-'03 as to not get a confusing issue any more confusing.

Guns were manufactured in the 30-'03 round, Winchester comes to mind, but the lone survivor of the ill fated 30-'03 (today) is the .270 which is a fantastic round in my eyes. In hilly country like the southern part of the state you rarely have a longer shot than 200-250 yards, if you sight the .270 in at 100 yards it will hit about 1 inch low at 200 yards. Now that is a deer getter, point and shoot...

 

[Scott58]

Jone'sing for a .44 magnum Henry right now.

 

[Amishman44]

Ya can't beat a good lever-action rifle in .357 magnum / .38 special...the .357 magnum, out of a 16" - 20" barrel provides sufficient power to hunt or defend yourself with and .38 special, out of a rifle barrel, is absolutely a hoot-to-shoot. There're other, more powerful calibers, .30-30, .308 Win., .44 magnum / .44 special, and .45 Colt...to name a few, but are not absolutely necessary for your above-mentioned purpose.
Good lever-action rifles to choose from would be Henry, Marlin, Winchester, etc. to name a few.
I prefer the 16" barreled lever-action rifles as, typically, in my application, it won't be used for much that surpasses 100 meters and, the best news is, I have a Ruger GP100 and SP101, both in .357 magnum / .38 special...so the calibers are compatible!

 

[Frontiersman]

It is hard to beat a .30-30 as a general purpose cartridge. At least for anything normal Indiana will throw at you.

Personally, I like companion guns. So I'll go with the .327.

 

[mmpsteve]

It is hard to beat a .30-30 as a general purpose cartridge. At least for anything normal Indiana will throw at you.

Personally, I like companion guns. So I'll go with the .327.

Love my Henry carbine in 327 Federal. Pairs nicely with the Ruger GP100 and SP101. I havn't chronographed it yet, but the 327 is moving pretty good out of the carbine.

Since this pic was taken, and after I put the red dot on the Marlin, I switched this scope out for a red dot. The red dot changed the game for my aging eyes, and is a joy to operate. I hit what I'm aiming at from up close to 100 yards now, instead of guessing with the iron sights. The red dot also allowed removing the scope rail for lower position on the receiver. Really quick handling now.




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[Grogmister]

Love my Henry carbine in 327 Federal. Pairs nicely with the Ruger GP100 and SP101. I havn't chronographed it yet, but the 327 is moving pretty good out of the carbine.

Since this pic was taken, and after I put the red dot on the Marlin, I switched this scope out for a red dot. The red dot changed the game for my aging eyes, and is a joy to operate. I hit what I'm aiming at from up close to 100 yards now, instead of guessing with the iron sights. The red dot also allowed removing the scope rail for lower position on the receiver. Really quick handling now.

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I just ordered a Henry in .44 mag. Any pics of the red dot? Not sure what optic if any I am going to use if any. Beautiful gun btw.

 

[mmpsteve]

I just ordered a Henry in .44 mag. Any pics of the red dot? Not sure what optic if any I am going to use if any. Beautiful gun btw.

I'll get some new ones taken with the red dot, and post them up.

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[two70]

Love my Henry carbine in 327 Federal. Pairs nicely with the Ruger GP100 and SP101. I havn't chronographed it yet, but the 327 is moving pretty good out of the carbine.

Since this pic was taken, and after I put the red dot on the Marlin, I switched this scope out for a red dot. The red dot changed the game for my aging eyes, and is a joy to operate. I hit what I'm aiming at from up close to 100 yards now, instead of guessing with the iron sights. The red dot also allowed removing the scope rail for lower position on the receiver. Really quick handling now.

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The .327 is the one Henry I want.

 

[Michigan Slim]

I'm just not a Henry fan. Every single one I've seen a cowboy shooter use self destructs. The .22s run like a watch but anything else loses parts in a hurry. Good rifles if not run like we run them.

 

[mmpsteve]

I'm just not a Henry fan. Every single one I've seen a cowboy shooter use self destructs. The .22s run like a watch but anything else loses parts in a hurry. Good rifles if not run like we run them.

I have not run any of my Henry's hard, but I'm curious what goes bad on them when they are run hard. One thing I do not like about the Henry's is the lack of the half notch cock. It just don't seem right for some reason.

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[Michigan Slim]

Ejectors don't hold up. Sometimes a firing pin.

 

[Mgderf]

I have not run any of my Henry's hard, but I'm curious what goes bad on them when they are run hard. One thing I do not like about the Henry's is the lack of the half notch cock. It just don't seem right for some reason.

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My Henry Frontier has a half cock notch.
It's actually more like a 1/4 notch.
Just used it this morning.

 

[Creedmoor]

Buy one designed buy the man that designed more levers than anyone, John Browning.

 

[Mongo59]

Buy one designed buy the man that designed more levers than anyone, John Browning.

Where would we be without JMB?

 

[Creedmoor]

Where would we be without JMB?

We would still be stuck with many ugly unreliable firearms.

 

[warren5421]

I like the .38-55, new you can get in a Winchester. Used you can find Marlins. Don't know about a Henery. The .38-55 is good to 500-600 yards after that the wind moves it to much.
It is a very soft shooting round. When you stop shooting a .45-70 you can keep shooting the .38-55 till the sun goes down. It is the .22 of the old buffalo rounds.

Uberti makes some good lever guns, most are pistol caliber. Pistol caliber I like the .44-40, but you need to reload.