Calguns.net  

Home My iTrader Join the NRA Donate to CGSSA Sponsors CGN Google Search
CA Semiauto Ban(AW)ID Flowchart CA Handgun Ban ID Flowchart CA Shotgun Ban ID Flowchart
Go Back   Calguns.net > FIREARMS DISCUSSIONS > Centerfire Rifles - Manually Operated
Register FAQ Members List Calendar Mark Forums Read

Centerfire Rifles - Manually Operated Lever action, bolt action or other non gas operated centerfire rifles.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 12-29-2018, 10:00 AM
Fishwishin's Avatar
Fishwishin Fishwishin is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: 94513
Posts: 409
iTrader: 20 / 100%
Default Which .38/.357 lever to get?

So in response to a recent thread I posted (http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s....php?t=1499551) I thought I would pose the question here.

Which .38/.357 lever rifle is best when it comes to feeding both calibers, reliability, affordibility and availability etc...? I understand Winchester 94's do not do so well with .38's (at least I think I have heard that). The cat's meow seems to be a JM stamped Marlin, and I have had my eye out for them. I have a local Henry dealer near me and the plunger tube feed function does not bother me.

I have a total of eleven .38/.357 revolvers, so it just really makes sense to get a rifle to match. I lean towards the Henry's, but I am open to the real world experiences of others.

Thanks in advance!
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 12-29-2018, 10:06 AM
k1dude's Avatar
k1dude k1dude is online now
I need a LIFE!!
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: la Republika Popular de Kalifornistan
Posts: 11,516
iTrader: 7 / 100%
Default

I'm no expert, but it seems of current production rifles, Henry or Winchester (Miroku) might be your best bets.

You occasionally run into problems with Rossi and Marlin which require some fixing. Both have recently revamped their production lines, but I've heard no reviews yet of the product coming off those production lines.

Some of the Italian levers might be an option, but I have no experience with them.
__________________
"Show me a young conservative and I'll show you a man without a heart. Show me an old liberal and I'll show you a man without a brain." - Sir Winston Churchill

"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!" - Senator Barry Goldwater

Last edited by k1dude; 12-29-2018 at 10:10 AM..
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 12-29-2018, 10:12 AM
Dirtlaw Dirtlaw is offline
CGN/CGSSA Contributor - Lifetime
CGN Contributor - Lifetime
 
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: OC
Posts: 3,456
iTrader: 5 / 100%
Default

Henry Big Boy
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 12-29-2018, 10:38 AM
Barbarosa's Avatar
Barbarosa Barbarosa is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Murrieta
Posts: 2,167
iTrader: 11 / 100%
Default

Love my Winchester 1873 Trapper. No problems with .38 or .357, and even works with wadcutters.

Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 12-29-2018, 10:41 AM
stonefly-2 stonefly-2 is online now
Veteran Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Occupied New Helvitia
Posts: 4,979
iTrader: 0 / 0%
Default

If you want reliable out of the box don't get the Rossi.

If doing the slick up work is part of the appeal to you as it was for me you won't be sorry.
__________________
What do you call the people that abandoned the agenda of John Kennedy and adopted the agenda of Lee Oswald?

Pronouns: "Dude" and "Playa".

https://billstclair.com/Unintended-Consequences.pdf


I was born under a wandrin star.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 12-29-2018, 10:44 AM
Spyder's Avatar
Spyder Spyder is offline
Honorary MLC
CGN Contributor
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: In a shack, in the woods
Posts: 16,091
iTrader: 126 / 100%
Default

Couple of threads currently going on this. I've been shooting the hell out of my new Marlin 1894csbl with nothing but good things to say.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 12-29-2018, 11:47 AM
shafferds shafferds is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,971
iTrader: 70 / 100%
Default

What's your budget? Rossi cam be 600, marlin or winchester 700 to 900. Henry I'm not sure of price. The Italian ones can be 1000 on up. With the marlin microgroove barrels they don't like lead.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 12-29-2018, 1:56 PM
Wyatt Burp Wyatt Burp is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 1,307
iTrader: 37 / 100%
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Barbarosa View Post
Love my Winchester 1873 Trapper. No problems with .38 or .357, and even works with wadcutters.

You can't do any better than this Trapper 73 right here. But my Browning B92 .44 Magnum is a favorite of mine. I had one in .357, too. These were from Japan by Miroku. Here's mine below an original Win. 92 .44-40. The Browning has a slightly smoother action. But not as reliable as Barbarosa's '73 that feeds rounds straight into the chamber.

Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 12-29-2018, 3:15 PM
200Apples's Avatar
200Apples 200Apples is offline
-DVC- Mojave Lever Crew
CGN Contributor - Lifetime
 
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 6,906
iTrader: 5 / 100%
Default

Gah. That '73 trapper is bee-eee-aye-yew-tee-full! What does it weigh with a 16" barrel?


Quote:
With the marlin microgroove barrels they don't like lead.

Not true at all. One has to size their lead bo0lits to bore +001", and of appropriate BHN for the speed they're launched.


I say go used, but, in the end, they almost all need some little bit of fettling to get right. Exceptions to this might be the Miroku Winchesters, of which Barbarosa's '73 might be (I'm thinkin').


I own Rossis (2), Marlins (3), a Henry and a 30-year-old Miroku Winchester/Browning B92, and they're all wonderful guns. Some needed a little fiddling with as I said but it's worth it.
__________________
.
"Get a proper holster, and go hot. The End." - SplitHoof

NRA Lifetime | Avatar courtesy Elon Musk's Twitter User SomthingWicked
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 12-29-2018, 3:55 PM
W.R.Buchanan's Avatar
W.R.Buchanan W.R.Buchanan is offline
Veteran Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Ojai CA
Posts: 3,241
iTrader: 0 / 0%
Default

OK Don't get all caught up in the JM Marlin BS. I Have 4 Marlin Leverguns. 2 JM's and two relatively new ones made after 2005.

The old ones had a better finish on the outside but the machining on the inside sucks outright! Takes alot of internal work to make them smooth. I have only done about 25 of them.

The newer guns have much better machining on the inside but the outside is not quite as nice. Splitting hairs here, but they take a lot less work to make nice than the earlier guns.

All the cheap guns require TLC to be decent shooters. That is why they don't cost more. Much less hand work put into them.

The newest Marlins 2010+ are better in every way than anything JM Marlin ever produced with the exception of Custom Shop guns from the early 1900's.

The new guns are all made on CNC machinery and are the best they have ever been. It took Remington a while to blow thru all the old parts and then figure out how to make the new parts on new machines. They have this figured out now.

Please note: There are now 3 basic classes of Marlin Leverguns. There's the cheap ones with cheesy wood in the $350-600 range. There are the nice ones with nice wood and better finishes which are in the $1200-$1300 range. These are really nice guns and are far above anything ever produced by JM.

And then there are the "Custom Shop Guns" that are made in the Dakota Arms Shop which is owned by Remington. Those guns start at $3500 and go right up from there. I have seen some real beauties from them.

So my recommendation would be for a $1200 1894 in .38/.357 for you.

For me it would be a .44 !

Randy
__________________
Rule #1 Liberals screw up everything they touch.
Rule #2 Whatever they accuse you of, they are already doing.
Rule #3 Liberals lie about anything no matter how insignificant.
Rule #4 If all else fails, they call you a Racist!

It's not how well you do what you know how to do,,, It is how well you do what you don't know how to do.
www.buchananprecisionmachine.com
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 12-29-2018, 4:02 PM
angry angry is offline
Member
 
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 323
iTrader: 4 / 100%
Default

uberti all the cowboy action people use them lots of aftermarket support
I use a 1873 that's 357 but I only shoot 38s
my wife has a 1866 in 38
putting about 1200 rounds a month threw them only had 2 jambs in mine none in my wifes
__________________
The people who know you, don't even like you anyway
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 12-29-2018, 4:11 PM
870classic 870classic is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: OC Territory
Posts: 460
iTrader: 32 / 100%
Default

Browning B92 or Marlin 1894CP (Ported trapper with a 16" barrel).
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 12-29-2018, 4:18 PM
pennstater's Avatar
pennstater pennstater is offline
Veteran Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: California Territory
Posts: 4,576
iTrader: 8 / 100%
Default

I have a Henry in .357/.38. BB brass with 20" octagon barrel. Very accurate and feeds .38's as easily as .357. $678 at 2nd Amendment Zone in Rancho Cucamonga for the 20" blued, round barreled model. Smooth action I might add. $1200 for a Marlin 1894 in .357/.38? Dang, that's kinda pricey. Henry!
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 12-29-2018, 4:44 PM
oddjob oddjob is online now
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Lodi, California
Posts: 2,358
iTrader: 34 / 100%
Default

I have a nice Browning 92 in .357. It runs well with .38 or .357. The cowboy shooters I know ALL run a 1873. Smoother action and shorter throw (with a kit) is the common reason.

Most like the Uberti better because of parts availability and gunsmiths to work on them. Single Action Shooting Sociey (SASS) is a wealth of knowledge.

https://www.sassnet.com/forums/index.php?act=idx
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 12-29-2018, 5:21 PM
golfish's Avatar
golfish golfish is offline
CGN/CGSSA Contributor
CGN Contributor
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Rancho Cucamonga
Posts: 9,800
iTrader: 10 / 100%
Default

I have 2 Rossi R92 .357s and a new production Marlin 1894c .357. Both Rossi's are much smoother than the Marlin and load both .38 and .357 just like the Marlin. The first Rossi had problems loading the longer .357 round. The Rossi's can be rough and I've had my problems with both, 3 if you count the Rossi R92 44 mag that I had. The Marlin is the best of the bunch.

The Henry's are really nice, I'd have no problem buying a Henry, or a new production Marlin.

I've seen the Winchester 92s going for $864.00 when in production, if that's what you like. I'm not a fan of the 73, I wouldn't feel safe letting my kids and grandkids shoot magnum loads through the 73 action, that's just me.
__________________
It takes a lot of balls to play golf the way I do.
Happiness is a warm gun.

MLC, First 3
Reply With Quote
  #16  
Old 12-29-2018, 5:27 PM
1911Brian's Avatar
1911Brian 1911Brian is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: California
Posts: 129
iTrader: 2 / 100%
Default

I have a Rossi R92 as well with the 16" barrel and it loads and shoots any type of round I've fed it so far.
__________________
"If you're afraid to fail , then you're probably going to fail." - Kobe Bryant
Reply With Quote
  #17  
Old 12-29-2018, 5:29 PM
1911Brian's Avatar
1911Brian 1911Brian is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: California
Posts: 129
iTrader: 2 / 100%
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Barbarosa View Post
Love my Winchester 1873 Trapper. No problems with .38 or .357, and even works with wadcutters.

Wow that is one sweet sweet lever super jealous.
__________________
"If you're afraid to fail , then you're probably going to fail." - Kobe Bryant
Reply With Quote
  #18  
Old 12-29-2018, 5:44 PM
RNE228 RNE228 is online now
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 2,421
iTrader: 0 / 0%
Default

Only experience is with a Marlin JM marked 94C; it's a nice complement to a Ruger Blackhawk. Got it used but in perfect shape about 15 years ago. Really nice shooter.
Reply With Quote
  #19  
Old 12-29-2018, 6:22 PM
Spyder's Avatar
Spyder Spyder is offline
Honorary MLC
CGN Contributor
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: In a shack, in the woods
Posts: 16,091
iTrader: 126 / 100%
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by W.R.Buchanan View Post
Please note: There are now 3 basic classes of Marlin Leverguns. There's the cheap ones with cheesy wood in the $350-600 range. There are the nice ones with nice wood and better finishes which are in the $1200-$1300 range. These are really nice guns and are far above anything ever produced by JM.

And then there are the "Custom Shop Guns" that are made in the Dakota Arms Shop which is owned by Remington. Those guns start at $3500 and go right up from there. I have seen some real beauties from them.

So my recommendation would be for a $1200 1894 in .38/.357 for you.
Odd. Nearly all of the Marlin 357 and 44 lever guns being sold right now just happen to fall in that gap between 600 and 1200 that you say doesn't hold anything.
Reply With Quote
  #20  
Old 12-29-2018, 6:29 PM
pennstater's Avatar
pennstater pennstater is offline
Veteran Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: California Territory
Posts: 4,576
iTrader: 8 / 100%
Default

Spyder, how'd those .38's work in your new Marlin?
Reply With Quote
  #21  
Old 12-29-2018, 6:35 PM
Nick Adams Nick Adams is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 1,329
iTrader: 3 / 100%
Default

I have a Rossi 1894, which is probably the worst choice in terms of quality. But it appears to be all slicked up by the previous owner, it eats everything, it has literally never choked on .38s or .357s and shooting it at reactive steel targets is as much fun as you could ask for. It is a bear to load though.
Reply With Quote
  #22  
Old 12-29-2018, 7:37 PM
elSquid's Avatar
elSquid elSquid is offline
In Memoriam
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Left coast.
Posts: 11,844
iTrader: 6 / 100%
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Barbarosa View Post
Love my Winchester 1873 Trapper. No problems with .38 or .357, and even works with wadcutters.

Nice!

I gots ta get me one of those...

-- Michael
Reply With Quote
  #23  
Old 12-29-2018, 7:43 PM
stonefly-2 stonefly-2 is online now
Veteran Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Occupied New Helvitia
Posts: 4,979
iTrader: 0 / 0%
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick Adams View Post
I have a Rossi 1894, which is probably the worst choice in terms of quality. But it appears to be all slicked up by the previous owner, it eats everything, it has literally never choked on .38s or .357s and shooting it at reactive steel targets is as much fun as you could ask for. It is a bear to load though.
I assume you mean the r92 but once you cut the magazine spring to the proper length and thin the loading gate spring that goes away.
__________________
What do you call the people that abandoned the agenda of John Kennedy and adopted the agenda of Lee Oswald?

Pronouns: "Dude" and "Playa".

https://billstclair.com/Unintended-Consequences.pdf


I was born under a wandrin star.
Reply With Quote
  #24  
Old 12-29-2018, 7:55 PM
Spyder's Avatar
Spyder Spyder is offline
Honorary MLC
CGN Contributor
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: In a shack, in the woods
Posts: 16,091
iTrader: 126 / 100%
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by pennstater View Post
Spyder, how'd those .38's work in your new Marlin?
Great! I've had 3 range trips and at least 600 rounds through it now, with about 85% being 38 specials of various loadings and factory stuff. I'm about 95% sure I've settled on 158swc's over 4.0 grains of old Herc Red dot that chronos at 950fps, for the plinking inside 100 yards steel target load. Hella fun.

No malfunctions or issues at all with regular operation. The only time there's been an issue is if the receiver is tilted 90 degrees to the left with the ejection port facing up, trying to make it jam. But once I rotate it partially back up and close the lever, it works fine again. I can't think of many situations where the thing will be flat on its side while I cycle the lever, so it's a non-issue.

I love it. Everyone should have an 1894CSBL!
Reply With Quote
  #25  
Old 12-29-2018, 7:57 PM
Spyder's Avatar
Spyder Spyder is offline
Honorary MLC
CGN Contributor
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: In a shack, in the woods
Posts: 16,091
iTrader: 126 / 100%
Default

...I do still need to put the lighter loading gate spring in, as it beats you up by the end of the day when you're shooting hundreds through it, a 336, and an 1894 Cowboy in 45 Colt.

But at least the edges around the loading gate are smoothed and don't cut you up like some of my other levers!
Reply With Quote
  #26  
Old 12-29-2018, 8:31 PM
Fishwishin's Avatar
Fishwishin Fishwishin is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: 94513
Posts: 409
iTrader: 20 / 100%
Default

Thanks for all the great responses guys. Some good looking rifles have been posted here. It sounds like I can’t go too wrong no matter what direction I go and it sounds like a Marlin does not need to be a JM!

There is some talk of “slicking up” and “working the internals”. Is that work one can typically do on his own? What does it consist of? Is it required on Henry’s?

Thanks again.
Reply With Quote
  #27  
Old 12-29-2018, 10:08 PM
golfish's Avatar
golfish golfish is offline
CGN/CGSSA Contributor
CGN Contributor
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Rancho Cucamonga
Posts: 9,800
iTrader: 10 / 100%
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Fishwishin View Post

There is some talk of “slicking up” and “working the internals”. Is that work one can typically do on his own? What does it consist of? Is it required on Henry’s?

Thanks again.
This all depends on how much talent you have. The 92s are a PITA to assemble, but working the action makes them very smooth. The Marlins are easy to work on and I think the Henry action is similar to the Marlin. If you have the tools, talent and YouTube, you can do just about anything.
__________________
It takes a lot of balls to play golf the way I do.
Happiness is a warm gun.

MLC, First 3
Reply With Quote
  #28  
Old 12-29-2018, 10:54 PM
Lucky13jrr's Avatar
Lucky13jrr Lucky13jrr is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Murrieta, CA (Riverside County)
Posts: 100
iTrader: 15 / 100%
Default

Marlin 1894 CSBL


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Reply With Quote
  #29  
Old 12-30-2018, 5:57 AM
pennstater's Avatar
pennstater pennstater is offline
Veteran Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: California Territory
Posts: 4,576
iTrader: 8 / 100%
Default

The newer Marlin's I've in person seemed pretty darn good in all aspects. And they do not cost $1200. You can find them for a lot less, a little looking is required. The Henry's, mine at least, needed nothing but ammo. Slick as a whistle right out of the box. Under $700 as I mentioned earlier. My next one is a Henry in blued .45 Colt, 20" barrel.
Reply With Quote
  #30  
Old 12-30-2018, 8:18 AM
Bakerloo's Avatar
Bakerloo Bakerloo is online now
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 1,523
iTrader: 1 / 100%
Default

Miroku Winchester 1873. Not inexpensive, but a really nice gun. I love mine.

http://www.winchesterguns.com/produc...odel-1873.html
__________________
...while the buffoon in the White House prances around celebrating butt sex.
Reply With Quote
  #31  
Old 12-30-2018, 10:37 AM
k1dude's Avatar
k1dude k1dude is online now
I need a LIFE!!
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: la Republika Popular de Kalifornistan
Posts: 11,516
iTrader: 7 / 100%
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Fishwishin View Post
There is some talk of “slicking up” and “working the internals”. Is that work one can typically do on his own? What does it consist of? Is it required on Henry’s?
Henry's require no work out of the box. They're some of the slickest actions made.

Rossi's usually benefit from a little work. You can either send it to Steve's Guns for the work or you can buy his DVD/parts DIY kit and do the work yourself. It isn't rocket science.

Marlin's sometimes benefit from some work also.

I don't recall hearing much about Winchesters (Miroku) needing work. I know SASS shooters often do work to their Italian guns for competition.
__________________
"Show me a young conservative and I'll show you a man without a heart. Show me an old liberal and I'll show you a man without a brain." - Sir Winston Churchill

"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!" - Senator Barry Goldwater
Reply With Quote
  #32  
Old 12-30-2018, 5:11 PM
Nick Adams Nick Adams is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 1,329
iTrader: 3 / 100%
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by stonefly-2 View Post
I assume you mean the r92 but once you cut the magazine spring to the proper length and thin the loading gate spring that goes away.
Hey, at my age, what’s a couple years, LOL?
Reply With Quote
  #33  
Old 12-30-2018, 9:29 PM
Muleskinner Muleskinner is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 736
iTrader: 16 / 100%
Default

I have both a Rossi R92 20" and also a Henry 20". I have slicked up the Rossi per Steve's gunz video. The Henry is bone stock. Both are great to shoot and load and eject reliably. One thing to be said for a Henry is that they really do give you a lifetime warranty. Their customer service exceeds anyone else's. If I could only keep one, it would be the Henry.
Reply With Quote
  #34  
Old 12-31-2018, 12:12 PM
agent88's Avatar
agent88 agent88 is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: San Diego
Posts: 1,704
iTrader: 39 / 98%
Default

I just dros'd a .357 rossi92 ...I never seen one before but lgs had a stainless. I know the Rossi is a bottom feeder but I was impressed with it. The fit of the wood around the receiver is better than the new Marlins I've looked at and it definitely cycles smoother out of the box. The trigger felt good and I just liked the look and feel of the gun plus a few other small things about it.

I like tinkering and taking guns apart so the fact that there is Stevz guns and so much YouTube info on the Rossi makes it even better.

I'm not recommending a Rossi because I haven't even shot one yet. I've heard the Rossi production line was shut down for awhile and the 20" stainless .357 seems to be the first guns off the new run... I'll be waiting for the 16" .44's to show up.

I have a Winchester Miroku 1892 it's just a great gun...

The lever action that I have the most fun shooting is my 22lr Henry small game carbine. There are all kinds of fun inexpensive ways to challenge yourself with a 22lr lever action.

It's funny at the range... Nobody pays a second thought to a AR.... But my lever actions always draw attention.

Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk
Reply With Quote
  #35  
Old 12-31-2018, 12:17 PM
W.R.Buchanan's Avatar
W.R.Buchanan W.R.Buchanan is offline
Veteran Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Ojai CA
Posts: 3,241
iTrader: 0 / 0%
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Spyder View Post
Odd. Nearly all of the Marlin 357 and 44 lever guns being sold right now just happen to fall in that gap between 600 and 1200 that you say doesn't hold anything.
Prices will vary depending on your familiarity with the gun shop owner. YMMV Did you pay more? Sorry.

Randy
__________________
Rule #1 Liberals screw up everything they touch.
Rule #2 Whatever they accuse you of, they are already doing.
Rule #3 Liberals lie about anything no matter how insignificant.
Rule #4 If all else fails, they call you a Racist!

It's not how well you do what you know how to do,,, It is how well you do what you don't know how to do.
www.buchananprecisionmachine.com
Reply With Quote
  #36  
Old 12-31-2018, 1:23 PM
Spyder's Avatar
Spyder Spyder is offline
Honorary MLC
CGN Contributor
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: In a shack, in the woods
Posts: 16,091
iTrader: 126 / 100%
Default

^ 🤣
Reply With Quote
  #37  
Old 12-31-2018, 1:40 PM
5.56's Avatar
5.56 5.56 is offline
Member
 
Join Date: May 2015
Location: So-Cal
Posts: 460
iTrader: 9 / 91%
Default

The Henry's are great but no good if you want to use it one day in Cowboy action shooting. Personally, I do not like the tube magazine. I like the idea of being able to top the gun off easily without it having to be empty to load it safely.

According to a top SASS shooter I spoke to the other day, the new entry level Marlin's are great and mod OK. They're good the amateur or target shooter. If you want one of the fastest lever guns you'll have to get a Winchester.
Reply With Quote
  #38  
Old 12-31-2018, 2:02 PM
Garandimal's Avatar
Garandimal Garandimal is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 2,145
iTrader: 0 / 0%
Default

If'n you're not too particular about where exactly they put the lever...?







GR
__________________
“...Cogito, ergo armatum sum..."

(I think, therefore I am armed.)


-- Lt. Col. Dave Grossman --
Reply With Quote
  #39  
Old 12-31-2018, 2:05 PM
Humboldt Leatherneck's Avatar
Humboldt Leatherneck Humboldt Leatherneck is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Up in the hills, above the beach in the foggy redwoods
Posts: 433
iTrader: 1 / 100%
Default

I have a Winchester 94AE and a Marlin 1894 chambered in .357 magnum - both are at least 16 years old, and they load and fire .38 special ammo (FMJ, SP, HP, LRN, semi-wad cutter, etc...) with no problems.

__________________
Member of the N.R.A., Marine Corps League, and American Legion.
Reply With Quote
  #40  
Old 12-31-2018, 2:07 PM
Fishwishin's Avatar
Fishwishin Fishwishin is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: 94513
Posts: 409
iTrader: 20 / 100%
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Garandimal View Post
If'n you're not too particular about where exactly they put the lever...?







GR
I have actually considered a Model 77 for this purpose, but I think I am more inclined to go with a lever. Your 77 looks great! How does it perform?
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 10:17 AM.




Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Proudly hosted by GeoVario the Premier 2A host.
Calguns.net, the 'Calguns' name and all associated variants and logos are ® Trademark and © Copyright 2002-2021, Calguns.net an Incorporated Company All Rights Reserved.
All opinions, statements and remarks made by Calguns.net on this web site and elsewhere are solely attributable to Calguns.net.



Seams2SewBySusy