Financially Reachable Dream lever gun, what’s yours?

[Jevaughn]

Love one in 357

Same, .357 is a great rifle round for sub 100 yard brush hunting. Low recoil, accurate, great expansion and velocity out of an 16-18 inch barrel... Easy and cheap to reload for... Not much to dislike. Can easily hit 1800fps with a 158gr JHP or JHC pill and h110 or A#9. Not to mention plinking with .38 loads.

 

[Painhandle HawkI]

I'd really like to have a Marlin 336 STAINLESS re-chambered or re-bored to .356 Winchester. Then I could get rid of everything else.
HAHAHAHA.........

 

[J pace]

Well my dream Lever action is obtainable but it's a little complicated, I would love to have this 357 Marlin rebarreled or lined to .256 Winchester magnum. It is a 357 magnum case necked down with the bullet out of the old 25-20 in it. I have 2 M1 carbines chambered in it and love them .

 

[tros6t]

My first lever action was a Daisy Red Rider

 

[OperationalPinecone]

My first lever action was a Daisy Red Rider

With Obiden economics that's a financially reachable one

 

[AK4774]

1891 mfg Win 1886 in 38-56. Will work for ammo!

 

[OperationalPinecone]

i'm really wanting to get a Henry All Weather in .357mag...

I went looking into this one because that's the only gun I want to complete my lever set. The side gate is the way to go, just a matter of spending $1200 or so haha..

 

[M60Gunner]

Henry Goldenboy with large loop in 357.

 

[fisheadgib]

I noticed that a few people mentioned stainless .357's and I just wanted to point out the stainless Rossi 92. I picked one up years ago for a "walk around the lease" gun and it's actually a pretty decent rifle. I know that they're owned by Taurus but it's not a Taurus. The edges of much of the metal were sharp but being stainless, it was nothing my Dremel tool couldn't smooth out and the stock looks like birch dipped in old motor oil but that's easily improved also. Mechanically, the action is smooth and I've never had a lick of trouble with it.

 

[OperationalPinecone]

Those are a copy of the Win 94 right?

 

[fisheadgib]

I believe so.

 

[RHINOWSO]

I noticed that a few people mentioned stainless .357's and I just wanted to point out the stainless Rossi 92. I picked one up years ago for a "walk around the lease" gun and it's actually a pretty decent rifle. I know that they're owned by Taurus but it's not a Taurus. The edges of much of the metal were sharp but being stainless, it was nothing my Dremel tool couldn't smooth out and the stock looks like birch dipped in old motor oil but that's easily improved also. Mechanically, the action is smooth and I've never had a lick of trouble with it.

Agreed, I have a 20" blued one and mounted a RDS - I also replaced the stock with one from https://stevesgunz.com/ and it's been great. Zero issues at all and like yours, the action is very smooth - the loading gate isn't as smooth as some but mine wasn't really sharp either.

 

[Leverdude]

Well, the Marlin 308MLXR JM in 308 Marlin Express is on the top of the list for me. Extremely accurate at long range and looks great.. The 336SS is just a gorgeous gun and for the money can't beat the Browning BL-22. All three picked off the Cabela's used gun rack for a great deal.

 

[J pace]

Those are a copy of the Win 94 right?

I believe it was meant to be a copy of the Winchester model 92 that's the reason they named it the Model 92

 

[OperationalPinecone]

Yea, I can see that I know they are similar.

 

[RHINOWSO]

I'll say I'm glad I scored some Winchester 9422s before the price on them got obscene.

 

[fisheadgib]

I'll say I'm glad I scored some Winchester 9422s before the price on them got obscene.

I missed the boat on them and had to make due with a Henry but I'm actually pretty happy with the Henry. It doesn't have the cool factor of the Winchester or the Browning.22 levers but it turned out to be a pretty sweet rifle.

 

[Welldoya]

There is no such thing as an affordable lever rifle. They never were as accurate as a bolt gun or the capacity of a semi auto. But they have nostalgia and with creative marketing they have become double what they are worth most are chambered in calibers that do best inside 100 yds. I bought more than one 336 Marlin in 30-30 for under 200 bucks not that long ago. Now they are a thousand bucks? Wish I had bought ten in 1990

Yep, I bought several Marlin 336s and Win 94s for $125 - $250.
I’ve got one 1961 Win 94 that I bought for $70 in the late ‘80s or early ‘90s.

 

[Tommytwotone]

Mine isn’t that appealing to many but I have two… 1894 in .41mag and 1894 in .375 Winchester what say you?

I find both of your choices very appealing to me, though probably not financially doable for me. I think that the .41 is a nice balance between.357 & .44 mag for the 94. Back in the 90’s when I subscribed to a bunch of gun mags, I loved reading articles about the Winchester AE in .307,.356,and .375. As I recall, the three were to approach the .308,.358,and 38-55 in performance while being suitable for use in the Winchester 94 action. They weren’t commercially successful but very cool imo. Some complained about heavy recoil, especially the .356, but seems like 45-70 is still going strong so I dont know. .307 was the one I always lusted for because my two 30-30’s were real deer slayers. For me, realistically, maybe a Rossi 92 would be about what I could pony up for. Still want to find an another old marlin in 30-30-hard to beat I think. Great thread!

 

[Tommytwotone]

Henry .22 mag Mares leg!

I saw a video of a guy in canada who fitted a regular shoulder stock to one of those and man oh man that little gun was cool!