Levergun appreciation thread

[David Simerly]

One of my leverguns. A 336T from the days when Marlin was still Marlin along with the rest of the general woods related stuff I had on me the day I took the photo. Neat fold to side mount, OG Leupold fixed 4x. This rifle shoots about 3MOA with hunting ammo. I got it for a song because the magazine tube was borked. I replaced the tube, spring, and follower and she was good to go. I've taken a deer with her, otherwise have had her around for general woods use.

 

[Al "Shifty" Schultz]

Love this post! I'm a big fan of lever guns and have a few myself. Primarily because back in the day being a lefty there weren't the options, we have today... it was either my old Remington 760 pump '06, or the lever rifle. I have an old Savage model 99 takedown in 300 Savage that I cherish. It was manufactured in 1920; I still use it today. I have a 38-55 Winchester and a Marlin 30-30 that I hunt a lot of game with still as well. Great guns but I suffer from nostalgia!

 

[bill_5d3d]

Here is a Rossi I CeraKoted for a friend. It was quite a rusty, pitted mess, kinda like his truck !

A little Magpul Green, and a lot of blasting and scraping yielded really great results:

 

[Krom]

Winchester Model 71 .348

 

[Al "Shifty" Schultz]

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Always loved the Mod 71 looks. Yours appears to be in terrific shape! I'm also a huge fan of the button magazine, or partial magazine tube lever guns.
I inherited an old 1906 Winchester pump .22 similar to the one you have in this photo from my grandfather! It still shoots well despite being 120 years old.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Wade Burns]

Love this post! I'm a big fan of lever guns and have a few myself. Primarily because back in the day being a lefty there weren't the options, we have today... it was either my old Remington 760 pump '06, or the lever rifle. I have an old Savage model 99 takedown in 300 Savage that I cherish. It was manufactured in 1920; I still use it today. I have a 38-55 Winchester and a Marlin 30-30 that I hunt a lot of game with still as well. Great guns but I suffer from nostalgia!
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I have several Savage 99 take downs as well. My first was a 30-30. The Mad Trapper of the North carried one. Reading his exploits drew me to finding and purchasing one. They are really cool to handle and shoot. I have a 300 Savage as well as a 250-3000. The 250-3000 was the first US cartridge to hit 3000fps which is really cool since it was in a lever gun.

 

[Ron Dan]

Winchester Model 71 .348View attachment 2457

Very cool

 

[HowieR]

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I had one of these 71's In the early 90's not this Special deluxe long tang model but just a standard and as I read an article on this society before I joined yes it was the one that got away I wished I never sold. Ex wifes and kids in college deplete your gun collection. Mine took the largest buck I have shot in southwest Maine. What a great rifle and yours is worth a few sheckles - the sling swivels alone now adays if you can find them are about $300-$400 bucks . Have acouple boxes still of silvertip WInchester for that , I can't seem to part with. Enjoy that beauty along with beautiful revolver