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    School me on lever action rifles ?

    Some background
    Local gunshop ( Wills Hunting, Huapai way ) had a Lever action ( Rossi ? ) in 45LC, a while ago
    I ummed and ahhed, and someone else bought it
    Had an octagonal barrel, and I think the action was case hardened. Could be wrong.
    So, it’s an itch that needs scratching.
    Keen on a pistol calibre, 44/40, 45LC, 357/38 Sp, etc.
    Are they any good ?
    Plinking, bush hunting, and obviously the reloading itch would need to be scratched, too.
    Input please.
    He nui to ngaromanga, he iti to putanga.

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    just do it.....expect little and limit yourself to 50ish yards on fallow or smaller and be happy,lots of fun,fast to aim,fast to reload...not 150-250 yard prospects....cheap to reload for...ok for small folks and girlfriends as wont boot them into next week.

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    If you are going to do it go for a .357 in my opinion ( i know we all have one).

    .357 round will see an increase of around 500 fps using a rifle over a 4 inch pistol barrel - sometimes a little more. The increase in ft lbs energy about the same so will hit hard up to sensible ranges mentioned above.

    You can also have hours of fun shooting 38spl out of it a whole lot cheaper.
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    They are heaps of fun. The .357 is probably the one to start with as mentioned above, cheap to load for, easy plinker, and the .38 is actually very quiet out of it. You'll end up with a 44 at some stage afterwards
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    There is only one lever action on my bucket list. Winchester '94 30-30. There doesn't seem to be many nice examples on the market these days though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Browning View Post
    There is only one lever action on my bucket list. Winchester '94 30-30. There doesn't seem to be many nice examples on the market these days though.
    I have a Win Big Bore 94 in .375...does the damage...my go for it rifle on stags in the thick stuff.
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    Yep great piece of kit and since that Leverlution (sp?) ammo came out, you can push the range a bit more with the better BC than those big arse flat nose rounds. I will never sell my one

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Browning View Post
    There is only one lever action on my bucket list. Winchester '94 30-30. There doesn't seem to be many nice examples on the market these days though.

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    Lever actions are fun. I'm looking for others as well.
    A 38/357 would probably be a good start, and then you will end up getting a 44 or 44/40 or even a 3030.

    I want to get a 45 colt or a 32/20 or something like that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jim160 View Post
    Lever actions are fun. I'm looking for others as well.
    A 38/357 would probably be a good start, and then you will end up getting a 44 or 44/40 or even a 3030.

    I want to get a 45 colt or a 32/20 or something like that.
    Theres a Winchester in 38/55 on TM.
    He nui to ngaromanga, he iti to putanga.

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    I got a browning 44mag bl 92 had it close to 40 yrs man can it boot with that steel buttplate but nice to shoot if you load to 44 special specs or less with cast 200 grners but nice to carry .But I think I will get a marlin 30/30 dark as easy to scope and the pistol grip absorbs heaps of boot no to mention the rubber butt .

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    will had a few there for a while pretty sure one was a 32-20 and i think the other one was a 25-20 cool old school guns i ummed and arred for a while luckily someone else bought them
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    Only bit of schooling I can offer is to NOT pull a lever action apart.
    Unless you know what your doing.
    Pulled apart my old Winchester 88, right down to every last screw. Took 2 of us a whole day of head scratchings and cussing to work out how to put it all back again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ghosts View Post
    Only bit of schooling I can offer is to NOT pull a lever action apart.
    Unless you know what your doing.
    Pulled apart my old Winchester 88, right down to every last screw. Took 2 of us a whole day of head scratchings and cussing to work out how to put it all back again.

    Exactly why I’ve never pulled my Finnwolf apart!
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    i have the browning blr in 22
    rossi in 44 mag
    marlin in 30/30
    i still want to replace my long lost BLR but in 7mmRM this time round
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    I picked up a .357 last year it's a cool little gun the missus loves shooting .38 through it. .357 is harder to find than you would think but that's irrelevant if your reloading. I think .44 would have been a better choice for hunting with.

    Interesting video .357 & .44, spoiler alert .44 is more powerful
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp6k3ES1mKE
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