levers thru the years

[donw]

i have had a few lever guns thru the years.

i still have lever guns.

i will keep lever guns.

in todays world of AR's and 'tactical' arms, the lever gun, IMO, still is able to "Hold its own".

when i consider if i should ever need to use a firearm in a defensory mode, a lever would be an excellent choice. it's been my experience that a lever will seldom ever jam or malfuntcion...my semi-auto's DO.

when all is said and done...i feel very comfortable with my lever guns.

in today's politically charged atomshpere involving firearms, the lever has been, thankfully, for the largest part, ignored by power hungry, irrational, politicians; let's hope it stays that way.

the lever guns have, and will continue, to serve us well...

[J Miller]

What Don said ^ .



Joe

[Pete44ru]

A levergun is never a mistake.......................


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[JerryB]

I am not a trained Combat Ranger with all the latest tactical weapons and clothing. I was raised in the woods with a levergun. Never done battle with armed enemy troops. I reckon killing deer, other game and maybe a gator with a levergun I don't feel just really handicapped if I had to defend my home and wife, she is an real good shot.
I have always had lever action rifles and will have them when the "Last trump" is sounded and I meet my Lord in the air.

[Griff]

I largely agree with ya... except:

...the lever has been, thankfully, for the largest part, ignored by power hungry, irrational, politicians; let's hope it stays that way.

I believe this is ONLY true because they've been unsuccessful on the other types. In order to keep my leverguns, it's just as important that I be able to keep my bolts and self-loaders!

[7.62 Precision]

AR-15s are very good weapons. They are effective, reliable, and one of the best firearms designs to come along. They are easily accurized and appropriate for almost any type of hunting. They are ideal for self-defense and for combat, for competition and for plinking.

Why would you want anything else?

Because you can't pick up an AR and feel the smooth wood under your fingers, polished by the hands of generations of shooters. You don't see the beauty of hand-polished blue steel, the glow of a fine piece of walnut. You don't work the action on an AR-15 and feel the results of hand-fitted parts. Your father and grandfather and great grandfather did not fire their fist shots from and AR-15. They did not feed their families during the lean years with well-cared for AR-15s. When you pick up an AR-15, you don't feel the history. The oldest M16s have been shuffled off to other countries, chopped apart and sold to the highest bidder, relegated to dusty arms rooms. The oldest lever actions have been loved and cared for and repaired by generation after generation of shooters, hunters, and collectors. They have been passed down from father to son, and the cycle repeated.

The lever actions have things the modern semi-autos don't. They have beauty and graceful lines that are unmatched. They have that perfect blend of weight and balance. They have a heritage that stretches from before the Civil War to today, and if you look at numbers sold, have remained the most popular style of firearms during most of that time. Most important is the human connection that is part every levergun. It is the human craftsmanship; generations of knowledge, the hand fitting and polishing. It is the human history in older lever actions. It is the fact that each lever action rifle is unique, with it's own character, it's own feel, and it's own history, written in dings and scars and pride of ownership, or yet to be written by future owners.

[Sixgun]

A levergun is never a mistake.......................

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Yep. Especially when your trying to get you money back on one. The leverguns and the single shot hold their value better than (Assuming you bought GOOD leverguns and single shots) anything else with the exception of machine guns and at their price, machine guns don't enter in to the equation.----6

[gamekeeper]

A lot of these guys did all right with levers.

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j& ... 6542,d.ZGU

[ollogger]

Since 1965 Ive had a lever action of some brand
no it was 1960, I almost forgot my first Daisy, dang it



ollogger

[wolfdog]

My first deer was killed with a borrowed Marlin 30/30
My first deer rifle was a 444.
I have had Winchesters, Marlins, and Rossis.
I have drifted off into bolt actions and semis.
But I always have had at least one lever.

[FWiedner]

in today's politically charged atomshpere involving firearms, the lever has been, thankfully, for the largest part, ignored by power hungry, irrational, politicians; let's hope it stays that way.

As comfortable a sentiment as this may be, it is wholly incorrect.

It is ideas like this that lead many gun-owners to inaction when the tyrants of government begin to look for victims, because the false assurance that their gun "is not on the list" leads those gun-owners to sit back in their arm chairs and remain silent while the arms that don't take their particular fancy are regulated, outlawed, or confiscated.

ALL repeating and magazine fed arms are, or have been, on "the list". ALL of them.

One day, the government WILL come for your shotgun.

[jhrosier]

A levergun is never a mistake.......................


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I couldn't agree more.

Contrary to my usual knack for being a day late for the good deals, I invested heavily in Winchester lever guns in 2005, just before they went bust. I get a very big grin everytime I open the vault and see a bunch of 94s with an 86EL on one end and a pair of 95s on the other.

They look like this ----->

I had the .357 mag. model 94 out to the range for a bit of fun today. I didn't do as well on paper as I did with clay birds on the berm from 25 to 100 yards. I don't shoot it as well as I shot my first 94, 45 years ago, but I think that it gives me more pleasure to handle and fire the lever guns than it did back then.

Sometimes I take one of the lever guns out of the vault to admire and reflect on the history and dependable service that their kind have provided since the mid 1800s. I am always impressed by the smooth action and power of the 1895, the fast handling and rugged construction of the 1886 Extra Light, and the light, handy, and reliable 1894. I have and greatly admire the great battle rifles from the Garand and FAL, through the AK and SKS, to the AR rifles, but they don't evoke the same feelings that the classic American lever action hunting rifle will stir every time.

I noticed that the Winchesters produced in the last several years of production had largely regained the quality of fit and finish that was the normal before the terrible stuff they turned out starting in the mid 60s. It is just too bad that it happened so late.

Jack

[Ysabel Kid]

I largely agree with ya... except:

...the lever has been, thankfully, for the largest part, ignored by power hungry, irrational, politicians; let's hope it stays that way.

I believe this is ONLY true because they've been unsuccessful on the other types. In order to keep my leverguns, it's just as important that I be able to keep my bolts and self-loaders!

Bingo!

If they do ban autos and semi-autos, leverguns would only last until the next deranged moron decides to use one. Then all we'd hear is how these were the "assault weapons" of their age, how fast and accurately someone can fire them, and questions about why anyone would need that kind of firepower.

[1894c]

can't wait to show up to deer camp this year...my hunting buds will have their bolt-guns in 300win.mag, or .243, 30/06, .270, and 8mm--all with their scopes...i'll simply show up this year with a 1979 Winchester 94 in 30-30 (Williams FP- receiver sight), they'll all give me the obligatory stink-eye, but i will remind them that i was the only one who tagged a deer two years ago with a REM-Marlin 1894 in .44mag w/ Skinner sights...they'll all get quiet...LEVERGUNS are still cooool and practical... :)

[AJMD429]

ALL repeating and magazine fed arms are, or have been, on "the list". ALL of them.

Yep. And after they are all collected, destroyed, or have to be buried in some secret location for owners to be able to 'keep' them, then they'll be after the single-shots, as well. Until the last person gives up their last nailclipper or pointed stick, the socialists will not be finished 'equalizing' everyone. (Their idea of how best to 'equalize' people is quite a bit different than Sam Colt's...)

[COSteve]

Done

[44-40 Willy]

in today's politically charged atomshpere involving firearms, the lever has been, thankfully, for the largest part, ignored by power hungry, irrational, politicians; let's hope it stays that way.

Banning a lever gun would be like banning John Wayne.

[7.62 Precision]

Until the last person gives up their last nailclipper or pointed stick, the socialists will not be finished 'equalizing' everyone. (Their idea of how best to 'equalize' people is quite a bit different than Sam Colt's...)

For them "equal" means "dependent".

An armed man is equal, a disarmed man is dependent. If everyone is disarmed, we are all equally dependent.

A financially independent man is equal in his rights, a financially dependent man is willing to give up both rights and equality in order to receive the financial advantages of his dependency.

The socialist progressives don't want equality, they are creating a dependent class. This style of government has been idealized for a long time, back to the Greek philosophers. Some of those guys had some pretty good ideas. Some also thought that if someone was injured we should bleed them even more. Same philosophy a lot of current politicians hold about our economy, our rights, and everything else.

Our founding fathers were a pretty bright bunch. They studied the writings of the great philosophers, learned from the advances and mistakes through history, and they took what was valuable and left what was not.