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Nick167

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I know there's quite a few gun guys around here I'm gonna start saving up for a bigger lever action rifle I'm kinda looking at the Henry big boy's in 45 colt I love the looks of these
guns but I would like one with a loading gate on the side does anyone know of a company that makes one that looks like the Henry but has a side loading gate ? I'm looking to
spend around 800 thanks!
 
Be aware that lever guns, because of design are slightly less accurate than comparable bolt actions. This is due to less tight lock up of breech. Your mileage may vary.
 
I have a Winchester model 94 in 44Mag that is like what you want. I also have a pre 1964 Winchester model 94 in 30/30 and if I was hunting I would prefer to be carrying the one in 44mag since it will pretty take down any animal known in the Americas be it north or south. If I remember right it cost around $500 a few years back
 
The Marlin 1895 is a possibility. .45-70 gives you a lot more power than .45 Colt, and their lower-end models start at under $600, with fancier grades going up from there. Side loading gate and a long-proven design as well. Only thing that would scare me is there's lots of horror stories out there of their quality level since the takeover by Remington's group. Can't give you first-hand info on the lever actions but I've seen some disgraceful things on even high-dollar Remington bolt actions and shotguns.
Marlin 1895GBL at Buds
 
I can take either my Winchester 30-30, or my Rossi in .357 magnum and consistently hit an 8x8 steel plate, at 100 yards, off hand, using nothing but iron sights. If I need any more accuracy I'll find myself a bolt action with a scope.
 
They will be less accurate but it has much more to do with the barrel not being free floated than anything to do with the breech.
 
With a side loading gate the Marlin is probably the best route to go - although I would only buy a new one or one that was over 10 years old. They had some serious quality control issues when they moved the plant.

Another way to go might be the Rossi R92. I've never owned one the people that actually put their money down on one say they are good while others say otherwise.


Review:
http://www.tactical-life.com/firearms/gun-review-rossis-r92-45-colt-replica-rifle/#r92-ga16-lead
 
(quoted from post at 16:40:19 02/12/16) Be aware that lever guns, because of design are slightly less accurate than comparable bolt actions. This is due to less tight lock up of breech. Your mileage may vary.
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Been hearing that for over 50 years but even a well-worn 94 will bring home the game WITH the right shooter (this ain't benchrest shooting). If size matters then a Marlin in .444 Marlin will get pretty much any job done. I've got lever, bolt and semi-auto rifles from .223 to 45/70 and for deer and elk a 99 Savage in 300 or 250 Savage usually gets the nod. For any game on this continent (including bear) my choice is the 30/06 in whatever 'wrapper' that comes to hand - but that's just me. 8)
 
Years ago my dad's buddy had a Marlin 444 leaver. I sighted it in for him and with a 6 power it had a group where they were almost always touching each other. It is a cannon but that micro grove is either a tack driver or a shot gun. This one was a tack. Only thing is you need to shoot it correctly cause it is a cannon! You will get gun shy really quick if you don't know how.
 
I've shot Winchesters, Marlins, and a Henry, in .22's, .30/30's, and .45/70. Never shot a Savage yet. Marlin is my choice. As another poster noted, either NEW or 10+ years old to avoid the first ones from after the move.
If you want BIG power in a lever, try hot (but within allowable limits) handloads with a 405 grain bullet in a .45/70. Brutal.
 
(quoted from post at 17:58:41 02/12/16) Marlin 375, never had anything get back up yet.
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You are 100 per cent correct - shot placement is everything even with a 375 (there's one for sale on Gunbroker right now, auction Item # 541389488).

I think it was Jack O'Connor or Elmer Keith that said: 'I'd rather have a 22 in the boiler room than a 416 in the butt'....referring to big game harvesting. 8)
 
I own 3 Savage 99's two in 300 Savage and one in 303. In my humble opinion they are the best lever guns ever made. I have one built in 1921 that looks like it spent most
of it life in on the side of a horse saddle and still will hold 1 1/2'' groups off a rest at 125 yards.
 
I hate Henry sights!!! Before you buy a Henry look at the sights. I bought a Henry 22 for my youngest son. You can hide an elephant behind the wide front sight. It is totally useless with out a Scope on it.

I have a Winchester 94 and I love it. I will not own another Henry rifle.
 
I have a Marlin 30-30 and a Rossi 357. I like shooting both, but the 357 either doesn't have enough knock down power, or I got excited when we got a bunch of wild hogs in range. Never got any killed that night. The next night, I took the 30-30. Got 1 up close, and a decent sized sow at 225 while she was at a dead run. What my wife and buddy don't know was I was aiming for the one in front of her.

Both of these rifles have the side loading gate.
 
I'll vote for the Marlin, but I will also agree to find an older one as in my opinion they are smoother in the action. I have a Marlin 336 in .35 Remington, and I've been told that it will drop any animal on the North American Continent.
 
I have 3 Browning lever guns . 1 is a model 1895 in 30 06, 2 is a model 71 in a 348, 3 is a model 1886 in 45-70 .
 
The 1886 and 1895 Winchesters were John Browings design and the 1895 was the last one he designed for Winchester. The model 71 (348) is an up graded of the 1886 45-70.
 
I love my 307 Winchester. Good thing I always buy a quantity of ammo when I buy something I don't already have. That's because 307 is impossible to find now. I happened on an AD in a local trader newspaper awhile back where someone was selling a coffee can full of old ammo, brass, and loading dies. I'm set for awhile. In case some of you don't know what a 307 is, it's a 308 with a rim.
 
If you want a pistol cartridge I would get a Marlin 1894 in 44 mag. Unless you reload, you don't want as 45 colt for hunting. It will work fine, but you can't get the same power of load due to 45 colts being loaded to lower pressures. If you reload, you can make the colt pretty hot. I would prefer the Marlin 1895 in 45-70. Most loads are plenty stout enough and the hornady loads are screaming hot. The new Marlins are good guns in my opinion.
 
(quoted from post at 19:57:13 02/12/16) Savage 99 forget the rest
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I got my first one, a 250/3000, in 1965. There was a pawn shop in C. Spings that had bought out the remaining stock from a hardware store in the San Luis Valley (Monte Vista, maybe?), I wanted to go deer hunting with one of my buddies north of Cotopaxi that year but had little money and no rifle. I went in to the shop and there she was in the rack, hang tag and all! It's a 1948 EG model in a legendary caliber that I had/have a real affection for AND the guy only wanted $125 for it! Which left me with $5 for gas and groceries! It still seems hard to believe that the 99 had been sitting in that hardware store all those years and that I bought it NEW 17 years after it was made. :shock: Nobody wanted that caliber anymore, I reckon - As they say: 'One man's meat is another man's poison'! It's that way with a lot of things in life but if you're [i:ba9405adab]HAPPY[/i:ba9405adab] with what you've got you've got what money can't buy! 8) If you want a Henry, or Marlin, or Winchester, or whatever GET it and be [i:ba9405adab]HAPPY![/i:ba9405adab]
 

A guy comes here for advice on getting a lever action 45 Colt with a side loading gate and people tell him about bolt actions, Savage 99's (which I love and own several of, but they aren't made anymore, never came in 45 Colt and don't have a side loading gate), Brownings, 45-70's, 307's, 22LR's, etc. etc. etc.

To the OP- your choices are pretty much limited to Marlin, Henry (heavy and crude), some imports like Rossi or other remakes of the 92 Winchester or the used market. I myself would go with a Marlin or Rossi. Both are good guns and a 45 Colt, 44 Mag or 357 Mag loaded properly will do anything you want within 150 yards. If you want a scope, definitely get the Marlin.
 
(quoted from post at 18:28:58 02/12/16) I will bet a dollar to a doughnut, that most any lever will shoot better than the guy holding it, unless he has it rested.
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What I think, too! :lol:
 
I have a Henry Big Boy .44 mag, this is the sweetest, smoothest rifle you will ever shoot. I have a pre '64 Winchester 30-30, and I love both of them. For hog hunting, you can't beat the Henry. There is no problem loading the tube magazine on the Henry.
johnwesley
 
I have a Marlin lever action which is a side-loader in 44 mag. Mine is drilled and tapped for a scope but came with an aperture sight that can be adjusted for windage and elevation. I know they make or made the same gun in 357 mag. It is a nice gun
 
I think it is kind of amusing for us to be freely sharing about the guns we have to strangers what with the state of the society as it exists today. I guess we think there are no "bad guys" monitoring these sites. We are just a bunch of guys who enjoy our tractors, trucks, cars and guns and not a threat to the government and for the most part are the most law-abiding and decent people around.
 
jim buford- "I think it is kind of amusing for us to be freely sharing about the guns we have to strangers what with the state of the society as it exists today. I guess we think there are no "bad guys" monitoring these sites."

And now there is a MAP where we can give our pinpoint location to make it easier to find us. LOL!
 
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