Level actions - typical usage

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Smithyithy

Smithyithy

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I was drooling over a very nice lever-action rifle at the Stalking Show today, with some nice wood and some jazzy gold plated metalwork :lol:

Now if this were a shotgun, I'd have been very tempted to make a silly impulse purchase, but alas..

What's the typical usage or 'purpose' for these types of rifles in the UK? Fairly sure the one I looked at was .45-70 calibre...
 
Smithyithy said:
I was drooling over a very nice lever-action rifle at the Stalking Show today, with some nice wood and some jazzy gold plated metalwork :lol:

Now if this were a shotgun, I'd have been very tempted to make a silly impulse purchase, but alas..

What's the typical usage or 'purpose' for these types of rifles in the UK? Fairly sure the one I looked at was .45-70 calibre...
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Range use and hunting???
 
Smithyithy said:
I was drooling over a very nice lever-action rifle at the Stalking Show today, with some nice wood and some jazzy gold plated metalwork :lol:

Now if this were a shotgun, I'd have been very tempted to make a silly impulse purchase, but alas..

What's the typical usage or 'purpose' for these types of rifles in the UK? Fairly sure the one I looked at was .45-70 calibre...
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Great for deer, wild boar, tyranosaurus rex etc...
 
I mean, they do work great to robbing stagecoaches in Red Dead Redemption, but that might not convince an FEO :lol:

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They are handicapped the Winchester 94 or Marlin 94 types in UK by the once upon a time power floor required. FWIW in any case, so the Americans say, by 100 yards all the straight wall cases in 375 Winchester or .444 Marlin are about the same rainbow trajectory. The old Winchester 95 or course was available in .30/06 latterly and is possibly still made (in Japan) as part of the Miroku manufactory.

But times move on and there's more than just John Browning's old systems. A late friend had a Browning BLR in .308 Winchester and that was a very different thing. That was essentially a lever operated Armalite system in that it used a rack and pinion to work a rotating bolt head. He added some foam to create a comb raiser for telescopic sight use and did quite well did Clifford.
 
Smithyithy said:
I was drooling over a very nice lever-action rifle at the Stalking Show today, with some nice wood and some jazzy gold plated metalwork :lol:

Now if this were a shotgun, I'd have been very tempted to make a silly impulse purchase, but alas..

What's the typical usage or 'purpose' for these types of rifles in the UK? Fairly sure the one I looked at was .45-70 calibre...
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Best of both worlds .410
 
I've seen quite a few stories on here about people using them for woodland stalking, but the power requirements for the 30-30 Is too low unless you make a nice hand load, but the 45-70 Is a bit big annoying dilemma.

I see a Lever action Henry chambered in .223 that sounds neat for the smaller species, looks a little weird seeing a magazine on it though. 1776013683556.webp
 
Smithyithy said:
Maybe available in different versions.. Assume the Americans get higher capacity ones, but there's a Section 2 one for sale on GunTrader currently. £1500 though - a little pricey for a bit of fun, interesting as it may be..
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Thanks both, £1500 is a bit too much for me.
 
Sol said:
I've seen quite a few stories on here about people using them for woodland stalking, but the power requirements for the 30-30 Is too low unless you make a nice hand load, but the 45-70 Is a bit big annoying dilemma.

I see a Lever action Henry chambered in .223 that sounds neat for the smaller species, looks a little weird seeing a magazine on it though. View attachment 469990
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3030 has taken two reds as good as anything. Fallow and roe in my hands no worse than anything else.
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