![]() Customer complaints forced a partial return to more substantial looking parts a few years later. 1964, the year the revised guns hit dealer shelves, was a bad year for most Winchester models, and the introduction of stamped steel parts in the old 94 was a sign of the times. Seventy years after its introduction, in 1963, the M-94 was redesigned for easier production. ![]() The Winchester M-94 was the best-selling centerfire sporting rifle of all time. The Ruger 96/44 is a lever action rifle with contemporary styling. Uberti produces beautifully made replicas of Henry and early Winchester rifles and the thoroughly modern Browning BLR is styled to resemble a classic lever gun. Henry offers both rimfire and centerfire models. ![]() The centerfire lever action rifles available new today include Winchester's Model 1895 and the Marlin Models 1895, 444, 336, 308, and 1894. Get a lever action rifle with a 24" or 26" barrel, such as a Marlin XLR model and spend some time tuning it and working up accurate handloads, as you would for a bolt action rifle, and even that difference may disappear. Put the same scope on both rifles, and you will probably find that less than an inch in 100 yard group size separates the two. It is not fair to compare the accuracy of a lever action equipped only with crude semibuckhorn iron sights to a bolt action equipped with a 3-9x scope. Of course, you must mount a good scope on them, just as you would on a bolt action rifle, if you wish to take maximum advantage of their accuracy potential. Some or all of these points may have some validity, but the fact is that I have had a reasonable amount of experience with Uberti, Marlin, Henry and Winchester lever action rifles and I have found them to be quite accurate. It is also fair to point out that the selection of cartridges for lever action rifles is more limited than for bolt action or single shot rifles. This may be partly because of their two-piece stocks, partly because their bolts lock at the rear, partly due to the rear sight mounting slots cut into their barrels and partly because the forearms and magazine tubes of most models are attached to their barrels by barrel bands. 308 Marlin Express cartridge a viable possibility.Īnother disadvantage is that lever actions are generally regarded as being a little bit less accurate than a good bolt action or falling block rifle. It is this bullet that made the high-performance. Hornady has solved that problem for lever action rifles with tubular magazines by introducing their LEVERevolution ammunition line with Flex-Tip spitzer bullets. One disadvantage of the popular lever action rifles (except the Browning BLR, Winchester 95 and the discontinued Sako Finnwolf, Savage 99 and Winchester 88), is that they are not chambered for high intensity cartridges and their tubular magazines prohibit the use of conventional pointed (spitzer) bullets. The various Winchester, Henry, Marlin, Browning and Uberti replica lever action rifles just look "right." Never underestimate aesthetics as a motivating factor. Classic good looks also play a part in the continuing desirability of the lever action. The principal advantages of most lever actions are speed, reliability, high magazine capacity and (at least potentially) a good trigger pull. This is neither necessary nor desirable, and the lever action shooter should train him or herself to operate the action at the shoulder. Most shooters remove the butt from the shoulder while operating the lever. ![]() The lever is fast and natural to operate from the shoulder, basically by opening and closing the trigger finger hand, although it is not as fast as a pump action. This leaves the sides of the receiver flat and uncluttered, convenient to carry in the hand or scabbard. The type is easily identified by the loop lever/trigger guard The lever action is the repeating descendent of the falling block single shot. Introduced the breakthrough Model 1866 "Yellow boy" (so called because of its brass frame), The handy lever action has been popular in North America since 1866, when Oliver Winchester ![]()
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