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View Poll Results: If you had to pick one Lever Action Rifle, what caliber who you choose?

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  • .357 Mag / 38 Special

    190 16.70%

  • .44 Mag / 44 Special

    136 11.95%

  • 45 Colt

    78 6.85%

  • .454 Casull

    30 2.64%

  • 444 Marlin

    41 3.60%

  • 45-70

    281 24.69%

  • 44-40

    41 3.60%

  • 450 Marlin

    2 0.18%

  • 30-30

    282 24.78%

  • 35 Remington

    84 7.38%
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Thread: If you had to pick one Lever Action Rifle, what caliber who you choose?

  1. 05-14-2024, 01:31 PM #501
    Bowdrie
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    No question for me, a .45-70.
    From a round ball gallery load to something that wants to dislocate your shoulder, the fun factor is off the charts.
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  2. 05-14-2024, 02:55 PM #502
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    Winchester '94, 30/30. Lyman peep sight.
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  3. 05-14-2024, 04:27 PM #503
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    Having hunted large game like moose and such, the 45-70 was always my 1st choice.
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  4. 05-14-2024, 06:02 PM #504
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    1886 Winchester with hard cast 405 grn. Flat tip over 14.5 grn of Unique
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  5. 05-14-2024, 08:04 PM #505
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    I voted for the .45-70 but the .30-30 was my go-to lever for decades before moving to the .45-70.

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  6. 05-14-2024, 10:29 PM #506
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    I have four real favorites, (1) Henry GOLDEN BOY .22, (2) Henry 45-70, (3) Rossi 16 inch barrel 38/357, (4) 45 colt/454 casull
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  7. 05-16-2024, 02:05 PM #507
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    Good to see that the .45-70 continues to win the poll. After 150 years, the cartridge is still going strong, maybe strongest yet. I have so many .45-70's that it dwarfs the rest of my collection. Rossi's, Henry's, Marlins, David Pedersoli's and I can't get enough of them. While I shoot almost every caliver of lever gun, I always prefer a straight wall cartridge. "Long Live The Lever Gun"!
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  8. 05-16-2024, 04:06 PM #508
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    I have a few lever guns... I chose the 45 Colt caliber because it was the only one on the list that I own, LOL!

    Others are 38-40, 38-55, 25/35 and 22WRFM.


    Certainly I love lever guns!


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  9. 05-16-2024, 11:28 PM #509
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    Quote Originally Posted by 1895gunner View Post
    Good to see that the .45-70 continues to win the poll...
    You might want to look at the numbers again... the .30-30 is 3 votes up on the 45-70. As befitting "America's Deer Cartridge"!
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  10. 05-16-2024, 11:51 PM #510
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    without if: I wanted a lever, and I wanted a .444_
    and that's what I chose_
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  11. 05-19-2024, 02:52 PM #511
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    Since I have a buncha lever guns I had to ask myself which one would be the last to go, if I had to sell them all. Easy answer: JM Marlin .45-70 Guide Gun.
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  12. 05-21-2024, 02:55 AM #512
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    45-70 for sure. I need to get another one. Had TWO Marlin STP's at one point. Regret not keeping atleast one.

    45-70 is just too versatile with too many bullet choices. Besides, who doesn't like a big boom? That and it matches my BFR.
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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check