Lets get a some lever action #### going

An oldie but a goodie, Winchester 250.



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As I was recently left a couple more lever action rifles by my father, and I'm now up to 4 lever rifles, possibly I can enter the "lever ####" arena.

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1) 1954 Savage 99EG, in .300 Savage (my father's hunting rifle). Beautiful condition.

2) 1972 Sako VL63 "Finnwolf", in .308 Winchester (my hunting rifle). Outstanding condition, and the most accurate rifle I own.

3) 1920 Winchester Model 94 saddle ring carbine, in .30WCF - receiver significantly pitted on one side (visible in photo) from being carried in a saddle scabbard for many years. Other side is fine, although no bluing remains. Belonged to a trapper in northern BC for decades. Has a notch, whittled on top of the stock, for each moose he brought down with it (or so the story goes) - 12 notches in all. Bore pretty good, still shoots extremely well.

4) 1904 Winchester Model 94 rifle, in .30WCF, special-ordered from Winchester by my great-grandfather - shotgun butt, peep rear flip-up tang sight + original buckhorn, 'button' magazine, 1/2 octagon 26" barrel. Much of original bluing still present. Nice figuring in walnut stock. Amazing condition, barrel bright & shiny with crisp rifling - was the food-getter for my family for over a generation.

So...do I qualify for the club?;)
 
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mh434 said:
As I was recently left a couple more lever action rifles by my father, and I'm now up to 4 lever rifles, possibly I can enter the "lever ####" arena.

P1060010.jpg


From top:

1) 1954 Savage 99EG, in .300 Savage (my father's hunting rifle). Beautiful condition.

2) 1972 Sako VL63 "Finnwolf", in .308 Winchester (my hunting rifle). Outstanding condition, and the most accurate rifle I own.

3) 1920 Winchester Model 94 saddle ring carbine, in .30WCF - receiver significantly pitted on one side (visible in photo) from being carried in a saddle scabbard for many years. Other side is fine, although no bluing remains. Belonged to a trapper in northern BC for decades. Has a notch, whittled on top of the stock, for each moose he brought down with it (or so the story goes) - 12 notches in all. Bore pretty good, still shoots extremely well.

4) 1904 Winchester Model 94 rifle, in .30WCF, special-ordered from Winchester by my great-grandfather - shotgun butt, peep rear flip-up tang sight + original buckhorn, 'button' magazine, 1/2 octagon 26" barrel. Much of original bluing still present. Nice figuring in walnut stock. Amazing condition, barrel bright & shiny with crisp rifling - was the food-getter for my family for over a generation.

So...do I qualify for the club?;)
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Nice original sporting 1894. Winchester often used 1x wood(a little fancier) on special order rifles at no extra cost during that period. I have seen several takedowns and other special orders with nicer stocks than standard rifles. Usually if ordered with better wood the stock will be stamped 1x,2x,3x or 4x inside the tang area or sometimes under the butt plate. These half mag, half round, shotgun butts seem to handle and balance really nice. I have one identical in .38/55.
 
mh434 said:
As I was recently left a couple more lever action rifles by my father, and I'm now up to 4 lever rifles, possibly I can enter the "lever ####" arena.

P1060010.jpg


From top:

1) 1954 Savage 99EG, in .300 Savage (my father's hunting rifle). Beautiful condition.

2) 1972 Sako VL63 "Finnwolf", in .308 Winchester (my hunting rifle). Outstanding condition, and the most accurate rifle I own.

3) 1920 Winchester Model 94 saddle ring carbine, in .30WCF - receiver significantly pitted on one side (visible in photo) from being carried in a saddle scabbard for many years. Other side is fine, although no bluing remains. Belonged to a trapper in northern BC for decades. Has a notch, whittled on top of the stock, for each moose he brought down with it (or so the story goes) - 12 notches in all. Bore pretty good, still shoots extremely well.

4) 1904 Winchester Model 94 rifle, in .30WCF, special-ordered from Winchester by my great-grandfather - shotgun butt, peep rear flip-up tang sight + original buckhorn, 'button' magazine, 1/2 octagon 26" barrel. Much of original bluing still present. Nice figuring in walnut stock. Amazing condition, barrel bright & shiny with crisp rifling - was the food-getter for my family for over a generation.

So...do I qualify for the club?;)
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That is a beautiful savage..... I have quite the soft spot for the 99's. I just picked up a pre 64 88 t00.
 
okcorral1881 said:
Very nice mh434, especially the last one. Are you sure it's only 26''?. Looks pretty long, maybe it's the visual effect due to the button magazine.
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Actually, I thought the same thing, so I measured it last night. Sure enough...26". Sure does look loooong, doesn't it? The 'beater' '94 (#3 in the pic) has a 20" barrel.

The men in my family always believed that firearms are valuable, precision tools that deserved to be well cared for. The condition of the ones passed down to me shows that. Even though my Dad and I didn't have much time together while I was growing up (he was in the Navy, and spend many years of my youth at sea) he taught me to respect and care for my tools, and I've maintained the tradition with my own firearms.

'Course, the 'beater' '94 in the pic (which was not in our family - I bought it, cheap, about 30 years ago) shows that a quality firearm can take considerable abuse and still be functional.
 
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