Lets get a some lever action #### going
- Thread starter TheManInBlack
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Here is an original Marlin 1893 deluxe, 38-55, checkered stocks and half octagon barrel with color case-hardened receiver. It was shipped in 1895 and is still in beautiful condition. It isn't mine .... I just picked it up for another CGN member. He said to go ahead and see what it will do, so below the photo is another photo of a 5-shot group at 100 yards with .381 cast bullets and 17 grains of 5744 for just over 1,300 fps.
Nice Marlin .38/55! Real pretty rifle.
Well it's been a while since I posted on this thread but pulled out a gun that qualifies for a lever gun, well sort of, does have a lever on it's side. This one is a Remington Hepburn in .40- 2 1/2 " caliber with a 30" octagon barrel. The sights are the correct code for this rifle. The rifle as you can see by the photos is in very nice condition with a bright shinny bore. Remington only produce about 10,000 of these guns under the Hepburn patent from 1879 to 1908. This gun has a 3 digit serial number making it produced in the early 1800s. The photo I found is of an Old Gal with a Hepburn very similar to mine even with the Lyman tang sight.
freddyfour
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- Brant County, Ontario
Can't say that I have ever seen one of these before, pretty large looking rounds!
The .40 2 1/2 is actually the .40-70 Sharps (Straight) that was introduced in 1879 right around the same time as these guns were patented. There are also a tapered case and a bottle neck case in the .40-70 caliber.
Northern Amateur
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That BLR has some real nice wood. Well done!Nothing terribly valuable, but i love shooting all of 'em!
Golden Boy 17HMR, 1977 Win94 30-30, 1952 Win94 30-30, BLR 308, Big Boy 44 Mag
After 30 years of pestering my oldest brother he finally relented a few months ago and gave me this old beauty.
A pic of my late Dad's 1922 model 94 in 32 Special. Wood recently refinished. Will update with a better pic down the road.
A pic of my late Dad's 1922 model 94 in 32 Special. Wood recently refinished. Will update with a better pic down the road.
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