bang for buck lever

I gotta go with Savage 99's followed by the vintage Marlins followed distantly by older Winchesters. IMHO I own lots of all 3 makes and still love my 99's
 
No doubt a marlin 336. Used ones are under $400 shipped to your door and base model new ones are around $500. There action is rock solid, and they a nice light gun to carry, plus they are easy to scope. Winchesters arent as robust or as smooth to cycle.
 
t-star said:
right now, aside from the blr, there is no PROPER "hunting" lever action- hunting means pointy bullets, and anything with a tube magazine can't take those- the "classic " lever is the savage 99 in 308- hows THAT for a purist?- the blr isn't really a lever,in that it uses a gear machanism between the lever and the bolt- in effect it's a lever gear driven bolt
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So...I'm confused. My BLR Lightweight 81 is NOT a lever gun? I always thought if it looks like a lever, cycles like a lever, and the manufacturer even calls it a lever that it was, in fact, a lever. With a three lug locking rotary bolt head mind you...:)
 
I always wondered about that too. Yeah its a levergun. Besides look at the differences between the Savage 99C 308 (have one) and the Marlin/94. Not a lot similar there either. Then again not a lot of levers can pull off a larger cf cartridge. I like the DM on the Savage 99C and pointy boolits are its regular diet Browning makes a nice levergun-just dont take it apart.... :(.
 
Ormachek said:
And Michael Jacksons Thriller is the best selling album of all time;

Now THAT says something!
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It is? Well s**t. cp:cp:cp:

But yeah OP try out the feel of a Win94/Marlin336/BrowningBLR/Savage99. They're all good guns but you have to pick the one that you like the most.

t-star said:
right now, aside from the blr, there is no PROPER "hunting" lever action- hunting means pointy bullets, and anything with a tube magazine can't take those- the "classic " lever is the savage 99 in 308- hows THAT for a purist?- the blr isn't really a lever,in that it uses a gear machanism between the lever and the bolt- in effect it's a lever gear driven bolt
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1. The BLR is a lever action.
2. The Savage 99, the Winchester 88, and the Sako Finwolf all use pointed ammo.
 
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