Lever action 12 or 20 gauge shotgun.

i have two 12 ga turkish levers and they are comfortable to shoot and accurate. Warrior and sinsinati. Check out the EE for a couple options available right now at decent prices. I havent seen any current import levers other than 410's in a few months
 
hsatimmy said:
i have two 12 ga turkish levers and they are comfortable to shoot and accurate. Warrior and sinsinati. Check out the EE for a couple options available right now at decent prices. I havent seen any current import levers other than 410's in a few months
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I'd add a +1 to this.
The 12ga levers are a bit clunky with a long lever throw, but works well if you're not wimpy when throwing the lever.
The 20ga were a different design all together, shorter fatter lever with a shorter throw, one of my favorite shotguns since i got it, has worked awesome.

Some others i have seen but not personally used: Adler (12ga only that i have seen), revolution arms (i think they had both a 12ga and 20ga), emerald (was another corwin small batch gun, no idea if it's the same as the warrior or not), Henry (410 only for now) and Pardus (videos on youtube only, no idea if they were ever available in canada).

There may be others, but those are what i have seen.
 
I havent shot my 12ga side by side with my Henry Axe but the axe is like butter whereas as Dand883 mentioned you need to be a bit generous with force to ensure proper work of the action, but i havent got either past 100 rounds yet so might be a work in period
 
I have an Adler A-110 12ga, with a 14" barrel. It is fun to shoot, but I'm not sure what it would be good for, other than having fun shooting at clays.
 
Can I ask why the chiappa is a POS? I can see the mares leg version being pointless but I have the 26in barrel and have put over 1000rds through it at the local sporting club. As long as i rack it with intention it always cycles, I shoot pairs with it at the range on the easier of the two courses. Granted the model 1887 isn’t the best lever action system ever made but I have no complaints about my chiappa if you like lever actions and shotguns.
 
Well earlier this evening someone posted on the EE a WTS for Winchester 1901 shotgun.

Hear me out folks.
Once you have mastered your chosen handloading technique, you have a buckshot/birdshot launcher that with just one pull of the trigger equals two 12 gauge 2 3/4 shotshells.
That's actually economy of force mixed with tremendous killing pattern. No matter what you are hunting.

This superior payload kind of makes up for that really long lever stroke.
 
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