[RubberDuck]

The 44mag/spl Henry is a pleasant shooter smooth and accurate out of the box.
I say you need a matching caliber wheel gun when you get a lever gun.

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[soyer38301]

The 44mag/spl Henry is a pleasant shooter smooth and accurate out of the box.
I say you need a matching caliber wheel gun when you get a lever gun.

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Nice combo

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[soyer38301]

I already have a 357 mag revolver so the 357 mag lever would make more sense...

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[Salt-N-Pepper]

I already have a 357 mag revolver so the 357 mag lever would make more sense...

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You can also shoot .38's out of it, cheap shells and perhaps the easiest round to reload on the planet. One note, if you plan on shooting both .38's and .357's out of the same carbine, you will be constantly adjusting your sights. The point of aim between the two rounds is radically different, not surprisingly.

I keep my .357 Henry set for .38's because I am cheap, but I have written down the general adjustments for .357 so if I need to switch I can get it close before firing the first sighting round.

 

[dsdmmat]

I have a couple of Henry rifles in 357 mag, also have one in 41 mag and 17HMR. Got a Marlin in 35 Remington and 41 mag the lever guns are just fun to shoot if you already have a 357 revolver and don't mind used find JM Marlin 357 that way you get a pre remlin lever with a side gate load. If you don't care about the side gate load get a Henry they are tanks and worth every penny.

 

[bigwheel]

Been looking at the Marlin 1895 BL in 45-70 for a while now.

Check out the Stainless Steel Model. YOWZA!;

https://www.marlinfirearms.com/lever-action/model-1895-big-bore/model-1895sbl

Mighty handsome. Think everybody should own at least two. Way too pretty to take moose hunting. Lets try to get a grip over there. Safe Queens are nice lol. Swinging quickly back to the main topic...glad to see folks singing the praises of the cowboy rifles. I've owned several all in thirty thirty and carried one issued by the state for free..back before they came out with the scary looking army guns. Love the concept...but as far as being useable...from a rest I can group much tighter with a long barreled .357 magnesium pistol...speaking open sights of course. Will agree between a 336 and 94...the winnie is astoundingly light and handy..but not as a handly as a pistol. The Marlin seems more solid built and the flat top ic nice for anybody dumb enough to put a scope on it. Thats all I know other than I got my 69 Winni in the closet and just needs a shuck of the handle to be ready to rumble.

 

[Maine-Marine]

Why would you want a 30/30??? .

30-30 has more power and longer range

if it is a matter of round quantity - 22 can hold lots

 

[bigwheel]

You can also shoot .38's out of it, cheap shells and perhaps the easiest round to reload on the planet. One note, if you plan on shooting both .38's and .357's out of the same carbine, you will be constantly adjusting your sights. The point of aim between the two rounds is radically different, not surprisingly.

I keep my .357 Henry set for .38's because I am cheap, but I have written down the general adjustments for .357 so if I need to switch I can get it close before firing the first sighting round.

Glad to know that. From a 4" wheel gun a .38 spc wad cutter target load seems to hit six inches higher at 25 yards than does a factory load fast running .357 round. Wasnt much mystery to where it would hit. Cant imagine a rifle having a different set of tricks up its sleeve..but maybe. lol.

 

[Piratesailor]

Dammit.. I should never have followed this thread. Now I’m looking at a Marlin 3030. Carried one in the early 80’s in the mountains. Mainly in a scabbard on the horse in case of mountain lions. A friend has one and I took it to the range and remember how accurate they can be and how well I shot it.

Now I want one.. dammit...

 

[Mad Trapper]

Nice to have a combination R/P round. 357, 44 mag, 44/40.

But good ole 30-30 I'll take. When Win was USA

One of the best guns to stalk through our northeast woods, in search of whitetails. Light, powerful enough, and real handy. Probably killed more deer in USA than another, except maybe BP guns.

Most now, not know how to hunt. They want to snipe and use gadgets.

 

[The Tourist]

Any suggestions and/or guidance? Thinkink of a 357/38 for caliber...

I'm with you on a 357/38 lever action. However, I would go with a 44SPL/44Mag instead. Here's my argument.

I was a bullet caster. And a .44 SPL would be even good for plinking. The .44 Rem Mag would be good for hunting.

Another thing about these cartridges is that they are "straight wall" brass. The problem with bottle neck cartridges is that not all chambers perfectly match their cartridges. I had reloads that were used for decades. Sometimes a bottleneck cartridge will crack on the shoulder on the first or second shot. Even my .223 reloads had to be checked for wear and cracks--but the stuff was so cheap I never let it stop me.

If you're married, and your avatar shows that might be an issue, a .44 SPL can make the rifle useful for your wife.

 

[bigwheel]

Dammit.. I should never have followed this thread. Now I'm looking at a Marlin 3030. Carried one in the early 80's in the mountains. Mainly in a scabbard on the horse in case of mountain lions. A friend has one and I took it to the range and remember how accurate they can be and how well I shot it.

Now I want one.. dammit...

I got an informal appraisal on my old Winni at the LGS. The guy said any old well preserved Marlin or Win should be worth about 400 bucks. So it wont break the bank to snag one. In fact one of my pals sold a mutual chum his well preserved Marlin for three hundred about six months ago. Made me sick. He had quoted it to me for 450. What a jerk. The other guy had cash money in his pocket and was prepared to act. I was the proverbial hour late and three hundred bucks short. lol.

 

[Notold63]

I have a Henry 38spcl/.357 magnum, and two Browning BLR lever actions, one in .308 and the other in 30-06. I also have bolt action rifles in .308 and 30-06, but I fire rifles “right handed” while one of my sons is left handed, so one of the reasons I went with lever action rifles is so that I could leave him some hunting rifles that he could use.

 

[bigwheel]

I'm with you on a 357/38 lever action. However, I would go with a 44SPL/44Mag instead. Here's my argument.

I was a bullet caster. And a .44 SPL would be even good for plinking. The .44 Rem Mag would be good for hunting.

Another thing about these cartridges is that they are "straight wall" brass. The problem with bottle neck cartridges is that not all chambers perfectly match their cartridges. I had reloads that were used for decades. Sometimes a bottleneck cartridge will crack on the shoulder on the first or second shot. Even my .223 reloads had to be checked for wear and cracks--but the stuff was so cheap I never let it stop me.

If you're married, and your avatar shows that might be an issue, a .44 SPL can make the rifle useful for your wife.

Well think the same blessing could be bestowed on the .357-.38 special combo as concerns straight walled cartridges. Super easy to reload...know dat since I got experiences..and a .357 mag still packs a wallop at a hundred yards. Storebought ammo got to be cheaper than the .44 family and less lead needed for the do it yourself bullet caster. Seem to recall Rossi got the modern trend started on the rifle pistiol interchangeablity. Dont think I ever encountered an owner of one of the guns who didnt like it.
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2013/08/chris-dumm/gun-review-rossi-model-92-lever-action-45-colt/

 

[NKAWTG]

I have a Marlin 336 .30-30 and I like it a lot.
Next thing I want to do with it is mount a scout scope to round it out.

 

[SOCOM42]

I have 4 lever guns I am pleased with.

Two Winchester Model of 1894's in 30/30, Marlin 39A and a Marlin 1894 in .357 Mag.

The two marlins have scopes on them and one Winni has a peep sight.

 

[hawgrider]

I have 4 lever guns I am pleased with.

Two Winchester Model of 1894's in 30/30, Marlin 39A and a Marlin 1894 in .357 Mag.

The two marlins have scopes on them and one Winni has a peep sight.

Great grandads deer rifle was the pre 64 model 94 30-30
That same rifle was given to me in 1974 my first firearm deer season. I've shot a lot of deer with those buckhorn sights.
Its my favorite rifle next to grandads 8mm BRNO

 

[SOCOM42]

Great grandads deer rifle was the pre 64 model 94 30-30
That same rifle was given to me in 1974 my first firearm deer season. I've shot a lot of deer with those buckhorn sights.
Its my favorite rifle next to grandads 8mm BRNO

My two Winnies were made in 1951, I restored both of them 13-15 years ago.

Had to rebarrel both of them, hey I only paid 10 bucks a piece for them.

Have only test fired/ targeted both, they now are safe queens.

I should add that I do not hunt, only a couple of times when a kid, never again for animals.

Do not have much ammo for them either, 1,000 rounds for both, just a drop by comparison.

Sometimes I take the slinged one for SD when in the big city area, more politically correct than an AR.

It goes with a 100 rounds of ammo, Winchester Silver tip.

With greater perceived threat I take an M-1 Carbine.

 

[hawgrider]

My two Winnies were made in 1951, I restored both of them 13-15 years ago.

Have only test fired/ targeted both, they now are safe queens.

I should add that I do not hunt, only a couple of times when a kid, never again for animals.

Do not have much ammo for them either, 1,000 rounds for both, just a drop by comparison.

Sometimes I take the slinged one for SD when in the big city area, more politically correct than an AR.

It goes with a 100 rounds of ammo, Winchester Silver tip.

With greater perceived threat I take an M-1 Carbine.

I need to run the number on mine I'm pretty sure its a 1950's my guess would be mid to late 50's

 

[TexDanm]

I went for a Winchester 94 Trapper in 357/38 as a companion piece for my Ruger Security-6 357mag. I have really enjoyed it and have no regrets. I like lever actions a lot and have a Marlin in 30-30, an older hammerless Winchester 22LR, a Henery 22LR with a big loop, and a Savage 99F in 300 Savage. Actions are good to carry, plenty of power for nearly anything in Eastern North America. Where I live we don't have bears, moose, or elk so even the 357 mag is big enough for our little whitetail deer. I dropped a buck a few years ago with a 357 Blackhawk single-action revolver so I know that the carbine will do the job for brush hunting with shots no longer than 150 yards. Hornady even makes a plastic pointed 357 specifically for hunting use in a lever-action Rifle. The 30-30 has killed more deer in the US than any other round.

I like that lever-action ammo is rimmed. For survival, purposes rimmed ammo is easier to reload with the Leeloader. I have three presses but I can't see carrying one very far. A pound of Unique powder, a few hundred assorted primers, a hundred bullets for each caliber with Leeloaders and a couple of bullet molds is manageable. For its portability I like it and for loading a box of ammo it is easy.

While a lever-action is not an AK in the 7.62x39 (I'm not a fan of the 5.56) but it is a great fast action rifle that offers little in the way of problems and is as portable as an AR.