Lever Guns

[willie]

It is good to see the favorable words about BLRs, here on P-F, after seeing so much disdain and hate posted in other places. Reading between the lines of many of those unfavorable reports, I had wondered if the accounts were, largely, parroted apocrypha. I have not subjected my .308 BLRs, a mid-Nineties Lightning, and a Takedown, to really hard use or abuse, but it is good to know that P-F folks like the BLR.

Mine are both blued. I did have a pair of the stainless, but sold them, with plans to replace them with at least one .308 Stainless Takedown, if I can ever find one.

Rex, my guns functioned flawlessly, and if I said how much military ammo I ran through the .223 and .308 versions people would be surprised. I will say that if somebody was dumb enough to do cowboy action shooting with these, they might screw them up. But they are hunting weapons, not gaming or military rifles. I do not imply that they are delicate. Mine, if scoped, would shoot at least 3 inch 5 shot groups at 100 yards for me. Note I said for me. I am not a rifleman. Anyway I spent most of my life shooting rocks, stumps, hogs, and stuff. As a concerned sportsman, I would not shoot at an animal past 150 yards anyway. He who takes one apart will not get it back together.

[OlongJohnson]

He who takes one apart will not get it back together.

That's one of the few phrases that could get me to say, "Hold my beer."

[deputyG23]

So I'm a Henry nerd. It started with I've of their .22s that I've used to teach a few dozen kids and adults how to shoot a rifle. I used to bug the owner of via phone calls every 6 months to make a 16-inch, round barreled steel-framed 357. He told me there was no market for it but to keep calling him every six months to a year to remind him.

Then states like Ohio allowed straight walled hunting cartridges. Lo and behold, Henry made the Steel Boy. The only thing lacking now was a side gate loader! Fast forward to 2020 and we have the Big Boy X. I'm saving up for one.
https://www.henryusa.com/rifles/big-boy-x-model/

Never satisfied, I hope they release an X edition with wood furniture.

These "X" models are tempting. My dilemma would be trying to decide between .357 and .44 mag since I have revolvers chambered for both.

[SecondsCount]

I saw this on Utah Gun Exchange this morning. The guy was asking $450 which with a scope is a really nice price but I have too many other projects.

[littlejerry]

These "X" models are tempting. My dilemma would be trying to decide between .357 and .44 mag since I have revolvers chambered for both.

A factory threaded .30-30 would be intriguing.

[Bigghoss]

Well, my curiosities about the BLR will soon be satiated. Saw a used '81 lightweight takedown in .243 so I threw in the opening bid of $660 and turned out to be the only bidder.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/872031576

So I just got a call from the seller of this BLR. He went to take the gun apart to box up and ship out and it turns out it's not a take down model after all. After he explained this we agreed on a refund. $660 is still a fair price but I already have a non-takedown Savage 99 in .243. I'm a little disappointed that I won't be getting a take down BLR right now but the seller is a stand-up guy and I couldn't expect better service given the circumstances.

[Bigghoss]

A factory threaded .30-30 would be intriguing.

https://www.marlinfirearms.com/news/...ew-dark-series

[Poconnor]

Marlin really needs to make a stainless version of the 30-30 dark.

[ccmdfd]

https://www.marlinfirearms.com/news/...ew-dark-series

Just picked one of these up today at my local gun store.

Got some land last year and wanted to have something I could keep on my UTV while riding around in case needed.

Placed a RDS on it and slighted in at 25 yds, need to take it to the range for 50 or 100 yds.

Impressed so far

[ccmdfd]

Marlin really needs to make a stainless version of the 30-30 dark.

That would really be sweet, especially for places like around here where rust can happen overnight.