What "ONE" lever gun would you buy yourself?

[MistWolf]

Ever since I could remember, I've wanted a Winchester 94 with a half octagon/half round barrel, silver capped forearm, chambered for 25-35. It was my grandfathers. My uncle got it when Grandpa passed away, then I got it when my uncle passed. Of all the firearms I've ever acquired, it's the one that's cost me the most

Maybe someday I'll see if somebody like Doug Turnbull would look it over for me

[jlchucker]

I got all I want right now, except that I'd like to upgrade the stock and forearm on a half-magazine 35 Remmie that I bought used. If I were going to get another levergun it would probably be an EMF Hartford 92 carbine (pre-lawyersafety model) in 357 magnum. I've pretty much got no interest at all in any of the brand-new leverguns on the market as configured right now.

[rafter-7]

1894 vintage 1892 25-20 takedown,pistol grip,delux,full oct.full mag,3x wood,tang sight 1" app. and a beaches front 93% cond. overall mint bore to boot

Yes its for sale right now BUT I need an infusion cash to get it

If someone donates to my cause I PROMISE to post pics!!

^
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[mikld]

I been kinda wishin' at a Savage 99, I believe it's called a "Barrel Band Carbine", in 250-3000, or 300 Savage. Just because...

[J Miller]

Ever since I could remember, I've wanted a Winchester 94 with a half octagon/half round barrel, silver capped forearm, chambered for 25-35. It was my grandfathers. My uncle got it when Grandpa passed away, then I got it when my uncle passed. Of all the firearms I've ever acquired, it's the one that's cost me the most

Maybe someday I'll see if somebody like Doug Turnbull would look it over for me

MistWolf,

Please pardon my comments, they are just coming from a sentimental old guy. But please don't send your grandfathers rifle to Turnbull for anything. It's earned all it's stripes, all that patina and faded bluing, each nic and bruise, is just one of many pages of it's history.
Pass it on to your son / daughter when the time comes just like it is.
Fix anything mechanically it might need, go hunting with it, but don't "restore" it. Cherish it for what it is and who it came from. You have a true family heirloom there.
I'm envious, as I have nothing from any of my ancestors.

Joe

[Roland]

I would go for the best 1892 carbine or short rifle in .44mag I could find (with todays options that looks like a Chiappa).

[fordwannabe]

1886 24 0r 26 inch full octagon(half and half would work)in 45-90 or 50-110 but one with character and flaws and hunting scars, the been there and done that kind of thing. I know I'm nuts but it's who I am. Tom

[J Miller]

1886 24 0r 26 inch full octagon(half and half would work)in 45-90 or 50-110 but one with character and flaws and hunting scars, the been there and done that kind of thing. I know I'm nuts but it's who I am. Tom

fordwannabe,
I like those kinds of rifles. They make me feel good to use them. I won't live long enough to see any of mine take on that aura of been there done that.

Joe

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Ever since I could remember, I've wanted a Winchester 94 with a half octagon/half round barrel, silver capped forearm, chambered for 25-35. It was my grandfathers. My uncle got it when Grandpa passed away, then I got it when my uncle passed. Of all the firearms I've ever acquired, it's the one that's cost me the most

Maybe someday I'll see if somebody like Doug Turnbull would look it over for me

MistWolf,

Please pardon my comments, they are just coming from a sentimental old guy. But please don't send your grandfathers rifle to Turnbull for anything. It's earned all it's stripes, all that patina and faded bluing, each nic and bruise, is just one of many pages of it's history.
Pass it on to your son / daughter when the time comes just like it is.
Fix anything mechanically it might need, go hunting with it, but don't "restore" it. Cherish it for what it is and who it came from. You have a true family heirloom there.
I'm envious, as I have nothing from any of my ancestors.

Joe

Yup.

[firefuzz]

Ever since I could remember, I've wanted a Winchester 94 with a half octagon/half round barrel, silver capped forearm, chambered for 25-35. It was my grandfathers. My uncle got it when Grandpa passed away, then I got it when my uncle passed. Of all the firearms I've ever acquired, it's the one that's cost me the most

Maybe someday I'll see if somebody like Doug Turnbull would look it over for me

MistWolf,

Please pardon my comments, they are just coming from a sentimental old guy. But please don't send your grandfathers rifle to Turnbull for anything. It's earned all it's stripes, all that patina and faded bluing, each nic and bruise, is just one of many pages of it's history.
Pass it on to your son / daughter when the time comes just like it is.
Fix anything mechanically it might need, go hunting with it, but don't "restore" it. Cherish it for what it is and who it came from. You have a true family heirloom there.
I'm envious, as I have nothing from any of my ancestors.

Joe

None of my business either, but PLUS 1.

Rob

[MistWolf]

I agree with all of you about a restoration. I don't want to do a restoration but have it gone through, properly cleaned and checked for mechanical condition by an expert

[pokey]

Ever since I could remember, I've wanted a Winchester 94 with a half octagon/half round barrel, silver capped forearm, chambered for 25-35. It was my grandfathers. My uncle got it when Grandpa passed away, then I got it when my uncle passed. Of all the firearms I've ever acquired, it's the one that's cost me the most

Maybe someday I'll see if somebody like Doug Turnbull would look it over for me

MistWolf,

Please pardon my comments, they are just coming from a sentimental old guy. But please don't send your grandfathers rifle to Turnbull for anything. It's earned all it's stripes, all that patina and faded bluing, each nic and bruise, is just one of many pages of it's history.
Pass it on to your son / daughter when the time comes just like it is.
Fix anything mechanically it might need, go hunting with it, but don't "restore" it. Cherish it for what it is and who it came from. You have a true family heirloom there.
I'm envious, as I have nothing from any of my ancestors.

Joe

Yup.

yup, some more.

[Rusty]

Just one??

[J Miller]

Rusty,

"Just One?" what?


Joe

[Killer Kanuck]

Easy - an Armi Sport Spencer carbine in 56-50 Centerfire. Been drooling over one of them for a couple years now. Unfortunately no one is importing them into Canada.

[LeverBob]

For Me? Thank you!

An original "teens or twenties" 99 Savage in 300 Savage. All the great stuff: 26" barrel, perch belly stock, hook buttplate, take-down. Add an extra .250-3000 barrel setup & an extra 38-55 setup as well. Best american walnut stocks.

Good for mice thru moose. Gadzooks that would be fine!

LB

[Lobo]

Okay.......well......I'd have a Marlin 336 with the action machined from titanium, chambered for a wildcat .375/308, stocked up with a nice piece of curly maple.

[Mike D.]

Cabela's East Hartford has my "Holy Grail". A late production 1886 lightweight in .50-110 EX, complete with Lyman 21 sight. It is in excellent condition and is priced a bit too high for me at $25K. It's been there for quite a while and they will not step it down to a more palatable level. I'm waiting patiently. You can check it out on Cabela's site or on Guns International.

[Rifleman336]

If I had the money and the time I'd love to get a Stainless Marlin 1894 in .44 Mag, worked on by DRC Customs. Hardend Mag tube, glove loop lever, and a custom stainless octoganial barrel set up for heavy grain bulliets.

Have a Skinner Ladder site and custom front sight. Get a old cresent style stock fitted and finished. Then have custom Lauer coating to make the metal look like the "brown blueing" of old, and if possiable fake "case hardening" on the receiver and lever, old looks with modren durability.

But my dream are richer than my wallet,

Rifleman 336

[Rimfire McNutjob]

Cabela's East Hartford has my "Holy Grail". A late production 1886 lightweight in .50-110 EX, complete with Lyman 21 sight. It is in excellent condition and is priced a bit too high for me at $25K. It's been there for quite a while and they will not step it down to a more palatable level. I'm waiting patiently. You can check it out on Cabela's site or on Guns International.

Wow ... it's a 20" short rifle too. Nice old plain wood gun. I would have thought a LW would have been 22" for some reason.

I would like a nice old Winchester 65 in Bee or 25-20.

[rafter-7]

Cabela's East Hartford has my "Holy Grail". A late production 1886 lightweight in .50-110 EX, complete with Lyman 21 sight. It is in excellent condition and is priced a bit too high for me at $25K. It's been there for quite a while and they will not step it down to a more palatable level. I'm waiting patiently. You can check it out on Cabela's site or on Guns International.

Wow ... it's a 20" short rifle too. Nice old plain wood gun. I would have thought a LW would have been 22" for some reason.

I would like a nice old Winchester 65 in Bee or 25-20.

Larry Orr has a 65 in 218 for sale in his last list 98% barrel 90% reciever 4250.00

[BlueStateSaint]

Ever since I could remember, I've wanted a Winchester 94 with a half octagon/half round barrel, silver capped forearm, chambered for 25-35. It was my grandfathers. My uncle got it when Grandpa passed away, then I got it when my uncle passed. Of all the firearms I've ever acquired, it's the one that's cost me the most

Maybe someday I'll see if somebody like Doug Turnbull would look it over for me

MistWolf,

Please pardon my comments, they are just coming from a sentimental old guy. But please don't send your grandfathers rifle to Turnbull for anything. It's earned all it's stripes, all that patina and faded bluing, each nic and bruise, is just one of many pages of it's history.
Pass it on to your son / daughter when the time comes just like it is.
Fix anything mechanically it might need, go hunting with it, but don't "restore" it. Cherish it for what it is and who it came from. You have a true family heirloom there.
I'm envious, as I have nothing from any of my ancestors.

Joe

MistWolf, read what Joe writes--several times. Don't try to restore it at all. I've got a Winchester 94 in .30 WCF (yes, that's stamped on the barrel) that Oldguns.net says was made in 1950. It's got two scratches along the left side of the receiver. I wouldn't have that 94 redone for anything. I don't know how many deer my grandfather got with it, but that doesn't matter to me (I got a doe with it last year). What matters is that it's a family heirloom, just as Joe stated.

Whomever I pass that rifle on will be told the same thing--"Don't ever restore this rifle. Keep it clean, but keep it just as it is."

[Steve Collins]

Winchester model 71 Deluxe .348 Winchester. Saw one in Cabela's about a year ago, didn't get it, been kicking myself ever since!

[C. Cash]

Shiloh Sharps in 45-70.....stright grip, heavy barrel....german silver forend would be nice, with some figure to the wood. I am thinking about ordering one up very soon.

[Mike D.]

Cabela's East Hartford has my "Holy Grail". A late production 1886 lightweight in .50-110 EX, complete with Lyman 21 sight. It is in excellent condition and is priced a bit too high for me at $25K. It's been there for quite a while and they will not step it down to a more palatable level. I'm waiting patiently. You can check it out on Cabela's site or on Guns International.

Wow ... it's a 20" short rifle too. Nice old plain wood gun. I would have thought a LW would have been 22" for some reason.

I would like a nice old Winchester 65 in Bee or 25-20.

I believe that it actually has a 22" barrel. It is an Extra Lightweight Solid Frame gun from the late 1910s. Just for grins I will call them tomorrow for the serial number, then get in touch with Jesi at Cody and see what is what with that '86.

[MistWolf]

Ever since I could remember, I've wanted a Winchester 94 with a half octagon/half round barrel, silver capped forearm, chambered for 25-35. It was my grandfathers. My uncle got it when Grandpa passed away, then I got it when my uncle passed. Of all the firearms I've ever acquired, it's the one that's cost me the most

Maybe someday I'll see if somebody like Doug Turnbull would look it over for me

MistWolf,

Please pardon my comments, they are just coming from a sentimental old guy. But please don't send your grandfathers rifle to Turnbull for anything. It's earned all it's stripes, all that patina and faded bluing, each nic and bruise, is just one of many pages of it's history.
Pass it on to your son / daughter when the time comes just like it is.
Fix anything mechanically it might need, go hunting with it, but don't "restore" it. Cherish it for what it is and who it came from. You have a true family heirloom there.
I'm envious, as I have nothing from any of my ancestors.

Joe

MistWolf, read what Joe writes--several times. Don't try to restore it at all. I've got a Winchester 94 in .30 WCF (yes, that's stamped on the barrel) that Oldguns.net says was made in 1950. It's got two scratches along the left side of the receiver. I wouldn't have that 94 redone for anything. I don't know how many deer my grandfather got with it, but that doesn't matter to me (I got a doe with it last year). What matters is that it's a family heirloom, just as Joe stated.

Whomever I pass that rifle on will be told the same thing--"Don't ever restore this rifle. Keep it clean, but keep it just as it is."

Heh! I love you guys, you are the best! Let me try this again- I agree that this rifle should not be sent in for a restoration, however I would like to have it looked over to determine it's mechanical condition. The hole in the stock was put there to hang it from a peg in some line shack on a ranch in North Dakota. Grandpa got it from an estate sale when he was a young man. I wouldn't even think of having that hole "repaired". However, I'd like to know if it's still safe to shoot and have any old grease cleaned up from it's inside. I don't want to bugger up the screws taking it apart although I have taken it apart in the past. I do not plan to refinish the stock or the rifle. However, the rear sight needs some attention as something is bent. I think it's beautiful as it is.

Grandpa was born in 1909 and according to my Uncle Reynold, Grandpa bought it sometime between 1924 and 1934

[J Miller]

MistWolf,

Disassembling and reassembling Win 94s is easy. They aren't complicated at all. The cleaning and inspection you can do yourself. About the only thing you might need a gunsmith for is to check the head space. And you can do that too.

Get an exploded drawing and study it. Win 94s are not rockets and you don't need to be a rocket engineer to work on 'em.
Heck I fixed my first one when I was 15 or 16.


Joe

[rodeo kid]

I sure do want a Winchester 9422 yellowboy NIB, but the only one I found was $1500!

[Pathfinder09]

Well I've bought all my lever guns for myself,......but if I wanted another one, I think I would pickup the new Marlin SBL Gide gun, and leavit stock.