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- Renegade Master
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Hi everyone
Have just joined the forum and wanted to say a quick hello. I came across this site as I am just starting to research lever action rifles, prior to purchase.
I am based in England, and at the moment only have a licence for 22LR, although hope to apply soon for a .357/.38 variation. I am currently in the market for a .22LR under lever, and leaning toward a Marlin.
I'm looking forward to reading up on some posts here and learning more about lever actions. At the moment I have a bolt action (CZ452) and a semi auto (BAR-15, basically an AR15).
Cheers
Dan
Have just joined the forum and wanted to say a quick hello. I came across this site as I am just starting to research lever action rifles, prior to purchase.
I am based in England, and at the moment only have a licence for 22LR, although hope to apply soon for a .357/.38 variation. I am currently in the market for a .22LR under lever, and leaning toward a Marlin.
I'm looking forward to reading up on some posts here and learning more about lever actions. At the moment I have a bolt action (CZ452) and a semi auto (BAR-15, basically an AR15).
Cheers
Dan
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- J Miller
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Dan,
Welcome to the forum. Glad you joined up.
Feel free to read, research, ask, and discuss. We have several of your countrymen here, as well members from Australia and Canada and South America.
Joe
Welcome to the forum. Glad you joined up.
Feel free to read, research, ask, and discuss. We have several of your countrymen here, as well members from Australia and Canada and South America.
Joe
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Welcome to the forum! We have a few members from Merry Ol' England. Always enjoy having our cousins active here!!!
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Welcome!! Don't worry, we've forgiven you guys for burning down the White House
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- Renegade Master
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Cheers guys, glad to be here.
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Can't go wrong with the Marlin 39A
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- Advanced Levergunner
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Renegage... Glad to have you here. It is always nice to have one of the few and the brave Brits who like guns to come to our campfire. What you guys have to put up with just to own and shoot firearms is almost beyond my ability to understand. I fail to comprehend how laws against things, changes the behaviour of human beings. I just can't make the connection between improving the race and keeping guns out of their reach. Oh well, just Colonial thinking I suppose.
Really good to have you here!!!
Really good to have you here!!!
- Renegade Master
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Thanks Charles, and yes you are right, most of our gun laws are crazy and pointless. The idea of course is to reduce gun crime, especially following the Hungerford & Dunblane massacres. However only the legitimate gun owners suffered, criminals who held weapons illegally still do.
We have a general election coming up next month, so hopefully a change of leadership may improve thing, but I doubt it.
We have a general election coming up next month, so hopefully a change of leadership may improve thing, but I doubt it.
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Welcome to the fire!
ScottS
"No arsenal, no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women."
-- Ronald Reagan
"No arsenal, no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women."
-- Ronald Reagan
- Renegade Master
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Sorry Kim, what's an EBR?
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Welcome to our fire, RM !
EBR = Evil Black Rifle
IIRC, Your fellow British levergunners favour the Winchester 9422, but I find the Marlin 39a more accurate - probably due to the 4" longer barrel.
I have them both, and love each for what they are, and do.
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EBR = Evil Black Rifle
IIRC, Your fellow British levergunners favour the Winchester 9422, but I find the Marlin 39a more accurate - probably due to the 4" longer barrel.
I have them both, and love each for what they are, and do.
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- Renegade Master
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Ah, I see. 22LR is the only semi auto we are allowed over here. My licence allows me 3 22LR's in total. I got the bolt action first, then the semi. I could have gone for a Ruger 10/22 or similar, but have always liked military style rifles. I was going to go for a GSG5, but ended up spending 3 times as much on the AR.
The firearms department over here don't distinguish between an AR and any other semi.
The firearms department over here don't distinguish between an AR and any other semi.
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[don't distinguish between an AR and any other semi.]
As is proper. The hopolophobes, over here, are driven by mediia hype which relies on appearance ILO substance - just like the talking head newscasters & politicians.
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As is proper. The hopolophobes, over here, are driven by mediia hype which relies on appearance ILO substance - just like the talking head newscasters & politicians.
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- Renegade Master
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Got some pics here http://sports.webshots.com/album/575470326BSlRlS of my EBR ( ) in case anybody is interested.
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- KirkD
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A warm welcome to you. Take your time figuring out what kind of levergun to purchase ...... there are so many temptations in this area.
Kirk: An old geezer who loves the smell of freshly turned earth, old cedar rail fences, wood smoke, a crackling fireplace on a snowy evening, pristine wilderness lakes, the scent of
cedars and a magnificent Whitetail buck framed in the semi-buckhorn sights of a 120-year old Winchester.
Blog: https://www.kirkdurston.com/
cedars and a magnificent Whitetail buck framed in the semi-buckhorn sights of a 120-year old Winchester.
Blog: https://www.kirkdurston.com/
- Griff
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Welcome to THE Forum. The only .22 I have is the Ruger 10/22, so I can't say one-way or the other regarding the Winchester, Marlin or even the "new-kid-on-the-block" Henry. Each seem to have their proponents, so each must have some feature(s) to recommend it over the others.
Enjoy yer new gun. Don't forget, we're visually oriented, so ppst pics when you get one!
Enjoy yer new gun. Don't forget, we're visually oriented, so ppst pics when you get one!
Griff,
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AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
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AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
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Welcome to the fire..
I can endorse what Kirk said, take your time choosing your leveraction. There are quite a few choices out there and changing your mind after the purchase is a real pain here in the UK.
I can endorse what Kirk said, take your time choosing your leveraction. There are quite a few choices out there and changing your mind after the purchase is a real pain here in the UK.
Whatever you do always give 100%........... unless you are donating blood.
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- Levergunner 3.0
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Dan,
Welcome to the best firearms forum I know.
I have 5 leverguns in my safes, not a lot compared to many of the US members here but not a bad score for the UK. May I suggest you consider joining the British Western Shooting Society - it is a Home Office approved club so membership is "good reason" for owning big-bore leverguns as well as other goodies like Section 1 shotguns. If you attend one of our shoots as a guest you will get a chance to try several different makes of levergun.
What side of London do you live on?
Perry Owens
Welcome to the best firearms forum I know.
I have 5 leverguns in my safes, not a lot compared to many of the US members here but not a bad score for the UK. May I suggest you consider joining the British Western Shooting Society - it is a Home Office approved club so membership is "good reason" for owning big-bore leverguns as well as other goodies like Section 1 shotguns. If you attend one of our shoots as a guest you will get a chance to try several different makes of levergun.
What side of London do you live on?
Perry Owens
"Always carry a firearm east of Aldgate Watson."
- Renegade Master
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NW (Harrow)
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Welcome Sir,
If you like gun folks , talking with them , learning things you might not have heard about, and lever action rifles ,,,,,, You Are In The Right place
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Pull up a stump and enjoy......
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Mutt
If you like gun folks , talking with them , learning things you might not have heard about, and lever action rifles ,,,,,, You Are In The Right place
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Pull up a stump and enjoy......
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Mutt
- AJMD429
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Don't forget the Ruger 96...!Griff wrote:I can't say one-way or the other regarding the Winchester, Marlin or even the "new-kid-on-the-block" Henry.
Mine, next to a Ruger 77/22 bolt-action.
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"first do no harm" - gun control LAWS lead to far more deaths than 'easy access' ever could.
Want REAL change? . . . . . "Boortz/Nugent in 2012 . . . ! "
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- Levergunner 3.0
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Welcome Dan....
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rick
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Welcome to the fire. Lots of folk here with all manner of 22lr leverguns. Stick around and you will learn lots.
Jeremy
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Welcome!
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yup.KirkD wrote:A warm welcome to you. Take your time figuring out what kind of levergun to purchase ...... there are so many temptations in this area.
me too.
careful what you wish for, you might just get it.
"BECAUSE I CAN"
"BECAUSE I CAN"
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Welcome to the fire RM...from the great state of Nevada near Carson City. Always like to hear from the cousins across the pond & love the pics of the adventures Y'all post.
Lookin'' forward to your posts...
LB
Lookin'' forward to your posts...
LB
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Welcome aboard Dan!
IMNSHO, you are leaning in the right direction, ie toward a Marlin Model 39.
i consider the marlin Model 39 to e the absolute finest .22 LR rifle on the market.
I dn't know if they've chimed in on this thread yet, but we have a few other Britons who are regulars here.
One word of warning. Lever-Guns are addictive, and they will lead you on to single-action revolvers and probably blackpowder as well.
IMNSHO, you are leaning in the right direction, ie toward a Marlin Model 39.
i consider the marlin Model 39 to e the absolute finest .22 LR rifle on the market.
I dn't know if they've chimed in on this thread yet, but we have a few other Britons who are regulars here.
One word of warning. Lever-Guns are addictive, and they will lead you on to single-action revolvers and probably blackpowder as well.
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BlaineG wrote:Welcome!! Don't worry, we've forgiven you guys for burning down the White House
in fact, many of us would not mind if y'all did it again.
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- Renegade Master
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Thanks guys, very nice to be here. Seems like a very friendly forum you guys have.
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welcome to the fire. blessings
Mike Johnson,
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"Only those who will risk going too far, can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Eliot
- Renegade Master
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Cheers Mike
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