NEW !! 2009 leverguns magazine

[Chuck 100 yd]

Just got my new "The Legacy of Lever Guns" magazine from Rifle Magazine from Wolf Publishing in today`s mail.

Good reading is always on my list of needs. This one looks better than what has came along in some time.
Articles on Iron sights,Classic cartridges,Levers in Alaska,
Marlin, Savage,Browning,Winchester and more.

[Hobie]

I got mine today, too. Not bad.

[Chuck 100 yd]

Yes, and just in time too. We are leaving for a camping trip in the morning to a place up in the mountains where it is beutifull and quiet but there is absolutely nothing to do that the wimens folk want to do so I will need this magazine to entertain me.

[Rimfire McNutjob]

Got mine today and just finished my first pass through. This one had some really good stuff in it ... I particularly liked that Savage 99's were well represented.

[bsaride]

post a link!

Is this similar to the one from about 10 years ago?

[Hobie]

http://www.riflemagazine.com/catalog/de ... tegoryid=8

[kimwcook]

Just ordered it. With the reviews on here sounds like I can't afford to miss it.

[86er]

Is this a brand new version, a revised version or the same old version re-printed?

[Pathfinder09]

Ya I got mine today also. I haven't really delved into it yet but it looks really good.

[Chuck 100 yd]

86er , This is brand new for 2009. Formatted like the old one but all fresh stuff.
If you subscribe to Rifle magazine it comes with the deal as an extra bonus.

PS , The photo on the link Hobie gave is of the old version.

[J Miller]

Is this magazine available or going to be available at the book stores?

Joe

[Chuck 100 yd]

Joe, You can call Wolfe publishing and order a copy. I bet you will be able to get it from places like Midway USA years from now.

[J Miller]

Chuck,

Thanks.

Joe

[Hobie]

86er , This is brand new for 2009. Formatted like the old one but all fresh stuff.
If you subscribe to Rifle magazine it comes with the deal as an extra bonus.

PS , The photo on the link Hobie gave is of the old version.

Yeah it was, sorry about that.

It is marked Winter 2009 over the bar code.

[.45colt]

The Wife and I just ran up the the supermarket for a few things, and that New one was right there on the newsstand .looks like it's going to rain and that will be O.K with Me.Thanks for the Heads Up.

[Rimfire McNutjob]

The table of contents reads ...

Burris FastFire II by Dave Scovill
Iron Sights and Leverguns by Gil Sengel
.30 WFC by John Haviland
Winchester Levergun Sights by Mike Venturino
Lever Actions in Twenty-First Century Alaska by Phil Shoemaker
Browning BLR by Stan Trzoniec
Savage 99 by John Haviland
Marlin Leverguns by Brian Pearce
The Four Savage Cartridges by Mike Nesbitt
Loads for Levergun Cartridges by Brian Pearce
Mossberg Model 464 .30-30 by Clair Rees
Winchester Leverguns and Their Cartridges by Mike Venturino

I thought they were all good articles with the exception of the Mossberg one which I admit to not reading. I've learned all I need to know from OJ's experience with that gun. I often find the Clair Rees article more as sales pitches anyway.

And the Dave Scovill article mentions the Burris FastFire in the final 1/3 of the article, but begins by discussing open sights on lever guns. He does have a picture of a Turnbull mount for putting the Burris into a Winchester dovetail that I find intriguing.

I particularly liked the cartridge articles though.

[AJMD429]

It would be interesting to see an article on the Puma Legacy guns... (you know, for us 'kids' who weren't around back when the real Winnies were being made... )

[Pete44ru]

[If you subscribe to Rifle magazine it comes with the deal as an extra bonus.]

Interesting.

I've been a RIFLE subscriber since the first issue was put out when Neal Knoxe put GUNFACTS to bed, for a better/different rag - and I had to order/pay for the last Legacy of Leverguns.

Curiously, I then accordingly ordered a new Legacy, (etc) last evening, online - and a copy was in my mailbox this afternoon !
No special handling stamps, like "overnight", FEDEX or whatever.

Hmmmmmmm........................ - NOW, I guess I'll have to see if I get a second copy in the mail in a week or so.

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[O.S.O.K.]

Me too - sitting on the nightstand ready for me to puruse

I've got the old one too. I keep all of my Rifle and Handloader mags.

[Pete44ru]

After skim-reading my copy, I have to say I have mixed feelings about the new Legacy of Leverguns.

Although some of the content is different/changed, so has the format - with LOTS of advertizing and small columns, ala Rifle Magazine.

I would have to say that, while I applaud the additional leverguns coverage included, that was missing from the older version, I am disturbed by the ads for boltguns/etc in a supposedly "leverguns-oriented" publication - although I understand the desire for the ad revenue.

Methinks it a further example of the downhill slide Rifle (and maybe Handloader ) appears to be in these last few years - especially since JB bailed out.

I hate to say it - but it looks like any other gun rag (w/o EBR's though), once the new cover's opened.


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[Gabby]

Sounds like a must have. How often do they publish this magazine? Annually? Gabby

[Chuck 100 yd]

Gabby , The last (only other I`m aware of) issue of " The Legacy Of Lever Guns " was printed in the winter of 2000.
See Hobies link on the first page.

The 2000 issue was better then this one for content IMHO but what the heck. This one is better reading than
the cover to cover tactical EBR`s and the latest version of the M1911 rags now on the book stand shelves. YAWN!!!!!!!!

[Gabby]

Thanks Chuck, you're right about all the specialty magazines out there. I guess they're just giving the masses what they want, and then some. Gabby

[dr walker]

I ordered one from the link. Fast shipping, I received it in less than a week. It is the Winter 2000 edition. I now need to look for the 2009 edition.

[CraigC]

They did a pretty good job on this one but I kinda feel like the previous version was better. Still worth having and it was like Christmas morning when I found it waiting for me in the mailbox the other day. Total suprise.

[Gary]

Just got an email reply from Rifle Magazine...

#566.55 is now on our web site under books, reloading and you can place an order on line or call us to order. Thanks,



Melinda Clements

Circulation Associate

1.800.899.7810 x109

[rusty gunns]

86er , This is brand new for 2009. Formatted like the old one but all fresh stuff.
If you subscribe to Rifle magazine it comes with the deal as an extra bonus.

PS , The photo on the link Hobie gave is of the old version.

Yeah it was, sorry about that.

It is marked Winter 2009 over the bar code.

Hobie was only one page off.
http://www.riflemagazine.com/catalog/de ... uctID=1622