) Back to the "traditional", as in "traditional" or "classic" lever-action. I hope you enjoy these!Here is the Browning 1886 SRC that I purchased last year from GunBroker.com, and a Smith & Wesson Model 629 I acquired a few years ago. I had been looking for the 1886 since joining this forum - it's all your fault! Drooling over the sweet pictures posted here, and reading the great range reports, I knew I had to get one.
I stopped in one of my favorite little gun stores in the area, as I often do, just to check out anything that had come in recently. Lo and behold, this baby was sitting under the counter. I'd wanted one for years, but just had not found one at the price I was willing to pay. Patience pays off my friends, and this one followed me home that day for a song!
I then promptly blew the cylinder shooting some hot loads through it!
I suspect this is why I got such a great deal on the gun, as it was "like new". The previous owner probably shot some hot stuff, couldn't handle it, didn't like the recoil, and started having the extraction problems. I contacted S&W, sent it to them, and they replaced the cylinder - for FREE! They earned back my business that day (this was after the debacle with agreeing to the Clinton extortion 
). 
I know - not the same caliber, nor the same manufacturer, nor the same finish, etc., etc., etc. Still, I think they make a heck of a combination!
I had this one already set and ready to go; the timing with ScottT's post is just a happy coincidence! 
