Man now we have a good thread going! Leverguns, carbines whatever you want to call them, I believe that is the most exciting way to hunt.

I have a .35 Rem with a Williams peepsight, albeit it is a Rem 760 pump, still light, short and easy to handle. This rifle is accurate, likes the 150 gr over the 200 gr bullets though, odd. The recently discontinued Marlin outfitter .444 is my favorite brush gun, but it wears a 4x Leopold. My Browning BLR lightweight in .358 win has very nice iron sights for a new rifle, but a scope is going on it very soon. A Savage M99 .250-3000 I just got has a Redfield peepsight, and I think I will leave it that way. Last is a old late 1960' s WinM94 30-30, it does not see any hunting action, but gets some range time.

I also think that these rifles would be great to have, but you would have to watch your range with some of them.

Win94 in .480 Ruger
Win94 or Marlin 1895 in .44Mag
Marlin 336 in .35 Rem
CZ bolt-action in 7.62x39 I know this is not a lever gun, but it has about the same ballistics as a 30-30
Marlin .45/70

I agree with Iron Buck any Savage M99 would fit the ticket nicely. I am more a traditionalist so a lean toward .300 savage and .250-3000 savage.

I had a chance at a very, very, nice Savage M99 .284Win. This rifle had excelleant blueing and varnish, some some dings and scratches. Nice recoil pad and sling. Even a Leupold Varix II 3-9 scope. $425.00. Found this at a pawn shop in Reno, NV in 2002, was out for the NRA convention. This was probably my one and only good rifle " deal" . Have found 2 since on Gunbroker but they both went for over $1,000.00 each. []