BigJ's "Show & Tell" (Lever Guns)
 

Ok folks, it's time for another installment of BigJ's Show and Tell. Today I'll focus on some of my lever guns. They range from the ordinary to the extremely rare. I hope you enjoy.....

Mossberg Model 402 .22


Browning BL-22 .22


Marlin Model 39A .22


Marlin Model 336 Ring Carbine 30-30


Marlin Model 444 .444 Marlin (This gun was made in 1965 the second year of production for this rifle (and cartridge)


This is a Winchester Model 94 in 30-30 made for Sears and goes by the model "Ted Williams Model 100"


Here is a Centennial Winchester Model 94 "1894-1994" in 30-30


Another Winchester Model 94 in 30-30


This is a commemorative edition Winchester Model 94 "Sioux Carbine" 30-30


This is a pre 64 Winchester Model 94 (1963) 30-30


Here is a Winchester Centennial model 1866-1966. This rifle came out in 1966 to commemorate the 100th year of the famous "Yellow Boy" 1866 rifle.



Here is an actual Winchester Model 1866 Yellow Boy (circa 1877) chambered in the .44 Rim Fire.





This is a Winchester model 1892 (circa 1899) Saddle Ring Carbine 44-40


Here is a Winchester Model 1887 (circa 1888) This is a lever action 12ga shotgun! It's in probably the best shape of any of my old guns with almost all of it's original bluing intact. Not bad for a 121 year old shot gun.


Here is a Winchester model 1873 (circa 1884) 44-40 that was one of 10 Winchesters bought on consignment and then sold by Buffalo Bill Cody at one of his wild west shows.




That's all for now, I do have about 6-7 more Model 94's but they are packed away and I just don't feel like digging them out now. You all know what they look like (or you should by now;)) anyway.

Thanks for looking!

RE: BigJ's "Show & Tell" (Lever Guns)
 

Very nice Big,Thanks for sharing.

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Fantastic - Thanks Big!!!

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Very nice! Suffice to say you have a lever gun fetish! Good deal for sure.

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Very Nice, you've gotta love lever guns. Here's my one and only.

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That is a great present... It's perfect!

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Very nice BigJ.

Is that 12 gauge the same model used in Terminator 2?

I don't currently own a lever gun. I had a Rossi .44 Mag top ejecting lever action a long time ago. Fun to shoot, but not very accurate and the action wasn't very smooth. I'd really like to get a Marlin big-bore guide gun in stainless steel and laminate stocks. I think they look really sharp and would be great for the times I want to tromp through the really think stuff where shots are short and quick.

Mike

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Nive lever guns. Levers are my favorite to carry. I'll post some pics later maybe!
-Jake

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Very nice collection of levers!! Thanks for sharing them with us.

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Mike,

I'm not sure if it was or not, I'd have to see the movie again.

It's a cool old shotgun, it was designed by John M. Browning. The Model 1887 is one of the most unusual actions ever made by Winchester and was made from 1887 to 1901. Only about 65,000 were ever produced. It's a rolling block design shotgun and was chambered in 12 and 10 gauge. As stated this particular shotgun was made in 1888 so it's a pretty early model (2nd year of production) I have a feeling that as time goes by this shotgun will become even more and more collectible. Ya just don't see that many around these days.

I too like the Marlin S/S guide gun. I'd like to get one as well to keep my old Marlin 444 company.

Thanks for looking and happy Independence Day!

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Centaur 1

Very nice!!!

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Know when this one was made??

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Total pic

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Last one!

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Sorry. 30.30

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Awesome collection!!! I love the fact that all your lever guns don't have a scope on them. ;)

I have a Marlin 30AS (Sears) .30-30 that I bought off an old co-worker I used to work with. This rifle just sat in his closet for years, as he no longer hunted. So, he let me borrow it for a weekend back then, and I instantly fell in love with it. That next Monday at work, I gave him $200 bucks for it, and it was mine. (It originally had a fixed 4x32 scope on it, which I immediately took off and hocked on eBay).

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Man, Butch, that rifle's got some darn fine looking wood on it for a Marlin. $200 was a good deal.

Mike

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That's a sweet looking rifle you have there Butch, I hate to disapoint you though. I put a 3-9X40 on my new rifle a couple of days ago. I agree that the gun looks and feels better without the scope, but with my eyesight it's not fair to the animals that I'm shooting at. My next project though will turn this setup into a squirrel, rabbit, coyote, armadillo, fall turkey, raccoon, possum, and otter killing machine. Probably should put more emphasis on the squirrels and armadillo's though. As soon as I find a set of RCBS 30-30 dies I'm going to make a load with 5.4 grains of Unique behind one pellet of single 0 Buckshot. This setup should get 1157 fps and the test that I read about this load it should hit close to my deer load at under 50 yards. For about $20 I can buy a five pound bag of buckshot, which has 720 balls in it. I'm hoping that by the time i'm done my new 336ss will be the families favorite plinking gun.

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Nice looking rifle ButchA!

I agree about the scopes as well but I understand if someone puts one on. Me I have plenty of scoped rifles, I don't need them on my levers.

Thanks for looking guys and stay tuned for another installment. I'm not sure exactly which ones yet but I think I'll move to shot guns for the next one.

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Those were made by marlin for sears. It is probably from the late 50's or early 60's. thats about all i remeber. you could maybe run a google search to find out some more. I think it is basically a marlin 336 c with the sears name on it. I could be wrong tho.
hope this helps
-Jake

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Thanks, guys... Yeah, I couldn't pass up that old Marlin 30AS rifle. It had a Glenfield 4x32 fixed scope on it and worked perfectly fine. But to me, it just didn't look right. So, I took it off and then picked up the little filler screws for the receiver top from a gun store.

Some guys put scopes on their lever guns, and that's fine. I just prefer having it with the plain open sights. I use it in the thick heavy brush, briars, and thickets, where I might only have a shot of 50, 60, 75 yards at max.

For longer ranges, I have my Savage 110 with a very nice Bushnell 3-9x40 scope on it. I have the scope set at 1" high at 100 yards. I figured I have to different rifles for two different types of terrain.