School me on Lever Action rifles.

[OberFeldwebel]

Just an odd question, has any manufacturer or designer tried making a lever action with some sort of fixed or box mag?
I know I know, "then it's not a real lever action!@@2123@!" I'm just wondering.

Freak_090

OberFeldwebel

Well it's doing something for me. Not sure if it makes me want to be a storm trooper though. wink

I'm not sure that I would want to be staring at a Storm Trooper mask while in bed...

Hmm, true that.
But that helmet does look a lot better than these.  

[ArmasTermin]

OberFeldwebel

Just an odd question, has any manufacturer or designer tried making a lever action with some sort of fixed or box mag?
I know I know, "then it's not a real lever action!@@2123@!" I'm just wondering.

Freak_090

OberFeldwebel

Well it's doing something for me. Not sure if it makes me want to be a storm trooper though. wink

I'm not sure that I would want to be staring at a Storm Trooper mask while in bed...

Hmm, true that.
But that helmet does look a lot better than these.

Yeah, there were a few lever-actions fed by box magazines. But I can't think of any models off the top of my head.

And I always thought the pilot masks looked cool!  

[Freak_090]

OberFeldwebel

Just an odd question, has any manufacturer or designer tried making a lever action with some sort of fixed or box mag?
I know I know, "then it's not a real lever action!@@2123@!" I'm just wondering.

Freak_090

OberFeldwebel

Well it's doing something for me. Not sure if it makes me want to be a storm trooper though. wink

I'm not sure that I would want to be staring at a Storm Trooper mask while in bed...

Hmm, true that.
But that helmet does look a lot better than these.

yeah... those look like s**t.  

[Floyd]

uryu ishida

My 336 loading gate is really stiff, it takes quite a bit of force to load rounds. Any fixes, other than repeatedly loading rounds?

Only lots of repeated loadings and a bit of oil every once in awhile. Mine wasn't very resistant, but springs and tolerances do change.

uryu ishida

......Do they make snapcaps for .30-30WIN?

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/11365-145-1162.html  

[Inquisitor Brock]

Winchester model 1895. Fixed mag, military rifle. Sold mostly to Russia.  

[OberFeldwebel]

Inquisitor Brock

Winchester model 1895. Fixed mag, military rifle. Sold mostly to Russia.

sad So they're rare then?  

[Inquisitor Brock]

OberFeldwebel

Inquisitor Brock

Winchester model 1895. Fixed mag, military rifle. Sold mostly to Russia.

sad So they're rare then?

Yep, you can find them though, but they're expensive.  

[OberFeldwebel]

Inquisitor Brock

OberFeldwebel

Inquisitor Brock

Winchester model 1895. Fixed mag, military rifle. Sold mostly to Russia.

sad So they're rare then?

Yep, you can find them though, but they're expensive.

How depressing.
Oh well I guess I don't really want one then.  

[Stoic Socialist]

I'm probably too late for this, but I'll add in my 2 cents anyways. >.<

I'd personally reccomend a nice lever rifle in .454 Cassull.
The .454 Cassull replicates the .45-70's ballistics, but it's pistol catridge sized, so you can have more rounds in the tube.
But since it's also .45 Long Colt, you can have cheap, less-recoiling, plinking ammo. mrgreen

Legacy makes an affortable line that's in .454/.45.
http://www.gunblast.com/Paco_Legacy_454.htm

Of course, you have to be over 21 to buy pistol ammo, but only 18 to buy the rifle.
I dunno how old you are, soz.

Faux Edit: To my knowledge, cartridges like the .444, .450, and .458 SOCOM were meant to replicate the .45-70's ballistics, but are rimless so they'll have more reliable feeding in bolt action and semi-autos.  

[uryu ishida]

Stoic Socialist

I'm probably too late for this, but I'll add in my 2 cents anyways. >.<

I'd personally reccomend a nice lever rifle in .454 Cassull.
The .454 Cassull replicates the .45-70's ballistics, but it's pistol catridge sized, so you can have more rounds in the tube.
But since it's also .45 Long Colt, you can have cheap, less-recoiling, plinking ammo. mrgreen

Legacy makes an affortable line that's in .454/.45.
http://www.gunblast.com/Paco_Legacy_454.htm

Of course, you have to be over 21 to buy pistol ammo, but only 18 to buy the rifle.
I dunno how old you are, soz.

Faux Edit: To my knowledge, cartridges like the .444, .450, and .458 SOCOM were meant to replicate the .45-70's ballistics, but are rimless so they'll have more reliable feeding in bolt action and semi-autos.

THe neat workaround is that it's going ot be used in a carbine, thus qualifying it as rifle ammunition, which means he needs to be 18, not 21.

Loophole!



In other news, NECRO!  

[Stoic Socialist]

Maybe by you, but not by me.

We can't get anything classified as "Pistol Ammo", even though it'll be used for a rifle. >.>  

[uryu ishida]

It's 18 for ammo, period, here.

But there are plenty of stories on THR about bypassing that by saying it's for a rifle. Without lying, or course.  

[Requiem ex Inferni]

I honestly don't know too much about lever-action rifles, other than that my Grandpa has a Winchester in .30-30 under his bed.