Help Me Pick My Next Lever Gun

[Tsal]

nothing personal, just only interested in Marlin and Winchester/replicas

I can respect that.

[sisyphus]

it's the connection to historical firearms in production for over 100 years and John Browning and John Marlin, plus both 1892 and 1894 are just so damn good. Like the 1911, we'll still be shooting them in another 100 years.

[sisyphus]

found a pistol to go with this rifle lol

[Middle Earth]

Nice
I believe the one on the left is its twin
The one on the right is a Turnbull Ruger
Really like the ,45 Colt
Lot of room in that case

[sisyphus]

sell me that Turnbull if you ever tire of it!

[Tsal]

found a pistol to go with this rifle lol

Very cool and you lucked out with nice wood!

[Tsal]

sell me that Turnbull if you ever tire of it!

[Lostdog5152]

I have owned a lot of Winchesters and Marlins both old and new back when gun trading and shooting was considered a hobby rather than a terrorist activity. I was always partial to the pre-1964 Winchester lever guns. After that date a lot of the parts were cast and finish machined rather than cut from a solid block of steel. Older Marlins have conventional 4 groove rifling. Newer ones have the 12 groove rifling that they refer to as micro-groove. Not a big deal unless you shoot lead bullets. I have cast my own for low velocity pistol rounds for years. In my experience I can tell you, new Marlins just do not like lead bullets. I would choose the Marlin hands down over any reproduction unless I was going to shoot cast bullets. If you can get your hands on a pre-64 1892 Winchester in 32-20 or 44-40 for a reasonable price go for it. None better. For rifle calibers I would go for the pre-64 model 1894.