Nice.
I have a .30-.30 I'm rather fond of.

Cool! The first ever gun I learned on was a 45-70. :>

Oh that is a health round. I had a chance to use one when stationed in TX. A Springfield Armoury trapdoor. What weapon did you use to launch those bullets?

It was an old Winchester. I would recommend a 45-70!

A lot easier to load for sure lol
Not to mention not being longer than I am tall is a plus too!
Is it a good hunting round?

Try one of the Henry single shot .45 70 rifles. Very accurate

Learned to shoot on an old Marlin .30-30, back when I was growing up in the deep Appalachian Mountains as a pup. Some of the best bang for the buck for general medium/big hunting.

That was my first .30-30 There are some atrabutes about the Marlin I still like better than the Winchester.

I've liked level guns since I was a kid.

There is a little bit. of Chuck Conners in us all

The Henry's are very nice. I have one of the .357 ones.

Very nice! I just picked up the new 1895 Trapper in 45-70

neat!

funny thing is with guns, I wear a full length officers duster and i kept getting asked what i was hiding under it, and one time a security guard told me, the next time i get asked that, tell them theres a Mauser 505 under my coat

Silly question, are air rifles less heavy than these sort of rifles? Because I was a great shot practicing with those at home, but then a friend took me to a shooting range with "actual" rifles and my aim suffered cuz the weight and recoil kept throwing me off.

You just need to find a cartridge you feel comfortable with! Start with a .22lr, but you can actually just stay with air rifles. Those are fine for target shooting. These .410 and .357 rifles have almost no recoil. But buying the ammo can be expensive.

pffft.
Try feeding the newish 'Ruger 57 and accompanying 'LC Carbine' chambered in 5.7x28! When I first got the pistol, three Summers back now (MY how time flies!), the damned cartridges were going for @$2.00/EACH!
And that was for the basic 'Federal' 40g no-frills stuff! If ya went 'Fancy', then things got absolutely crazy! Well, crazier!

Thankfully, prices have dropped by nearly 50%, but it's still a caliber that's demanding being a 'Reloader's Paradise' mandate! Also the nice thing about these, reloading!

:-D

When I started in the late 80's, ammo was so cheap that you gave almost no thought to how much it cost. Only exotic stuff like (at the time) like 454 Casull would make you wince when buying it. Plus, for military rifles, there was still a TON of surplus cold war ammo to be had that was almost free.

And yes, reloading! I actually want to try making a custom .410 reload where I'll try and use a .41 Action express bullet with a spicy power charge. The Henry .410 is basically the 45-70 rifle, but chambered for .410

I still want a lever gun.

A lever gun may want you. :>

Lol, I hope so.

I don't use or own any guns, but I appreciate the beauty of a well engineered weapon. To me, the M3 Gepárd is one of the most beautiful rifles made.

Heh! I just got a lever gun. I'm looking forward to trying it. It is a long barreled Rossi 92- a copy of a Winchester 1892 but modern made and imported from Brazil, but of course I had to buy it from a gunsmith who goes through them and slicks it up. 24 inch rifle format .44 magnum with an 1895-era tang mounted peep sight and large hooded front sight. Basically a Victorian Era tricked out impractical tacti-cool rifle. It's silly but gorgeous.

Nice!

Nice, grandpa left me his old .25-20. Hard to find ammo but I wouldn't trade it for the world.

I always felt the 19th Century American lever guns were some of the most aesthetically pleasing weapons made. I currently own a Winchester Model 9422, the .22 caliber baby brother to the iconic Winchester Model 1894. Sadly, my 59-year-old eyes can no longer accommodate the semi-buckhorn and bead sites of these rifles, and so I use a Trijicon 1-4x telescopic site that degrades the aesthetics of the weapon, but makes it such that I can shoot it without getting a headache.

Oh! You may want to check out some newer options! I saw an optic recently that is supposed to match with a Henry golden boy. It looks like an old timey brass scope, but it's a modern optic. Looks fantastic.

I looked that up online. Reviewers rate those scopes very highly, and the brass caps and eyepiece match the brass finish on the Goldenboy's receiver quite well. There are also reports of people mounting those scopes on very powerful rifles, which is good as it would hardly feel a light cartridge like a .22 lr. For now, I'll stay with my 1-4x Trijicon safari scope as the optical clarity is really rather good, not up to Zeiss levels of good, but excellent nonetheless. Oh, and if you're ever in the market for scope rings, I highly recommend Tally. Brilliant product, both functionally and aesthetically.

With all that said, I was at my local Bass Pro Shop and in their "Gun Library" was a gorgeous Walther .22 lr that was made in the 1930s. They want USD $1100.00 for it. They said that they would give me $600.00 for my Winchester Model 9422. I love the way my 9422 shoots, but damn if that old Walther isn't a beautiful .22 lr bolt-action rifle. So tempted!

I once had a 22lr that looked like a P-38 :)

I have a .22 lever-action Henry that I'm very fond of. Does great at plinking cans.

The 357 plinks them real good, too. ;)

A day of Shooting it's so great and those are sweet. I need to get a lever action

I've got two pairs of these babies, mated with revolvers of the same caliber(s)- .357 and .44 mag.
I've had and used the .44's for a long, long time, and have nothing but praise for the team!
The .357's are fairly new to my 'Armory' and mostly just have range time, but so far equally pleased with them!

Absolutely LOVE Henry's 'All Weather' option(s)! Easily 'camo'd' if that's your ambition, but with the rubberized wooden stock/fore grip, and brushed stainless, it's awesome in handling the very wet weather of the Great NorthWest I'm currently living in!

Now, if only I could get some lovely cans for 'em! (I ain't paying govt. $200.00/can just for their lovely 'Permission' to preserve my g-damned hearing!).

woah these guys are gettin' a lot of love out here! I forgot how good that wood looked on the 410

They would be happy to have you visit sometime. ;)

Soon, will do this.

They both look great! we only have a .22 plinker lever action sadly