what have you shot with your lever?

[ollogger]

heres mine to date & back to 67
but not in order
99 - 22-250 - coy. P.D. w.t. turkey
99 - 250-3000 - coy.
99 - 284 - w.t. m.d. elk -antelope, coy.
99 - 308 - w.t. moose
99 - 303 - w.t.
99 - 300 - w.t. m.d. bl. bear
94 - 336- 30-30 - w.t.
73 - 32-20 - coy.- p.d.

have 357- 45 - 38-55 - 375 BB that need to get some big game
shooting in.

[barbarossa]

Browning 78 45/70 Deer
Marlin 95 45/70 Deer
Shiloh Sharps 45/120 -Deer
Browning 1886 45/70 -Deer
Browning 92 44mag -Deer
Winchester 95 SRC -Deer
Uberti 73 carbine 22lr Rabbits
Winchester 9410 410 -Rabbits
Varner Stevens 22lr - Rabbits

[86er]

1886 in 45-70
elephant (2)
buffalo (2)
leopard
hippo (2)
gemsbok
blue wildebeest
zebra
blesbok
eland
black bear (12)
WTD (6)
nilgai
TX Dall
Black Hawaiian
Corsican
hog (30)
aoudad
ibex
water buffalo (3)
elk (3)(cows)
watusi
{there's more I cant recall right now}
Marlin 30A in 30WCF
hog
deer (4 - 2 unrecovered)
Savage 99 in 308 Win
Impala
Oryx
WTD
Win 94 in 45 Colt
Addax
WTD
Fallow Deer
Hog
Catalina Goat
Yak
Henry in .22LR
cottontail rabbit (11)
squirrel
raccoon
crow
hog
skunk
Puma in .38 Spl
hog
Marlin 336 in 35 Remington
hogs (3)

That's all I can think off off the top of my head...

[Old Ironsights]

99E (borrowed) Muley Doe
Rossi 92 (.357) 5 Whitetails, one Rabbit, 2 squirrels and a 'Coon.
Ruger 96/22 (sold) several Crows, a couple of Pigeons, a handfull of squirrels and a rabbit... all with Super Colibri catsneeze .22s.
1895 GS - Nothing yet.

[kimwcook]

After Joe's post I'm ashamed to post mine.

Win. '94 Antique
6 Mulies and WTD
3 Black Bear
Various crows and other miscreants.

[Shasta]

Blacktail buck taken with Winchester Chief Crazy Horse 38-55




Blacktail bucks taken with Browning Model 1895 .30-40 Krag






SHASTA

[madman4570]

Marlin 336C .35 Rem------6 Deer, 1 BL Bear, 1 Moose, 2 Coyotes, and yes (3 Woodchucks )
Winchester 94 30-30-------- 4 Deer, 2 Coyotes,(oh ya, 1 rabid fox)
Browning BLR 7MM Mag------3 Deer,1 BL Bear,1 Elk,5 Coyotes,10 woodchucks, (30 crows all on ground),

Note: Most my big game have been taken with either a Model 70 XTR(7MM Mag) or a 12ga Ithaca Deerslayer Deluxe

[Marlin32]

Marlin 336 30/30: 3 white tails, two coyotes
Marlin 1894 357: Several white tails (don't know how many, likely about a half-dozen) couple of coyotes
Marlin 32 Special: 3 White tails, one coyote
Win 94 AE .307: 3 white tails, (one unrecovered, 25 yard shot) one coyote
Browning BLR 308: Several white tails, probably 1/2 dozen.
Might have killed a few more white tails with any of the above, just don't remember.

Next up Marlin 338 Express: ????? Hopefully by end of fall, One moose, one muley and a wolf.

[AJMD429]

Recently, no critters...

Lots of THESE though...

Mostly with

• Ruger 96/22 in .22 LR,
  Marlin 1894 in .357 Mag,
  Ruger 96/44 in .44 Mag, and
  Rossi 92 in .45 Colt.

[Marlin32]

I left out Marlin 39A: zillions of squirrels, rabbits and various varmints
Win 9422: see above
Win 9422 Mag: same as above

[Sixgun]

I've owned hundreds of antique Winchesters, Marlins and Savages but only a few have taken game.

My #1 rifle ----1886 in .33 WCF---- forty? (can't remember) deer, mess of foxes, wild dogs and 1 elk

1886 in 45-90---2 deer

1894 in 30-30---several deer

1892 in 32-20---truckload of squirrels, foxes, and other lesser game

There's others but at 57 years of age, these things are no longer important to remember-------------------Sixgun

[Griff]

Deer, both blacktail & whitetails, coyotes and a couple of snakes.

[Old Ironsights]

Recently, no critters...

Lots of THESE though...

Mostly with

• Ruger 96/22 in .22 LR,
  Marlin 1894 in .357 Mag,
  Ruger 96/44 in .44 Mag, and
  Rossi 92 in .45 Colt.

I like the "Jacks"... Where'd you get them?

[Nazgul]

Browning Mod 71 in 348-woodchuck.

Don

[FWiedner]

Marlin 336CS .30-30 - WT deer, Coyote, Feral Dog, Jack rabbit
Marlin 336ER .356Win - WT deer, Mule deer, Elk, Hog, Range cow
Win Mod 94AE .356Win - WT deer, Hog, Red deer
Marlin 1894C .357Mag - Rabbit, Coyote, WT deer, Black Bear, Hog, Javelina, Feral Dog, Feral Cat
Win Mod 94 .30-30 - Coyote, WT deer, Hog, Rabbit

I think that covers most of it for lever guns. Nothing this year.

[rjohns94]

JOE WINS!!!!

1876 45-75: Yak, Hog
marlin 1895 CB 45-70- WT
Sharps 45-70: Buffalo, pheasant
WWG 1895 457mag: Nielgi
Win 94 30-30: ram and blackbuck
Marln 39TDS 22lr: squirrel, rabbits, Pheasant, fox, ground hog
Stevens favoite22lr: squirrel, rabbits and many animals on a trapline.
marlin 1897 22lr: squirrel, rabbits, fox

more game has fallen to shotguns, bow, pellet rifle and flintlock than any of the leverguns combined.

[Aussie Chris]

444 Marlin sss- 1 Sambar deer hind

Lots of game being taken, good to see

Chris

[ollogger]

thanks for the response guys & 86er WOW,thats quite an acomplishment, do you have a book out on shooting the really
big game?



forgot a few marlin 39 small stuff henry 22 mag small
336 - 35 rem w.t.

[6pt-sika]

Marlin 444's ;

with jacketed several deer

with cast MANY more deer and a bear

Marlin 45-70 ;

with jacketed several deer

with cast several more deer

Marlin 30-30 ;

with jacketed one deer

with cast 2 deer

Marlin 32 Special ;

with cast 3 deer

Marlin 375 WIN ;

with jacketed a deer

with cast a deer

Marlin 38-55 ;

with cast a couple deer

Marlin 356 WIN ;

with jacketed a deer

with cast a deer

Marlin 35 REM ;

with cast a couple deer

with jacketed a couple deer

Marlin 450 Marlin ;

with jacketed more then 5 and less then 10 deer

Marlin 38-56 ;

one deer with cast

Marlin 40-65 ;

one deer with cast

Marlin 32-40 ;

one deer with cast

Marlin in 44 MAG ;

several deer with jacketed

a few more deer with cast

Marlin in 41 MAG ;

3 deer with jacketed

Marlin in 218 Bee ;

couple squirrels with cast

Marlin in 25-20 ;

couple squirrels with cast

Marlin in 32-20 ;

more then a few squirrels with cast

Marlin in 357 MAG ;

couple squirrels with cast

Marlin in 32 H&R MAG ;

couple squirrels with cast

Marlin Model 1892 in 32 Long Colt ;

several squirrels with cast

Marlin hybrid 1897/39A 22LR ;

several squirrels with Wincheter T22's

Marlin 410 ;

about 45 clay targets out of 50 !

And of course not to mention the thousands and thousands of papaer targets I've put to rest with lever rifles

[6pt-sika]

Recently, no critters...

Lots of THESE though...

Mostly with

• Ruger 96/22 in .22 LR,
  Marlin 1894 in .357 Mag,
  Ruger 96/44 in .44 Mag, and
  Rossi 92 in .45 Colt.

I like the "Jacks"... Where'd you get them?

We got a few of those take apart jack looking things a couple months ago and they work relatively well !

[piller]

Some whitetail deer with a Marlin 336, a Water Buffalo with the Rossi Puma '92 in .480 Ruger. (taken at the game ranch in Hondo, TX) A couple of hogs with the Marlin and the Rossi Puma. A Scimitar Horned Oryx with the Marlin Guide Gun.

[RIHMFIRE]

today............paper and bottle caps at a 100 yards...iron sight and one with a scope...

hunting wise......Deer
my list is pathetic....aint it!

[Old Savage]

Mule deer and Thompson Ground Squirrel --

[Chuck 100 yd]

86er ... WOW!!! that is some list!! You da man!!

[ollogger]

CRS again savage 99 in 243 coyotes & white tail , p. d.

[horsesoldier03]

Shot more deer than I can remember, but WAY LESS that 86er! A couple of coyotes, and a hog. My best shot by far with a lever was a head shot on a squirel at 50 yrs with my Marlin 336 in 30-30.

[wolfdog]

First deer was with a borowed Marlin 30-30.
Several deer with a Win 94 30-30 that I owned
A few hogs with the same gun
1 deer with Marlin 1895 45/70
A few hogs with same gun
Several armadillos with same gun
1 deer with borrowed Marlin in 356
1 deer with borrowed Marlin in 35 Rem
5 deer with Marlin 444
1 Gray squirrel with same gun
1 Mavric (the Ford car) with same gun

[2X22]

Truthfully, I've shot so many deer, bear, elk, cats, coyotes, grouse and other critters with Levers over the past 40 years that I can't remember them all. 25-35, 7-30W, 30-30, .348's, .357, 35 Rem, 38-55, .44 mag, .444 and 45-70's have either killed one or many more of the previously mentioned. Heck, I have one .44 Marlin that has taken 14 bull elk with 17 shots and a .35 Rem that has taken so many deer I would have to have my family sit around and help me remember them all.

But I'd say that over the past 40+ years of hunting 90% of my game was taken either with a revolver or a Levergun and of that 95% was taken with cast bullets.

[Sixgun]

But I'd say that over the past 40+ years of hunting 90% of my game was taken either with a revolver or a Levergun and of that 95% was taken with cast bullets.

THATS hunting! Good deeds!--------Sixgun

[Mike D.]

Not much, just squirrels, coyotes, coyotes, deer and elk.

[L_Kilkenny]

Recently, no critters...

Lots of THESE though...

Mostly with

• Ruger 96/22 in .22 LR,
  Marlin 1894 in .357 Mag,
  Ruger 96/44 in .44 Mag, and
  Rossi 92 in .45 Colt.

I like the "Jacks"... Where'd you get them?

YES! Inquiring minds want to know!

[El Chivo]

Marlin 335-35 Rem - one fork horn buck
Marlin 1894c - one small tasty pig
Benjamin Sheridan 22 cal - one ground squirrel, 5 sparrows

[2ndovc]

First deer with my '95 SRC/ .30-06.


Fallow Deer with my Marlin .45-70
Two boar, one with my .33WCF/'86 and one with grandpa's .35WCF / '95.

Lots of small stuff with my '92s and Martinis if they count.

Used to use bolt guns for most of my deer hunting.


jb

[.Dirty-.Thirty]

I killed a buck with a Winchester 94 30-30 in 1998 about 5 yards from me.

In 2007 I used a Marlin 30aw in 30-30 to kill my buck at 30 yards.

Both were killed with iron sights

[redlevel42]

Marlin 39A . . . squirrels, rabbits, 'dillers, diamondback rattlesnakes, cats, dogs, timber rattlers, coyote, pigeons, bantam chickens (long story:)) cans, jars, snuff can lids, etc etc etc

Winchester 94 30-30 . . . . . deer (probably 15-20)

Savage 99A 250-3000 . . . . . deer (probably 15-20)

Winchester 94AE Trapper .45 Colt . . . . coyote, deer, armadillos, cats, rattlesnakes,

Marlin 39A Mountie . . . . squirrels, rabbits, armadillos, cats, rattlers, etc

Winchester 9422Mag . . . . one fox, armadillos, cats, more armadillos, rattlesnakes, etc.

[BobM]

A groundhog, some jackrabbits, and quite a few prairie dogs with my 9422M. Not a thing with my centerfires (I only have the 9422M and a Trapper 357 left now anyway). I had a Trapper 44 and a Guide Gun but never shot any critters with them.