What levergun calibers do you have?

Post by **Old Savage** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 3:04 pm

Griff, of course you know what you want and need but I would put a pointy bullet BLR, 88 or 99 in there.

irl104 · Post by **irl104** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 3:08 pm

Mine are,

22 LR
25-20
25-20 SS
32-20
38-40
44-40
218 Bee
219 Zipper
25-35
30-30
32-40
32 W.S.
38-55
348
30-40
308
35 W.C.F.
40-60
40-65
33 W.C.F.
45-90

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 4:28 pm

Thats a question I don't want to get into. Remember now, I've been playing with leverguns since 1966 when I was 12. Its been a lifelong addiction and my dies number well over 60. Moulds are closer to 100.

Its easier if I write the ones I did not play with.

.44 rimfire---I've owned one in the past but was too cheap to shoot my original cartridges
50-110 WCF---too rare & expensive
45-75---50-95---never could find a '76 that was mechanically right at the right price--some day Kirk will
sell/give me his

40-72----the hunt is on with this one
40-70---too rare
38-70---too rare
405---just never interested me
.22 Hi-Power---------blah,blah,blah
38-56---another blah
25-36 Marlin

Mike D. · Post by **Mike D.** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:04 pm

.38-56..blah? My feeling is crushed, Sixgun.

Jayhawker · Post by **Jayhawker** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:21 pm

Not so many, but each caliber except for the 38 Sp and 357 have duplicates.

30-30
300 Savage
38 Sp
357 Mag
35 Rem
358 Win
41 Mag
44 Mag
444 Marlin
45-70

TravisM · Post by **TravisM** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:04 pm

Just two.

A Henry in .22 lr
A Marlin 1894 in .38 spl/.357 mag

I'm planning on a 30-30 eventually. Possibly a 69 Winchester. (my birth year)

hfcable · Post by **hfcable** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:07 pm

22 lr
22 wmr
219 zipper
25/20
25/35
7x30 waters
30/30
303 savage
307 winchester
308
32 special
32/40
38 special
357
356 winchester
38/55
405 winchester
44/40
44 magnum
444 marlin
45 colt
454 casull
45/70
45/90
50/95
56/52

FORGOT MY LEVER SHOTGUNS! DUHH!
410
20 gauge
12 gauge
10 gauge

used to have 218 bee, 25/36, 30/06, 375, 450 marlin, 44 evans long, and a few others but thinned the herd

Modoc ED · Post by **Modoc ED** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:21 pm

.22LR -- Ruger 96/22

.30-30 -- Winchester Model 1894

.444 Marlin -- Marlin .444S

Bigahh · Post by **Bigahh** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:18 pm

I was going to make a list, but it may change before i would finish

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:34 pm

Mike D. wrote:.38-56..blah? My feeling is crushed, Sixgun.

'Ah, come on Mike!

The 38-56 in a 1886 Winchester reminds me of a 40-60 WCF in a 1876-----a lot more gun than the cartridge.

-----------Sixgun

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:07 pm

I have had a lot of nice levers in 357, 44, 32 Special, 38-40, and 30-30. Over time I settled on 30-30 and 22. I still have a 38-40 but it is a project gun that is not shootable right now.

CEMENTHEAD · Post by **CEMENTHEAD** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:05 pm

22LR- 2
22MAG- 1
30-30WIN- 2
35REM- 2
45-70- 2
357MAG- 1
44MAG- 2

Looks like I needto go shoppin' !!

I have a gap....I NEED a 25-20 and a 375WIN/38-55....

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:56 pm

bgmkithaca wrote:These two are wildcats that I designed to meet Indiana deer hunting regulations. both are base on the .444 Marlin case, one is 1.61" case length & the other is 1.8" case length in anticipation of the regulations being changed for the longer case.
If you can invision a Rem. BR case they look like it, just longer and a larger projectile. This is how I kill the winter to fight cabin fever. Playing in the shop keeps my other half from killing me. LOL

I wouldn't think a game warden would like seeing the ".444 Marlin" stamping on a gun, even if it was short brass, so I assume you had a gun re-chambered? What kind of gun? Maybe a topic for a separate thread, but would be cool to see. Our deer are always under 125 yards, so stock .44 Mag 240 SP Winchesters drop 'em quick from our Marlin 1894's, but it's still fun to try other stuff or find something better for longer range that's still 'regulation'...

Ji in Hawaii · Post by **Ji in Hawaii** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 5:57 pm

.22RF
.357 magnum
.44 magnum
30/30

I want a 45/70 levergun, and the soon to come Henry sounds like a nice gun for the money, and no tang or receiver mounted safety, just a good old fashioned halfcock like it's supposed to be.

dsmith512 · Post by **dsmith512** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 8:04 pm

I like these lists. It lets me know what I need to shop for.

My list is not as long as some of yours. I've only been collecting since 2005 but I'm hurrying as fast as I can.
.22lr
.30-30
.30-06
.30 Carbine
.308 Win
.32 Win Spl
.357 Mag / .38 Spl
.44 Mag
.454 Casull / .45 LC
.45-70 Govt
.410 gauge

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 8:52 pm

44 mag, and a little sharps (it has a lever) in .22mag

bgmkithaca · Post by **bgmkithaca** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:54 pm

AJMD429 wrote:
bgmkithaca wrote:These two are wildcats that I designed to meet Indiana deer hunting regulations. both are base on the .444 Marlin case, one is 1.61" case length & the other is 1.8" case length in anticipation of the regulations being changed for the longer case.
If you can invision a Rem. BR case they look like it, just longer and a larger projectile. This is how I kill the winter to fight cabin fever. Playing in the shop keeps my other half from killing me. LOL
I wouldn't think a game warden would like seeing the ".444 Marlin" stamping on a gun, even if it was short brass, so I assume you had a gun re-chambered? What kind of gun? Maybe a topic for a separate thread, but would be cool to see. Our deer are always under 125 yards, so stock .44 Mag 240 SP Winchesters drop 'em quick from our Marlin 1894's, but it's still fun to try other stuff or find something better for longer range that's still 'regulation'...

These two rifles are reworked Marlin 336's, rebarreled and stamped accordingly. If the barrel is stamped for a longer caliber the game warden tells me it is legal to shoot something shorter in it- they will measure the cartridge you are using to see if it is legal.I did'nt go that route though.Mine are complete rebarrel jobs.Also a .444 would not work with a .375 bullet so you have to rebarrel.

hfcable · Post by **hfcable** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:13 pm

dsmith512 wrote:I like these lists. It lets me know what I need to shop for.

My list is not as long as some of yours. I've only been collecting since 2005 but I'm hurrying as fast as I can.
.22lr
.30-30
.30-06
.30 Carbine
.308 Win
.32 Win Spl
.357 Mag / .38 Spl
.44 Mag
.454 Casull / .45 LC
.45-70 Govt
.410 gauge

good collection!
reminded me i forgot my lever action shotguns 410, 20, 12, and 10 gauge!

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:40 pm

bgmkithaca wrote:Also a .444 would not work with a .375 bullet so you have to rebarrel.

Oh yeah. . . duhhh. . .

Sounds like a cool project. Did you have someone in Indiana do the gunsmithing? I haven't found a gunsmith yet that I trust, since the last one botched attaching a flash suppressor on an AR-15, and putting a scope base on a break-open 12 gauge, both of which should be a piece of cake for a decent gunsmith.

Terry Murbach · Post by **Terry Murbach** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:23 am

I HAVE LOOKED AT ALL YOUR LISTS AND FINALLY GAVE IN AND STARTED COUNTING. THIS GOES BACK TO 1960 AND THEY'RE ALL HERE AS WE SPEAK :
22LR -4
250-3000- 2
32-20
300SAVAGE
308WIN
30-30- 4
30-30ACKLEY-IMP
30-40KRAG
32SPECIAL
38SPL
357MAG- 4
356WIN
35REM- 2
38-55- 2
44-40
44MAG
45COLT- 2
45-70- 2
AND I THINK I AM FORGETTING SOMETHING THERE IN THE MIDDLE. I DID THIS LIST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD OVER THE PAST WEEK OR SO.
YEP, FORGOT THE 454CASULL ROSSI '92....

bgmkithaca · Post by **bgmkithaca** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:30 am

AJMD429 wrote:
bgmkithaca wrote:Also a .444 would not work with a .375 bullet so you have to rebarrel.
Oh yeah. . . duhhh. . .
Sounds like a cool project. Did you have someone in Indiana do the gunsmithing? I haven't found a gunsmith yet that I trust, since the last one botched attaching a flash suppressor on an AR-15, and putting a scope base on a break-open 12 gauge, both of which should be a piece of cake for a decent gunsmith.

Yes, the work was done in Indiana. I did the work myself. As for gunsmiths around here there some parts changers but only one real one that I know of and he is so busy the wait is long. I am a not for hire advanced amatuer gunsmith for rifles and side-by-side shotguns.

Motex66 · Post by **Motex66** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 4:25 pm

Getitdone1 your not counting are you? That would be rude.
22LR
357Mag
44Mag
45Colt
30-30
375BB
45-70
410
12Ga
Wasn't much interested in leverguns till I started playing cowboy again. Then I got to liking them in other calibers as well.

John

Streetstar · Post by **Streetstar** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:23 pm

vancelw wrote:3 years ago.

.30-30
.45 Colt

Now

.32-20
.357 Magnum
.44 Magnum
.45 Colt
.30-30
.30-'06
.38-55
.348 Winchester
.45-70

I'm getting there as fast as I can. (the poorhouse)

Sounds a little like me,

3 years ago, it was just a 30-30

now its -

.22

(3) 30-30's

.32 Special

.44 Mag

(2) 45 colts

45-70

jackruff · Post by **jackruff** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:05 pm

My list started about four years ago with a Henry 22LR. I've since added a Marlin 357 magnum, a Marlin 44 magnum, and a Marlin 30-30.

geobru · Post by **geobru** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 11:31 pm

Calibers in levers:
22 LR
308
40-82 WCF
44 mag
45-90 WCF

Meeteetse · Post by **Meeteetse** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 3:49 pm

Not many compared to some here, but here they are. Let a Savage 99 .308 get away some time ago that I regret. Always working on more.

.22
30/30
.357 mag
.44 mag

Shasta · Post by **Shasta** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:38 pm

From left- Taurus LA62 .22lr, Marlin 39A .22lr, Winchester 92 .25-20, Winchester 1894-1994 Commerative .30-30, Winchester 94 NRA Commerative Musket .30-30, Browning 1895 .30-40 Krag, Browning 53 .32-20, Winchester 92 .32-20, Winchester 94 .32-40, Winchester 94 Chief Crazy Horse commerative .38-55, Winchester 94 Legacy .38-55, Winchester repo 1895 .405, Winchester 92 .45 Colt, Uberti (Taylors) Winchester 1876 .45-60, Winchester tang safety 1886 takedown .45-70. Not pictured is my Cimarron 1873 Deluxe .32-20.

I hope to eventually acquire a reproduction '73 or '92 in .44-40 and/or .44 Magnum.

SHASTA

hfcable · Post by **hfcable** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 4:32 pm

really nice display Shasta! makes my day!

Boreman · Post by **Boreman** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:21 pm

I have leverguns in the following calibers:
22LR
25-20
250-3000
284
30-30
300 Sav
308
32 Win
348
35 Rem
357
375 Win
44-40
44 Mag
45 Colt
45-70

CalvinMD · Post by **CalvinMD** » Sat Jul 02, 2011 5:31 pm

22LR (2)
256WinMag
32-20
38/357
41Mag (2)
44Mag (2)
7-30Waters
30-30 (3)
308ME
308Win
338ME
35Rem(2)
375Win (2)
444Marlin
45-70
500S&W Mag
Thats enough for me and my checkbook is light enough to prove it...just need to get each of them out in the field to take meat

Ben_Rumson · Post by **Ben_Rumson** » Sat Jul 02, 2011 8:18 pm

Hmmm....So far no one has one in 30 carbine
Mine are:
1873 Win. SRC 44 WCF
Uberti 73 SRC 44-40
Browning 92 44 Rem.Mag
Savage 99 E 300 Savage

hfcable · Post by **hfcable** » Sat Jul 02, 2011 10:43 pm

Mike D. wrote:.25-20 W.C.F. No .45 Colt. It never was intended to be a levergun cartridge until recent years.
7-30 Waters
.30 W.C.F.
.30 Gov't '06
.32-40
.33 W.C.F.
.35 Rem
.38-40 W.C.F.
.38-55
.38-56 W.C.F.
.40-82 W.C.F.
.44-40 W.C.F.
.45-70 Gov't
.45-75 W.C.F.

Very nice selection!!!!

.45-90 W.C.F.

Bob Winchester · Post by **Bob Winchester** » Sat Jul 02, 2011 11:10 pm

I just have a budding collection compared to many, but hopefully I can keep adding to it.
30-30 in a 94 (1964)
.32 Win Special in Models 94 (1940) and a 64 (1937).
.32-20 in a Winchester Model 1873 (1909)
.44-40 in a Winchester Model 1873 (1893)
.22 in Browning BLR Grade 3 (1996)

S.B. · Post by **S.B.** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 1:14 am

Right now both Marlin lever guns(both long and short) in .22 LR, a .35 Remington, 30-30 of course, and a .45/70.
Steve

Hombre · Post by **Hombre** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 2:00 am

So far I have these calibers in a levergun:

50-110
45-90
38-56
38-55
30-30
32-40
25-35
44-40
38-40
32-20

I should really love to have those too: .405 WCF, .33 WCF, .40-82 WCF, .40-72 WCF, .38-72 WCF, .25-20, .32 W.S, .40-60 WCF, .45-60 WCF, .45-75 WCF, .50-95 WCF.

I probably have forgotten a few.

/Stefan
Sweden

COSteve · Post by **COSteve** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:11 am

You guys make me look like a picker. All I've got in leverguns is a Henry 22lr and my two Rossi 357mag. My wish list is long but likely will never be met as I just don't have the resources for them. I guess my retirement travel budget eats up all my available cash.

71fan · Post by **71fan** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 1:49 pm

I have wittled it down a lot in the past few years. Not enough time to enjoy them all. Two or three years ago this list would be double. Here's what still around:
22 lr
30 wcf
33 wcf
348 Win
38-55
40-70 wcf
44 mag/sp
45-70 gov't
50 Express

S.B. · Post by **S.B.** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 5:27 pm

COSteve wrote:You guys make me look like a picker. All I've got in leverguns is a Henry 22lr and my two Rossi 357mag. My wish list is long but likely will never be met as I just don't have the resources for them. I guess my retirement travel budget eats up all my available cash.

Steve, good things come to those who wait. Most of my group came from unexpected places. I'm a hunter and the ones I have hunt with me, I've owned leverguns since I was a boy. They came and went during child rearing years. Hell, some of the calibers listed by other posters here, I don't even recognise? Hang in there brother.
A different Steve

Bob Winchester · Post by **Bob Winchester** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:12 pm

71fan wrote:I have wittled it down a lot in the past few years. Not enough time to enjoy them all. Two or three years ago this list would be double. Here's what still around:
22 lr
30 wcf
33 wcf
348 Win
38-55
40-70 wcf
44 mag/sp
45-70 gov't
50 Express

Hey 71Fan,
Is there any reason more than others you hang on to these calibers?

Leverdude · Post by **Leverdude** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:44 pm

22
25/20
7mm08
30/30
308MX
32/20
32/40
.357
.35 Rem
38/55
44/40
44Mag
.444
45/70 I think thats all of them.

Combat Diver · Post by **Combat Diver** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 1:28 am

Currently down to one, my Marlin 1894S in .41 Mag

CD

kenken0269 · Post by **kenken0269** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:20 pm

pre 64 30-30
.357 trails end
9422wmr
1895 45-70
Ranch Hand in 45lc on order

Still lookin for more.

kenken

DarryH · Post by **DarryH** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 5:22 pm

.22 rimfire (2) 1 Winchester 9422 and 1 Marlin Model 36 (1980 and 1960 respectively)
.357 (1) Winchester Model 92 (1980's)
32-20 (2) Both Winchester Model 92's (1898 and 1915)
30-30 (1) Winchester Model 1894 (1994 Centennial Model)
30-06 (1) Winchester Model 1895 (1990's)
45-70 (1) Winchester 1886 (1888)
.410 (1) Savage single shot (barely qualifies)
BB (2) Daisy Model 1894 1960's and 1970's)
BB (1) Daisy Model 99 (1960's??)
BB (1) Daisy Model 499 (1990's)
BB (1) Daisy Model 95 (1960's)
Pellet (1) Crosman Model 99 - looks like Savage Model 99)
I THINK that is all.
I have already gone back 3 times to add ones I forgot!!!!

Tomcatt57 · Post by **Tomcatt57** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:28 pm

I have a few...
45/70 Gov't
444 Marlin
375 Win
30 '06
44 Mag
30 30 Win
22 S,L,LR
Tomcatt

model55 · Post by **model55** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:43 pm

Let's see a .22lr,25-20,25-35,30-30,41 magnum,45 colt and a 45-70.Still would like a 38-55,32-20 and another marlin 1895 as I was real dumb and sold the one I had.

71fan · Post by **71fan** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 8:37 am

Bob Winchester wrote:
71fan wrote:I have wittled it down a lot in the past few years. Not enough time to enjoy them all. Two or three years ago this list would be double. Here's what still around:
22 lr
30 wcf
33 wcf
348 Win
38-55
40-70 wcf
44 mag/sp
45-70 gov't
50 Express
Hey 71Fan,
Is there any reason more than others you hang on to these calibers?

Sort of a combination of guns I wanted to hold onto and the actual calibers. I only needed one pistol/CAS caliber and have a ton of brass for 44 from several years in CAS, so the 38 wcf, 44 wcf, and 45s went away. The 45-70, 38-55 and 30 wcf are levergun staples and I will always own at least one of each. The 348 is the best all-around classic hunting round (see username). So that leaves the more obscure ones: the 33, 40-70 and 50 ex are the original calibers of my most prized Winchester - a three barrel '86. Life is so much simpler when the ammo and die needs are cut in half.

jorgy · Post by **jorgy** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:32 am

All the calibers made in 1895 Marlin
45-70 45-90 45-85 33wcf 40-82 40-70 40-65 38-56
All the calibers in 1894 Marlin
25-20 32-20 38-40 44-40
All the calibers in 1893 Marlin
25-36 30-30 32HPS 32-40 38-55

rodeo kid · Post by **rodeo kid** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 10:46 pm

.22lr(2)
.22mag
.357mag(2)
.44mag
.30-30(2)
.45-70

Crazy Carl · Post by **Crazy Carl** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 11:24 pm

I only have a Marlin 30AS in .30-30 & a Rossi 92 in .357. Next will be a Henry, the H001T in .22lr.

I'd love a Marlin 1894 in .41, to "go with" my Bisley Blackhawk, tho a 336 in .35Rem would be equally cool & easier to get my hands on.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:06 pm

71fan wrote: 40-70 wcf

Mr 71 fan--Lets talk about that 40-70----Wadda lookin' fo?? I want that '86!--------Sixgun