My friend has a Henry Big Boy in .44 mag. I love that gun! It is a hoot to shoot and I love the receiver loading gate plus the removable tube magazine. It is on my list for "some day". I would imagine a .357 version would be as nice if not a nicer shooter than the .44 mag version. The Henry lever action should be a great match for .357 as far as accuracy. If you need more accuracy than a lever gun will give you then you need to also choose a more accurate cartridge than a .357 for serious bench rest work.
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My friend has a Henry Big Boy in .44 mag. I love that gun! It is a hoot to shoot and I love the receiver loading gate plus the removable tube magazine. It is on my list for "some day". I would imagine a .357 version would be as nice if not a nicer shooter than the .44 mag version. The Henry lever action should be a great match for .357 as far as accuracy. If you need more accuracy than a lever gun will give you then you need to also choose a more accurate cartridge than a .357 for serious bench rest work.
I passed by one of those at a gun show
7 years ago. Been kicking myself since.
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Damn you.
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I am in the same boat, I have an 80's marlin lever that has to be the single most fun rifle I have at the moment. If you are not into levers I get that.
Next monday I plan on putting on order the god awful looking Ruger with that stupid plastic stock, already budgeted is a wood replacement, I doubt the thing will see round one with that plastic......thing. As far as I know that is the only bolt 357 that I know of.
And now someone that is just not helping....some Dave guy....goes and tosses a monkey in the wrench with that just fantastic looking rolling block. I have a thing for single shots, looks so much more beautiful over that garbage stock on that Ruger, I will not be playing the ruger lotto and hoping to get a good one.
Darn you Dave now you went and done it.....don't know what to do now....I was all happy with all the extra I was going to have to spend on the ruger and you bring up something that actually looks like a rifle should look.....why did you do this to me.
Next monday I plan on putting on order the god awful looking Ruger with that stupid plastic stock, already budgeted is a wood replacement, I doubt the thing will see round one with that plastic......thing. As far as I know that is the only bolt 357 that I know of.
And now someone that is just not helping....some Dave guy....goes and tosses a monkey in the wrench with that just fantastic looking rolling block. I have a thing for single shots, looks so much more beautiful over that garbage stock on that Ruger, I will not be playing the ruger lotto and hoping to get a good one.
Darn you Dave now you went and done it.....don't know what to do now....I was all happy with all the extra I was going to have to spend on the ruger and you bring up something that actually looks like a rifle should look.....why did you do this to me.
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Welcome to the frustration club -- I've been watching for one of these to turn up locally in either .357 or .22 Hornet for decades. They seem to be rather limited production items by Uberti, more is the pity. When they show up on GB they generally command a serious markup over MSRP.
Tippmann introduced their own version a few years ago, but to my eye their proportions and metalwork aren't as elegant as the Uberti version:
https://tippmannarmory.com/rolling-block-357-magnum/
Petersoli makes a .357 on their full-size action that is less elegant (what's up with the triggerguard?) and more expensive, but at least looks period-correct for a carbine:
https://www.davide-pedersoli.com/en/product/rolling-block-baby-carabine-20
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That definitely looks cooler than a Henry single shot. While the price point of the Henry is appealing, that Sharps looks to me like it has two triggers - and I don't know what the extra one is for, but the put it there for some reason - and well, two is better than one I guess.
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It's a "set" trigger.
You can pull the normal trigger and have an OK trigger pull.
Or if the situation dictates, you can pull the "set" trigger, which will stage the normal firing trigger to a very very low, crisp pull.
It's like being able to switch between a "duty" and a "competition" trigger on the fly.
Another single shot option is a T/C Contender Carbine.
While I do not have a 357 Magnum Contender carbine, I have a 10" 357 Magnum pistol that is very accurate and two carbines in 22 Hornet and 221 Remington Fireball. My 221 Fireball Contender out shoots the 221 Fireball Remington 700 that I have.
My 221 Remington Fireball Contender contender has a Bullberry barrel and stock set.
Of course, if you are dead set on a repeater, then this option will not "fill the bill".
While I do not have a 357 Magnum Contender carbine, I have a 10" 357 Magnum pistol that is very accurate and two carbines in 22 Hornet and 221 Remington Fireball. My 221 Fireball Contender out shoots the 221 Fireball Remington 700 that I have.
My 221 Remington Fireball Contender contender has a Bullberry barrel and stock set.
Of course, if you are dead set on a repeater, then this option will not "fill the bill".
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I have been looking for a winchester 94 in 357 for over 10 years now.They are very saugt after as i have not seen a used one in any of the gun shops near me.I wish ruger would releas a new one in there marlin line .I was giving serious thought to the henry with the side gate but i just do not like them.I have seen some rossi levers but was on the fence they do make a nice 24" octagon bbl model that looks nice.I was also looking at the 357/77 also but i also like wood stocks so another dead end .I will buy one off gun broker soon if i can finde what i want.
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Several years ago...like 10, when I bought mine I was at a gun show, and amazing of all amazing that show had one of each, a winchester and the marlin. I fondled them both side to side....or isle to isle. As I remember the winchester was smooth as glass, the marlin....broken glass. I guess you could look at it like a pickup from 1950 and one from 2022. They both do basically the same thing, but one just seems more refined. I choose the marlin, I had the money in hand for whatever but from what I have read is the marlin is a stronger action and I knew I would be loading some of these things pretty warm. The marlin you have to work the lever like you hate it, the winchester just think about it and it would go.
I hope I am explaining this well.
Make no mistake I love my marlin, never given me an issue with 38 or 357, and it hits what I point it at. It is just that good working well worn farm pickup that you just know will keep going.
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Between a Marlin and a Win 94, I'd probably take the Marlin as well.
But if a Win 92 is an option, and you don't need to scope it, I'd take the 92. Probably my favorite lever action.
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What?
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Browning '92 is an awesome rifle. Bought a .44 the first year off production. No NEED for a .357, 327 or .41, but sure would LIKE to have them.
Since .327, nor .41 exist, I dream on.
gotboostvr
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There's a few other versions of it. It was more common once upon a time.
CZ puts it on alot of rifles. Theirs is a sight variation though. It's a single trigger and to "set" it you push it forward.
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Yup my lever 223 is this way, and you can make it a hairs breath. As I shoot off the bench 90% of the time I use it a great deal. On the CZ after you work the bolt to chamber the round you put your finger behind the trigger, plenty of room and push forward, you will hear and feel a little click, even under ears you can feel it on the top side of your finger, and hear it.....I think you can hear it.....I think it is pretty quiet I know I have, can't be that loud.....oh well it will click and then you are ready to go. Pretty easy to adjust if you need to pass things like a drop test for where you are shooting.
Fantastic trigger.
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I own a Miroku Win 73 in 357. I have 5 different loads from epoxy bullets to Hornady XTPs and Speer hollow points. it shoots a ragged hole at 50 yards. Its not a carbine, however. Its pricey but its amazing.
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I competed with a 10 inch Contender. They are as accurate as any rifle I have fired. A carbine would be a tack driver IMHO.
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I had Ranger Point Precision make me up a 327 from a Marlin 32-20 when they were still doing custom rifles using pistol cartridges. It turned out to be a beautiful piece. Shortly thereafter Henry mad a seriously less expensive piece. Rifle/pistol combinations are cool.
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Well unless it is that fugugly ruger pcc plastic thing.....yuck, looks like hell.
Now give me my old camp 9 and I am happy. Uses what today is a uncommon magazine, but that is just such a fun little carbine.....much like the little lever, and what I hope the 77/357 will be.
Whatever kind of stock that is, that is fantastic. It is so smooth looking that could be a polymer, but I think that is just nice dark hardwood if I'm not mistaken.
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