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I have some cash available now and will shortly have a couple of hundred more so I will finally be able to get a levergun in 45LC for cowboy action shooting. I have been looking at some different brands and have narrowed it down to the three in the title. I own a Rossi shotgun and like it alot and have always been impressed with the quality of worksmanship but have never handled or even seen one of their subsidiary guns from Puma. I have friends who swear by Winchester so I know they are pretty decent guns. I personally used to own a Marlin 35 lever action that was a phenomenal gun (it was my great grandfathers but was stolen in a burglery a while back).
My question is basically this, the Puma and Winchester are very close in price but the Marlin is 200 + more for the same style of gun. Are Marlin's still of high enough quality to be worth the extra money over and above the Winchester and Puma? If not then what is the best between the Puma and the winchester?
Thanks for any help/advice,
I have some cash available now and will shortly have a couple of hundred more so I will finally be able to get a levergun in 45LC for cowboy action shooting. I have been looking at some different brands and have narrowed it down to the three in the title. I own a Rossi shotgun and like it alot and have always been impressed with the quality of worksmanship but have never handled or even seen one of their subsidiary guns from Puma. I have friends who swear by Winchester so I know they are pretty decent guns. I personally used to own a Marlin 35 lever action that was a phenomenal gun (it was my great grandfathers but was stolen in a burglery a while back).
My question is basically this, the Puma and Winchester are very close in price but the Marlin is 200 + more for the same style of gun. Are Marlin's still of high enough quality to be worth the extra money over and above the Winchester and Puma? If not then what is the best between the Puma and the winchester?
Thanks for any help/advice,