SO I'm reading here, and over on another forum about how much people love their lever actions.
When I grew up, I had a lever action 30-30 that took Hercules to work, and it was a major PITB. So all this time, while looking for guns for myself, and the kids, I've just been ignoring the lever action as too much hassle.
Finally, today, at Fox's in GP, I broke down, and tried a lever action youth model (CZ I think) with my daughter, who's 8, and looking for her first youth rifle.
Man, oh man, that thing was smooth. Sweet. Slick. I am losing my love of bolts and semi's...
SO I tried one of the other larger caliber levers, I think it was 308, maybe .243, I handled so many, I'm confused, and it was slicker'n snail snot as my grandpappy used to say.
So now, lever action is back on the table, thus probably increasing my # of choices by at least 30%, and increasing my confusion by 50%, and increasing the potential of a larger hole in my pocket getting both bolt and lever by 100%.
Which is good for America's gun manufacturers, but hard on my psyche...
When I grew up, I had a lever action 30-30 that took Hercules to work, and it was a major PITB. So all this time, while looking for guns for myself, and the kids, I've just been ignoring the lever action as too much hassle.
Finally, today, at Fox's in GP, I broke down, and tried a lever action youth model (CZ I think) with my daughter, who's 8, and looking for her first youth rifle.
Man, oh man, that thing was smooth. Sweet. Slick. I am losing my love of bolts and semi's...
SO I tried one of the other larger caliber levers, I think it was 308, maybe .243, I handled so many, I'm confused, and it was slicker'n snail snot as my grandpappy used to say.
So now, lever action is back on the table, thus probably increasing my # of choices by at least 30%, and increasing my confusion by 50%, and increasing the potential of a larger hole in my pocket getting both bolt and lever by 100%.
Which is good for America's gun manufacturers, but hard on my psyche...