I want a 44mag lever gun have questions?

[Wildbillz]

Hi All
I am thinking that I would like to get a 44mag leavor gun. I want somting with out the crazy push button safty on the recever and one that works good and is of good quality. Anyone got a recomdation on what I want to look for?

Thanks
WB

 

[ctdair]

Henry Big Boy

 

[batex]

How about a Marlin 1894 made before the cross bolt safety was added. Lots of them out there. I picked up a very nice one several weeks ago.

 

[viking499]

Marlin

 

[TenDriver]

I've got a pre-safety Rossi 92 I enjoy. Still have the stock sights which absolutely suck!

 

[snakeman]

Rossi 92 or marlin 1894. I would recommend a Henry but they're heavy and expensive.

 

[K1500]

A Browning B92 is the cream of the crop, but they are kind of hard to find, expensive, and had a rep for not shooting cast bullets very well. I want one myself.

 

[HOOfan_1]

The newest Winchester 1892 are pretty much the same as the Browning B92, made by Mirokou in Japan. Also $800+

Edit:They do have the safety though

 

[TwoEyedJack]

There use to be a guy who made a new pin to go in the hole where the safety button is on a Marlin 1894. I have not gotten around to doing this to mine yet, and I don't know if he is still in business.

http://www.leverguns.com/articles/taylor/crossbolt_safety.htm

 

[Owen Sparks]

You can probably pick up a good used Marlin or Winchester at a gun show.

 

[VancMike]

If you can spare the $$, Uberti makes a skookum 1873 and some models come in 44 mag.

 

[matt 7mm]

i had a rossi 92 44mag that i bought about 15 years ago.it did not have the cross bolt safety. was a slick handleing little gun nice smooth action but accureacy was teribale but i probably didnt try the veriaty of loads that i could have

 

[Tommygunn]

Uberti makes a skookum 1873 and some models come in 44 mag

"skookum??"

 

[TexasPatriot.308]

Henry is proud of their rifles, and they aint the original Henry anyway. for the price Marlin is best. I need one to shoot hogs up close.

 

[igousigloo]

What difference does a cross bolt safety make. If you don't push it on you don't have to push it off. I had to go look to see if my Marlin had one on it. It does, I have never used it.

 

[ChopperKen]

I don't think you could beat the Marlin 44 mag.
Try to find one made before Remington took over.
Mine is a 1964 336 pre- safety and it shoots 2.5"
groups at 100 yards with the stock sights.
I have tried the Rossi but like the feel of the
Marlin stock and the sights better.

 

[Slamfire]

The push button safety is a better, safer mechanism. You may not like the looks, but it is the better mousetrap.

You can search, and you will find examples of accidental discharges in hammer leveractions. Perhaps the most common is the hammer slipping out from under the thumb when lowering the hammer to the safety notch. Rare event but happens.

Then there are weird stories like the one I heard direct. The gentleman had been given a Marlin to deer hunt. He was familiar with single barrel shot gun transfer bar mechanisms. With these things, you simply lower the hammer completely down.

So, the gentleman loads his borrowed 30-30 Marlin, lowers the hammer all the way down. Now the hammer is resting right on the firing pin.

The gentleman leans over to pick up his marking tape, his back pack slides over and wacks the hammer of the slung rifle. Bang goes the rifle, right beside his ear. Now his hearing in that ear is not so good . If the muzzle had been a bit more lined up with his head, he would be dead now.

As long as the button safety is on, the hammer is not reaching the firing pin.

So even if brush manages to pull the hammer out of the safety notch, it is not going forward to the firing pin.

 

[planetmobius]

Marlin's have that annoying microgroove rifling. I know tons of guys defend it to the death but I have had accuracy problems and leading problems unless I went to the trouble of getting the oversized bullets when using cast. Winchesters are OK. But all things being equal, I went for the Henry Big Boy and have been completely happy. It looks cool, has the slickest action, ballard style rifling and still made in the good old USA. And its not all that heavy. Check it out.