I keep thinking about that but they have those pesky magazines.
Lever action that fires semi-auto rounds?
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Win. 1895- .30-06.
Win. 88- .308, .243, .284 WIn.
Marlin 36 series- .30, .32, and .35 Remington
Browning BLR- .30-06, .270 Win. 7mm Rem. Mag. + others I can't remember off the top of my head.
Savage 99- .308 WIn., .243 WIn., .358 win., 7mm-08 Remington, .284 Win.
I'm sure there are others, but this was just off the top of my head.
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Auto pistol round.
jmorris
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There are people that do it but prices are high because demand is so low.
https://www.grizzlycustom.com/product/marlin-1894-semi-auto-pistol-carbine-in-45acp/
http://www.codyscowboyshop.com/
So now that you know it can be done and where to get one, the only question remains is how bad do you want one?
https://www.grizzlycustom.com/product/marlin-1894-semi-auto-pistol-carbine-in-45acp/
http://www.codyscowboyshop.com/
So now that you know it can be done and where to get one, the only question remains is how bad do you want one?
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I have a trio of Henry’s that shoot rounds often fired in semi autos...
Of course they’re all rimfires
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Stay safe.
Of course they’re all rimfires
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Stay safe.
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I'd like to find something similar to a Rossi 92, in either 9mm or 45.acp.
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Was on their site looking around ... I know quality isn't cheap but ... WOW
Their Marlin 39A "Lite" package ... for only $2495.00 scared the crap out of me, but I read the description anyway ... they cut the barrel down to 16.25" and basically rebuild the CUSTOMER SUPPLIED RIFLE!
I think I'd just look for a 39A Annie Qakley or Century model which I think both are 16.25" factory rifles ... and retain their collector value instead of chopping up a 39A!
But thats me, and I tend to be cheap
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Like a semiautomatic handgun that fires rimmed revolver rounds, everybody will say "Oh Wow!"-then it won't sell.
A bolt action with interchangeable barrels that fires semiauto rounds with the same case head diameters-9MM and 38 Super, e.g. using 1911 magazines-now that seems like a good idea. Lets you retrieve the brass.
A bolt action with interchangeable barrels that fires semiauto rounds with the same case head diameters-9MM and 38 Super, e.g. using 1911 magazines-now that seems like a good idea. Lets you retrieve the brass.
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Capacity for people in non-removable mag states
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I read that and was astounded too! It better come back like a Turnbull for that price.
And more, the customer supplied rifle probably needs to be worth it too. I don’t find the sense in having them spit polish beechwood, know what I mean?
I’ll bet Cody’s gets quite a few more value minded customers at $650, plus the rifle. And it seems he is geared more to the cowboy shooting scene. I hear they like to shoot, a lot.
I just think it would be cool to have several completely different firearms that all take 45 Auto. Tiny poly-strikers, 1911s, ARs, Bolt-action, these leverguns, a Riesling, maybe a stick magazine pump rifle too.
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I agree however,...
The flip side is that the demand is so low because the price is so high.
The vast majority of the buying public, regardless of product, dont want to spend 5X on a custom product with very limited product support.
The was that company that was converting Armscor 22TCM to the 9mm Luger but the source of the odd ball caliber rifles pretty much dried up.
IMO, We're living in a gun culture much like mountain climbers.... if they built it, people will buy it.
So many people here kept saying ruger doesn't make the PC9 anymore because of lack of demand. There was even a thread about it about 2 montha before Ruger introduced the PCC and its been a huge hit for them despite the 'never admit youre wrong' naysayers about the take down feature.
I'd buy a 9mm bolt with a mag in a heart beat and ive said that for yrs....and quite a few here have said similar.
I'd buy a lever too if bullet set back fear was addressed... heck, I'd probablybuy a lever with a mag if it wasn't atrocious.
But I feel a lever action is much less likely because of those 2 issues... well, amd snowflakes will melt if a lever has a mag inspite of having a choice.
I really wish Ruger would build a 9mm bolt on the American platform in the $500 range. Guaranteed seller (at least for a while, imo)
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Yeah, there are some of us “one of everything” guys out there but not enough, it seems to maintain production. Then once they go out of production, prices get stupid because of the low production numbers.
How you get things like the Ruger 44 that was made for 25 years before being discontinued because production costs and market price made the margins too small. Only made 250,000 over 25 years. On the flip side the 10/22 came out a year later and sold millions over the same time. As a business owner, what would you do?
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Henry makes a couple of lever action rifles that are chambered for rimless center-fire rifle calibers and are fed by a box magazine. Using the box magazine they could easily produce these rifles in 9 mm and .45 ACP. I would suppose they don't because there's no demand.
Here's my Henry Long Ranger in .223 Rem - note the box magazine:
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Here's my Henry Long Ranger in .223 Rem - note the box magazine:
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Edit: Video above answered my question.
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wiscoaster
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For .223 it's only five rounds and for the "big" calibers it's only four (not including one in the chamber, and you can go that route). Mag swap is easy and fast, but due to the wide open lever forward swing an extended mag isn't possible. It's definitely the rifle's biggest drawback and you either take it for what it is with that limitation, or you don't.
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Ha!! The limits of having a virtual conversation!! I'll leave the quote in place, though, if it's OK with you, so it doesn't look like I'm answering a ghost post.Edit: Video above answered my question.
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Ha!! The limits of having a virtual conversation!! I'll leave the quote in place, though, if it's OK with you, so it doesn't look like I'm answering a ghost post.
Yep, sorry about the edit. I wasn't as fast as I meant to be.
Janos Dracwlya
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If it could use an AR magazine, that would be very interesting, though I am still glad to know they make these. I want the traditional lever gun looks - like that - with the advantages of a removable mag.
Another thing I would love to see is Rossi to build a version of their Circuit Judge using the frame of a Taurus 908, 8-round .357 magnum.
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Just because I like 10MM, I'd be sorely tempted by a trapper length lever action in 10MM. Since the rim diameter of the .38 Spcl./.357 is so similar to 10MM case/rim diameter, I suspect such a gun could pretty easily be done on a .357 lever action chassis. But that lack of demand thing.....
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The Savage 99 is this.
danez71
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Partially true.
I'm not being argumentative but I'll add....
Ruger only produced the 44 for 13 yrs, not 25 yrs
Ruger ended production in 1974...that's 47 yrs ago.
https://ruger.com/service/productHistory/RI-44Carbine.html
The gun culture and market now is nothing like it was then.
Today's market is much more 'built it and they will buy it'.
Look at how many different caliber uppers are out there.....at how many wonder 9s have been introduced in the last few years.....& at how many threads we have with people advocating buying one of everything and caliber diversity.
None of those were a thing,,, or even a thought,,, 47 yrs ago.
entropy
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But 1.) This is 'Rifle Country' and 2.) .30 Carbine is not a pistol round, as defined by 'round developed for a pistol."
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That is incorrect and the data you linked to is incomplete.
Here is a more comprehensive list of serial number data for Ruger from 61-93
https://www.silverkennel.com/rugerrifles.htm
That shows them being produced for more than a decade longer but my memory was still off a year. FWIW they tried a 44 mag carbine again with a Ranch based rifle called the 99/44 Deerfield around 2000-2006 and it didn’t do well either.
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Archie
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:Facepalm!:Rimmed cartridges?
Yuck!
Aren’t those for automatics like the 1911?
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