Tactical lever action rifle thread: part 2

[Varminterror]

I do love the 1895’s and the .45-70, but it doesn’t really offer any better trajectory than 44mag, doesn’t really do much different at short range on 2 legged predators, and I can get twice as many rounds into the 1894 than the 1895.

 

[jeepnik]

I do love the 1895’s and the .45-70, but it doesn’t really offer any better trajectory than 44mag, doesn’t really do much different at short range on 2 legged predators, and I can get twice as many rounds into the 1894 than the 1895.

True, but you only need to shoot them once with the 45/70.

 

[Peakbagger46]

Very, very nice. That iron co-witness with the red dot is awesome and practical.

Thank you for your service and sacrifices for all of us, and may God bless you.

 

[BSA1]

TACTICAL lever action rifles have been around for a very long time. Every since a ninja cowboy in the real west discovered the advantage of having a Colt SAA revolver that uses the same cartridge as his 1873 Winchester when riding his tactical mode of transportation in hostile territory.

I think your carbine is well thought out. There are enough of us lever gun fans to appreciate the potential of a customized one.

 

[Space Ghost]

Don't know if you'd get that into Canada without a reason.
It's been a few years but the paper work to take a rifle accross the border to HUNT was bad enough.
They have to be declared and approved.

A friend of mine goes duck hunting every year in Ontario. No issues if you plan ahead.

If it ain't black isn't a problem since there are a lot of tacticool these days that are all sorts of colors.

Taking a gun in to hunt isn't a problem except the paperwork.
Taking a truck gun in just because might be.

Never tried / not sure

The trip I have in the planning is from Indiana to Prudhoe Bay. (in a CJ7 that's down to the frame right now) I'll be going from the USA to the USA and only passing through Canada. I'm hoping that planing ahead and coordinating with them will allow me to not to have to travel unarmed. That's just too un-natural for me. I'd hate to have to miss the trip up the Alcan, and take the ferry.

 

[Space Ghost]

That hollow point ammo will get you arrested in New Jersey. You might want to rethink your bullet choices if your route takes you through there.

1. Leverevolution ammo isn't a hollow point.
2. Anything can get you hauled off in that commie state.
3. Although, I plan on visiting a lot of this great nation, I'm only planing on visiting the nice parts. Lol.

 

[Varminterror]

I'll be going from the USA to the USA and only passing through Canada.

No such thing - you’re entering a foreign country, and have to abide by foreign law. You can mail yourself your firearms at an arrival point in the US, but Canada doesn’t buy the whole “I’m just passing through with this contraband” game.

 

[Elkins45]

1. Leverevolution ammo isn't a hollow point.
2. Anything can get you hauled off in that commie state.
3. Although, I plan on visiting a lot of this great nation, I'm only planing on visiting the nice parts. Lol.

I don’t mean to be pedantic but I’ll bet NJ thinks they are hollow points, just with a plug in the cavity. But, since you said you are only visiting the nice parts, that’s a moot point.

 

[dh1633pm]

To get back on track, there are a lot of nice lever guns. I was thinking of getting a Burgess for my next one. I have an 1873, 1894, 1892, all in 45 Colt. I also have an 1895 in 45-70. The 45-70 can be loaded light, or heavy depending on need. It is light years ahead of 44 magnum when loaded well.

 

[dodo bird]

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlifenews.view_article&articles_id=695

Good read on traveling to Alaska with firearms.

 

[kBob]

I like the lace on ammo cuffs Jeepnik and Space Ghost have (How are the twins and that darned monkey, Space Ghost?)

Where can I get leather lace on butt cuffs these days? My Thuty-Thudy has an elastic black one at the moment (does black spandex make it tacticool?) Yes, I am such a curmudgeon that my 1894 is a Winchester. I still have not removed the side mount Swift Scope of dinosaur heritage and its old B square mount. Still think with the new plastic eye parts that an rear mounted apperature is going to be a better bet than the issue sights once the scope is gone.

Honestly when I was a kid and young man here in the south east most Law Enforcement Agencies depended on a lever action for the individual Officer's or Deputy's "tactical rifle" needs. Usually the Winchester 94 in .30-30 and with the issue irons.

-kBob

 

[Vern Humphrey]

Mike Venturino wrote about attending an event at Thunder Ranch where Clint Smith asked him to bring a .38-40 lever action and compete against men with AR 15s. Mike wore pants with cargo pockets filled with shells, and at every lull, he would stuff a handful into the magazine..

 

[dr3d]

What is that?

It is the 1894 CST (.357/Stainless/Threaded Barrel) that Marlin put in the 2018 Catalog. Surprise ... I haven't found one in the wild. If I ever do, I hope it is for sale.

 

[Don Dayacetah]

It ain't "tactical' if it ain't black

More like "It ain't tactical if it ain't taped." The lever I carry on my tractor starts losing screws, after a couple miles.
The screw holding the stock on backed out, one time, and the rifle nearly got run over by the bush hog.
Covered all the screws on the rifle with duct tape. Problem solved.

 

[Space Ghost]

No such thing - you’re entering a foreign country, and have to abide by foreign law. You can mail yourself your firearms at an arrival point in the US, but Canada doesn’t buy the whole “I’m just passing through with this contraband” game.

I fully intend to obey all laws. This is why I built this gun. (I have been to MANY other countries in my 28 years with the U.S. Army. I know about not pissing on foreign laws.) I've been to Canada many times. (although not for several years) I have family in Newfoundland, Qubec, and Ontario... Just won't be in those Providences on this trip.

I am on other sites as well, including overlanding sites. Many people have made trips into Canada with firearms of this type. As long as you declare them ahead of time, do the proper paperwork, pay them their fee, they are cool. It's just they there are some types of firearms they don't allow, so I built this... because THIS they DO allow.

 

[Space Ghost]

I like the lace on ammo cuffs Jeepnik and Space Ghost have (How are the twins and that darned monkey, Space Ghost?)

Where can I get leather lace on butt cuffs these days? My Thuty-Thudy has an elastic black one at the moment (does black spandex make it tacticool?) Yes, I am such a curmudgeon that my 1894 is a Winchester. I still have not removed the side mount Swift Scope of dinosaur heritage and its old B square mount. Still think with the new plastic eye parts that an rear mounted apperature is going to be a better bet than the issue sights once the scope is gone.

Honestly when I was a kid and young man here in the south east most Law Enforcement Agencies depended on a lever action for the individual Officer's or Deputy's "tactical rifle" needs. Usually the Winchester 94 in .30-30 and with the issue irons.

-kBob

Leather cuff was made by a guy from a lever gun facebook page. There are leather makers online, but this guy posted a photo of his gun with one on, I asked him where he got it, he gave me the guys name, and I contacted him. Batta-boom, batta-bing.

Twins? Monkey? Man, I haven't watched that cartoon since I was a kid. We just had to come up with call signs on my last deployment and I couldn't think of anything else, but I remember watching Space Ghost as a kid. The young troops were coming up with stupid ****, but being the old NCO, I pulled this out of the past.

 

[PapaG]

First:. Thank you for serving us, the greatest country in the world....because of you and those like you. Second, my 94s, Win/Mar in 44 are my go to guns for about anything but trap a d deer.

 

[kBob]

Space Ghost,

Thanks for the response.

Ah, unofficial, drive ASA nuts, personal call sign.

I think I under stand that,

Alpha Pagoda Six, Actual, Out.

-kBob

 

[Varminterror]

I fully intend to obey all laws. This is why I built this gun. (I have been to MANY other countries in my 28 years with the U.S. Army. I know about not pissing on foreign laws.) I've been to Canada many times. (although not for several years) I have family in Newfoundland, Qubec, and Ontario... Just won't be in those Providences on this trip.

I am on other sites as well, including overlanding sites. Many people have made trips into Canada with firearms of this type. As long as you declare them ahead of time, do the proper paperwork, pay them their fee, they are cool. It's just they there are some types of firearms they don't allow, so I built this... because THIS they DO allow.

Applying works. Getting off on a “I’m just passing through” loophole isn’t a thing.

For the trouble and cost of applying, I don’t apply/declare. It’s legal for a US citizen to mail a firearm to themselves, so each time I’ve taken a firearm to AK, and a few other states, I simply mail it to a location at my destination - either a collaborating gun shop or my hotel.

There’s a reality of what you can do with it once you’re in Cannuckia as well... The laws in Canada aren’t exactly as friendly for SD application of firearms as they are in most US states, so I wouldn’t really plan to take a truck gun along just for the novelty, with the notion of having a defensive weapon on hand. I’ve taken firearms across into “Canadia” at least once a year for the last 15yrs for use IN Canada, but it really just isn’t worth it if the ultimate destination is AK. Maybe you’re used to living in a liberal state which unconstitutionally restricts your right to bear arms, or materially undermines your right to protect yourself, in which case Canada really isn’t so different. For most Midwesterners, it’s a very big change in law, both in what you can possess and how you can use it.

ETA - I had a colleague who got into hot water on the return leg of such a trip. I forget the minor details, but it was effectively a matter of having left the country (Canada) and then re-entering with the firearm, and the paperwork didn’t reflect both ways.