.38/.357 underlever recommendations

[johngarnett]

+1 Daryll and Channel12. Just the same for me. Of all the kit in my safes my 1894cs will always stay.
JohnG

[saddler]

Love my Winchester 94 Trapper (though mine's the .45 version)
Could only be bettered if it was a Model 92 take-down; and is staying with me until I find a 92 take-down.

[lapua338]

Value for money my choice is a Rossi Model 92. A colleague has a 16" stainless carbine and it's robust, accurate (for its intended purpose) and 100% reliable with RN-FP, TC and SWC bullets. I also have a blued carbine and it's an honest and faultless gun.

The Marlin's and Winchester 94's are garbage. The Marlin's are too expensive and the quality is poor.

The Winchester 94 cartridge lifter/carrier usually cracks (poor material selection), the cartridge block fails and the cartridge stop on the link breaks off or wears down (poor quality soft sintered steel).

Every person I know with a Winchester 94 has experienced these problems. I've recently replaced parts these parts on a club carbine with the same reliability issues. A friend has been bringing these parts back from the USA.

You can sometimes weld up the cartridge stop and reshape it.

If a stage in a practical course of fire dictates a "load one, shoot one" scenario then the Marlin is far too slow (BTW... scopes on a lever action are an abomination).

Slow and deliberate target shooting is not what these guns are designed for.

[DavidRees]

Slow and deliberate target shooting is not what these guns are designed for.

Perhaps not, but they are pretty useful for precision target shooting nonetheless--whether with iron sights, or even a scope.

I would agree that Marlins are quite expensive now -- but that is for a reason: they are popular, flexible as to use, reasonably reliable and easy to maintain. What's not to like?

Of course, there are alternatives, and anyone spending this sort of money should try to handle and if possible try as many as possible--but a Marlin does have a lot going for it.

[Alpha1]

Value for money my choice is a Rossi Model 92. A colleague has a 16" stainless carbine and it's robust, accurate (for its intended purpose) and 100% reliable with RN-FP, TC and SWC bullets. I also have a blued carbine and it's an honest and faultless gun.

The Marlin's and Winchester 94's are garbage. The Marlin's are too expensive and the quality is poor.

The Winchester 94 cartridge lifter/carrier usually cracks (poor material selection), the cartridge block fails and the cartridge stop on the link breaks off or wears down (poor quality soft sintered steel).

Every person I know with a Winchester 94 has experienced these problems. I've recently replaced parts these parts on a club carbine with the same reliability issues. A friend has been bringing these parts back from the USA.

You can sometimes weld up the cartridge stop and reshape it.

If a stage in a practical course of fire dictates a "load one, shoot one" scenario then the Marlin is far too slow (BTW... scopes on a lever action are an abomination).

Slow and deliberate target shooting is not what these guns are designed for.

The first rifle I bought after the Government stole my pistols was a Ruger 10/22 that was sold on pretty quickly now they are crap.
The second was a Winchester trapper 94AE I still have it its in 38/357 I shoot it all the time it will be the last gun that I ever sell. It just works. You say that Winchesters are crap have you ever owned one Iv only ever broken one lifter and it was my fault not the rifles it took me 20 minutes to change it. I bought a spare just in case I must of had the spare 20 years.

[HALODIN]

+1 for a JM Marlin, just bought one myself.

[Sim G]

The rifle will be used as a range fun gun so no competitions just plinking steels and paper.

Uberti 1873.

[StangGT]

Reading this thread with interest as I'd like one of these at some point.

Why no love for Henrys?

[Tony-c]

Marlins garbage????

then someone best pop along the phoenix in few weeks and inform 95% of the grcf shooters that they have rubbish guns.

2nd hand you can buy them from 600 upwards. Hardly expensive for a rifle that is easy to make very slick and smooth. Buy used and good chance its already been done.

[dodgyrog]

Don't forget the Rossi M92's, they are very good value for money.

ukrifleman.

I had one for a day and then got rid of it!
I then got my Marlin and have had it for years.