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What's your Lever gun?

this is only but one of my Lever guns.. I hunt and shoot with all of them. Most have taken animals of some sort. I am a levergun nut!

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FeaturedPermalink Reply by Charles Sample on June 21, 2014 at 17:03

This is my other lever gun, a Marlin Golden 39A Mountie, 1967 vintage. I put the aperture sights on it when my son was on the JROTC rifle team in high school. This little rifle has sent many thousands of rounds of ammo down range and at small game.

Permalink Reply by Bruce McLain on July 16, 2014 at 22:59

I like the the Marlin. Here are pictures of Some of my Dads Lever guns. The one on top is a Winchester Model 1892 38.40,The second one and the third ones are Marlin 22s Dont know the model #s He called them Goldenboys?They are circa 1930s to 40s. The forth and fifth ones are Savage Model 300s about the same age.If you know more about these guns let me know

KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Jack I. Nabors III on July 16, 2014 at 23:22

Top- 1892 Winchester
Marlin 39.. mountie possibly
Marlin 39 A ..?
Savage model 99 x 2 think those are EGs

Correct me if I'm wrong

FeaturedPermalink Reply by Charles Sample on July 17, 2014 at 7:26

The second and third rifles are Marlin 39A's. The gold colored trigger marks them as Golden 39A's. They are not Mounties. The Mountie was a carbine version with a 20 inch barrel and a straight stock. (See mine above.) Marlin never made a gun called the Golden Boy. Henry does make a rifle called the Golden Boy.

The bottom two are definitely Savage 99's.

The top one is a nice old Winchester. I would be interested in knowing what year it was made. My 1873 Winchester was made in 1891. It is also .38-40.

At any rate, you have five nice rifles there Bruce.

Permalink Reply by Bruce McLain on July 17, 2014 at 10:55

Thanks Charles and Jack

At least I had the golden part right. I have shot both of these and you could not ask for a smoother action.

The Winchester Shows a Pat,Oct.14 1884 with a serial #16969 I think it was manf in 1892 if you know different

would like to know. This rifle has quite a history in our family.When my father was a Deputy Sherriff in Mason County,Washington in the 60s He recieved a call from a lady who said her kids had found some guns in thier barn and were playing with them and she wanted the Sherriffs Dept to dispose of them.When he went to get them he discovered the Winchester,An Army Springfield and a unknown foriegn rifle. He asked if he could keep the guns and the lady said she didnt care she just wanted them gone. The other two guns got traded off a long time ago but the Winchester allways hung above the fireplace until I had a fireplace of my own and my Dad let me display it there.

Around 1988 or so my stepson was standing on the hearth and was wearing a baseball hat which he had been told to remove by his mother several times, And as he turned the brim on his hat caught the gun and lifted it from the brackets it set in, It hit the hard stone and the stock shattered into 14 pieces. Jamie stepson was heartbroken as he loves this gun as much as I. It took all my reserve not to strangle him and I told him it was ok but as punishment he had to tell my Dad. I tried ti find a matching stock but the only one I could find was a year off and $500.00 So I set down the winter of 1990 and slowly with lots of fitting,glue,panduits and other mickey mouse clamps put it back together This took several days as I had to fit ,glue and clamp each pcs sepereratly but it was worth it when I got to see the joy in my Dads eyes as I handed him the reassembled gun.