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[–] [Deleted] 2 points (+2|-0)

Anything lever action in 30-30 is satisfying as hell to shoot. I'm also a big fan of my lever action .410.

[–] Owlchemy [OP] 2 points (+2|-0)

I like .410s, when I was a young man I was an avid pheasant hunter and got really good at taking them ... so much so that it wasn't as much fun anymore using 20s, 16s, and 12 gauges. I got a good deal on a cheap .410 pump at a gun show, nothing special, just a Noble, a lowly brand, but it made pheasant hunting a ball again. Ya had to get 'em fast or they were outta range. A good time was had by all.

I like .30-30 lever guns, too ... but my Dad's Marlin 336 put a bad taste in my mouth ages ago on a mountain top in PA. A great buck stopped right below me on a ridge trail ... I aimed and shot. Click ... ejected, aimed and fired again ... click ... I cycled the whole mag, nothing! Somewhere between sighting it in and the travel to the hunting spot, the firing pin had broken. Always liked .30-30s and wouldn't mind having one (funny I don't), but that incident didn't sit well with me.

Sorry if I bored you with these stories before ... I'm old and sometimes forget when I told someone a story before, so forgive me - LOL

[–] [Deleted] 2 points (+2|-0)

I like em man, and no I've never heard that one before. They've made a number of similar rifles like that of Chuck Connors in the Rifleman or the lever action John Wayne used in Rooster Cogburn. I've always wanted to own one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ppXe5q88Dk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrOPVo5GFY4

They look about fun as hell. I honestly don't get the same feeling of satisfaction firing more modern designs.