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In reply to the discussion: Good to find that a lever gun still has a place [View all]DonP
(6,185 posts)49. FWIW the Rossi Puma is a nice gun and reasonably priced
They're available in a 16 inch trapper size (8 rounds of 45 Colt) , a full 20 inch saddle ring carbine (10 rounds) or a 24 inch rifle.
Affordable, easy to slick up with the tips available at Leverguns.com and cheap to shoot.
I chose 45 Colt, but their 38/357 is also available with a large loop, ... if the spirit of Chuck Connors visits you in the middle of the night and you want to learn to do the "Twirl" like he and John Wayne did in Stagecoach and True Grit.
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Choice is one well placed shot vs. several in the area of a target. Ammunition discipline and all
jody
Oct 2012
#5
DoD has been trying to replace John Browning's .50 caliber M2 and variants without success.
jody
Oct 2012
#7
One of those "necessary geniuses" just passed away- Stanford Ovshinsky
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#26
Have the same '94/Williams sight set up. Reasonably accurate, more so w/ Leverevolution...
Eleanors38
Oct 2012
#12
Oh, that's rough. So many '73s were used up by Hollywood oaters, they fell to using '94s.
Eleanors38
Oct 2012
#15
your post perfectly illustrates why it doesn't make sense to purchase anything
trouble.smith
Oct 2012
#23
The Sheriff is correct... Some around here call those handy rifles "appalachian assault rifles"..
virginia mountainman
Oct 2012
#27
Don't ever forget that there are those who would have such rifles destroyed in the name of "safety"
oneshooter
Oct 2012
#38